Kid Cook Gadgets - Is Your Kitchen Child-Proof or Child-Friendly?

Okay - that's not all I have to offer. I've found some amazing resources out there for parents who want to cook with their kids. And as if we need reminding of why it is so important for kids to get to know their food, a great article came out this past week. It was an interview with Jamie Oliver in which he points to the obesity crisis in America and makes the link between a reliance on prepared and restaurant foods and this trend. "You've got two or three generations of non-cooks like we have in England or America" he says "you just wish that there was food education in every school." Of course, it is even better if that education on food and nutrition can start at home.

X helps the Dad with the dishes using his kitchen helper stoolOne of my favorite articles on how you can make your kitchen more child-friendly is written by Andrea Coventry and was featured over at Mommy Moment. In her article, Andrea outlines a few ways you can prepare your kitchen (and yourself) for cooking with your kid. Andrea, who is a certified Montessori guide for ages 3-6 (and a Montessori kid herself), suggests that you first create a space for your child to help with kitchen prep. This could be at the kitchen table, at a table of their own (that is their size) or my suggestion is incorporating a kitchen helper stool into your kitchen furniture. X loves his and it lifts him up to countertop level so that he can really get involved.