Do the cutting yourself. This saves a lot of Band-Aids and hospital trips. If the child wants to use an electric mixer, if they are under nine years old, hold it and let them hold it too. This way you can help control the mixer. For measuring things like flour, you can measure it out and hand it to the child if they aren t old enough to do it themselves.
Children like to help, and as long as they can dump things into a bowl, they are old enough to help.
Follow these simple rules and you and the children will both have a good time cooking in the kitchen. Too Follow these simple rules and you and the children will both have a good time cooking in the kitchen. For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Colleen Bittner's Babysitting topic, please visit the Discussions page . Used under License.