Ever since I read this article from Design Mom about how French 2 year-olds eat with knife and fork, I've been wondering if I don't challenge Franca enough at the dinner table.
But I started to let her to do other things: put on her coat, drink from cup not a sippy, wipe her own face. I say let because she is thrilled to do it. "Me do it!" "I do it!" are her new favorite phrases.
For her birthday, a friend got her a cutlery set that included a knife and we decided to let her use it. It is amazing. She uses a knife and fork to cut and eat her food better than I do!
So tonight while we were eating homemade shrimp and veggie tempura, she asked for "sticks". I gave her some, but she was struggling. Then, I remembered seeing a trick. A quick iPhone google search and run upstairs to fetch hair ties later and I had fashioned this:
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| DIY Kid's Chopsticks |
And she went crazy.
Check out this hilarious video too:
Here is the recipe for you. Pretty messy, but very easy! I don't normally make anything fried, let alone feed it to Franca, but as you can see, she was taking the shrimp and veggies out of the breading anyway!
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| I did red peppers and zucchini too. |
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pat the bunny? (haha) Seriously, if you want to really challenge Franca, think about introducing reading and sign language over the next year. My mom grew up in a region where school starts at age 4 and many parents there introduce basic reading skills during the year (or more, yikes!) before. And anytime kids get a chance to learn a second language, it really helps brain development.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. She already knows a little sign language and can recognize letters. I speak German, so I'll look into that. I'd love to brush up on it anyway! Great suggestions!
DeleteThat is s cute!!
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