Comments on: Helping http://lara.nettle.org/blog/2009/06/28/helping Knit One, Hug One.... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: miriam http://lara.nettle.org/blog/2009/06/28/helping#comment-38571 miriam Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000 http://lara.nettle.org/blog/?p=1744#comment-38571 Oscar likes this video Oscar likes this video

]]> By: lara http://lara.nettle.org/blog/2009/06/28/helping#comment-38499 lara Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:15:26 +0000 http://lara.nettle.org/blog/?p=1744#comment-38499 Mushrooms is a good one, thanks! We eat a lot of fungus here - and toddler chopping will be especially good for mushroom soup :) Mushrooms is a good one, thanks! We eat a lot of fungus here – and toddler chopping will be especially good for mushroom soup :)

]]> By: lauredhel http://lara.nettle.org/blog/2009/06/28/helping#comment-38492 lauredhel Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:41:17 +0000 http://lara.nettle.org/blog/?p=1744#comment-38492 Aw, cute! Yes, my kid chopped mushrooms early, too. Another great task is shelling broad beans (you also get the count the beans in each one). And sorting laundry. Aw, cute! Yes, my kid chopped mushrooms early, too. Another great task is shelling broad beans (you also get the count the beans in each one). And sorting laundry.

]]> By: Lynne http://lara.nettle.org/blog/2009/06/28/helping#comment-38479 Lynne Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:42:22 +0000 http://lara.nettle.org/blog/?p=1744#comment-38479 The first kitchen chore I can remember DD doing was cutting mushrooms with a bread and butter knife. Sure they weren't very presentable but they tasted the same and went down the same way. More importantly, DD was included in normal kitchen duties and learnt how to hold and use a knife. In fact, the first time I can remember having her in the kitchen she was six weeks old. I put her in her bouncinette and talked to her as I prepared dinner: "this is a potato." Stimulating conversation, no? DD learnt to make beds, dust, vacuum and use the dustpan and broom. Not perfect but a good all round household education. I also taught her to iron at four by lowering the ironing board to her height, helping her to smooth out the hankies and then holding her hand which was holding the iron [tricky,I'm left handed, she's right handed] helped her guide the iron. Safety tips included for free! Somewhere I have a photo of a two year old hanging washing on a line rigged to her height! Using pegs was good gfor the fine motor skills too! And another photo of an eighteen month old washing windows! The first kitchen chore I can remember DD doing was cutting mushrooms with a bread and butter knife. Sure they weren’t very presentable but they tasted the same and went down the same way. More importantly, DD was included in normal kitchen duties and learnt how to hold and use a knife.

In fact, the first time I can remember having her in the kitchen she was six weeks old. I put her in her bouncinette and talked to her as I prepared dinner: “this is a potato.” Stimulating conversation, no?

DD learnt to make beds, dust, vacuum and use the dustpan and broom. Not perfect but a good all round household education.

I also taught her to iron at four by lowering the ironing board to her height, helping her to smooth out the hankies and then holding her hand which was holding the iron [tricky,I'm left handed, she's right handed] helped her guide the iron. Safety tips included for free!

Somewhere I have a photo of a two year old hanging washing on a line rigged to her height! Using pegs was good gfor the fine motor skills too! And another photo of an eighteen month old washing windows!

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