Cooking With Kids

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Cooking With Kids
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Cooking Skills by Age
Match your kids' skill levels with various tasks
for safe kitchen fun. Here are some suggestions
for age-specific tasks
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3-Year Olds

• Tasks they can do
• Wash fruits and vegetables
• Stir ingredients in a bowl
• Tear lettuce
• Pour liquids like adding measured amounts to
  batter.

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4-Year Olds

• Tasks they can do
• Grease pans
• Open packages
• Peel scored oranges
• Snip fresh herbs with dull scissors
• Mash bananas with a fork

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5-to 6-Year Olds

• Tasks they can do
• Measure ingredients
• Cut soft foods with a blunt knife
• Set the table
• Garnish food

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7-to 8-Year Olds

• Tasks they can do
• Help plan the meal
• Roll and shape cookies
• Beat ingredients with a whisk
• Find ingredients in a cabinet or spice rack
• Make a salad

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9- to 12-Year Olds

• Tasks they can do
• Open cans
• Make simple recipes with few ingredients
• Use a microwave oven
• Prepare oven (with supervision)
• Use a knife (with supervision)
• Shred cheese and vegetables

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Top 9 Safety Rules for Kids
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Rule 1

• Check that the oven and other cooking appliances
  are turned off before you leave the kitchen.

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Rule 2

• Keep electrical appliances away from water to
  avoid shocks.
• Stay away from electrical sockets, especially if
  your hands are wet.

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Rule 3

• If you burn yourself, tell an adult immediately
  and hold the burned area under cool running water.

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Rule 4

• Dont put knives or other sharp objects into a
  sink full of water. Someone could reach in and
  get hurt.

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Rule 5

• Watch out for sharp knives. Let an adult cut or
  slice foods or help you do it.

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Rule 6

• Never put water on a cooking fire - - it could
  make the fire bigger.
• Ask an adult for help!
• Put out a fire with a fire extinguisher.
• If the fire is small, it can be put out with
  baking soda or smothered with a lid.
• Leave the house and call 911 if the fire has
  leaping flames.

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Rule 7

• Dont put cooked food on an unwashed plate or
  cutting board that held raw food. Always use a
  clean plate.

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Rule 8

• Always turn pot handles in toward the back of the
  range top. This way no one can bump into them
  and knock the pot over.

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Rule 9

• Keep paper towels, dish towels and pot holders
  away from the range top so they dont catch on
  fire.

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General Safety Rules for Care Givers
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Adult Supervision

• Adult supervision is mandatory. Ovens, knives
  and bubbling pots become potential accidents when
  kids are left on their own in the kitchen.

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Cleanliness

• Instill cleanliness by washing hands in hot soapy
  water before and after handling food, pulling
  back long hair, or cleaning countertops.

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Danger Zone

• Always return unused portions of perishable
  foods, like dairy products and meats, to the
  refrigerator right after using them. Dont let
  them sit out on the counter.

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Microwave Safety

• Teach microwave oven safety. Show how to select
  a microwaveable bowl and to use pot holders when
  removing containers from the oven.

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Tasting Foods

• When shaping foods with hands, caution children
  not to lick their fingers or put their hands in
  their mouths. This is especially important with
  raw foods, such as cookie dough and meat.

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Cooking When Sick

• Instruct children to direct sneezes and coughs
  away from food, to use a tissue to cover mouth
  and nose and to wash hands immediately afterward.

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