Willem loves to help with dinner and often times for the past few months our meals have been casseroles or crockpot meals I make while he's at school. So for the past few weeks I've been trying to include the kids more in helping with dinner. Willem is really cautious and asked to learn to make tortiallas one day and did great. Like Jason, he accused me of backseat cooking a bit and to his credit, he did not burn a single tortilla. Unlike Mom, he was very focused and never left them unattended.
Ellie's now the stirrer of the family. We made a jello salad for Maw Maw's birthday and she was all about stirring in the ingredients and tried really hard not to have it spill all over.
We are loving the Montessori method of treating and teaching kids to be autonomous, contributing members of society. I don't know how comfortable I would have been giving Willem knives to work with if it weren't for what I've learned from his teacher and the books they've recommended. Willem is excellent with a paring knife. He cuts each grape meticulously into very thin pieces and takes great care with what he's doing. He's usually our mushroom, strawberry and grape cutter in the kitchen.
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