Does your little one enjoy helping you in the kitchen? What do you let them help you with?

Yes she loves it. Since I have a small kitchen, I make her leave when the oven or stove is on. I let her stir. There really isn't much else she can do. If I am making bread I let her knead the bread a little. Oh, and she loves to pour in the ingredients.

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YES!! I encourage this sort of bonding and learning. I let my children begin learning in the kitchen as young as 12 months. From playing in the kitchen sink water while I washed dishes and let them "rinse"..hehe..

Now my 3yr old puts away the silverware and cups. My 5yr old will put away dishes as well. Both of them bake with me. From cracking eggs to measuring ingred. and allowing mama to turn on the mixer and watch it go 'round' and 'round'. I let them dip the spoon in water and drop a spoonful of biscuit or cookie mix on the cookie sheet.

I'm very HANDS on with my children in the kitchen. This winter our family gift from "santa" is a family set of matching aprons. hehe! My dh loves to work in the kitchen too.

My kids help set the table, scrape off their own plates (been doing that since they were 18 months) and they put their dishes in the sink.

I enjoy this with my family and it's something I RARELY got as a child.

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Both my kids love to help in the kitchen. Their favorite is making pizza with me and cookies with dad

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they each had their own aprons and helped me every night...ds will cook supper every once in awhile( he is 13 almost 14)...dd can make spaghetti and sauce from a packet and cook it on the stove too. they love too cook.

Both boys love helping in the kitchen. They are almost 3 and 6, my 6yr old loves to crack the eggs for me, pour in liquid ingredients. My little one I will let him dump in the flour or sugar when we are baking and stir the dry ingredients. Then when we combine the wet and dry they take turns stirring. My 6yr old also loves helping me make dinner. He is more likely to eat more when he helps, he says how wonderful dinner is because he made it, so it's the best because of him. One time my 6yr old and I made hawaiian bread when he was 4, he had the best time punching down the dough!

Yes! The both want to help me. Even when I'm not doing anything, lol. Bob likes to pull up a chair to stand on when I am doing dishes, just to watch and chat. Some day he will run from the dishes, so I'll take it while I can, lol.

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Riley loves to help me do the dishes and load the dishwasher.

He also loves to help me sweep & mop... he tries so hard!

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My younger son loves to help in the kitchen with cooking. He also helps a lot with my MIL when she's cooking and baking. He can really help with anything/everything. I let him try all kinds of things, he does great.

My older son isn't as interested but he will help if I ask him.

Both my kids load and unload the dishwasher. They're really good at it! They know where stuff goes better than Dh! LOL!

My daughter loves helping me. She stirs. She pours ingredients. We smell herbs - though last night we were smelling fish. Yuck! She helps put away the dishes. She plays in the sink with the water running on low.

The baby. He pulls dishes out of the dishwasher and containers from under the shelf. He really would like to get in the frig.

Sometimes they both drive me insane, especially when I'm in a hurry, but I do think this is important for them both to experience.