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chefs With ready-meals easily available these days, kids don’t usually cook for themselves when they get older. Best-selling author on baby food and nutrition, Annabel Karmel, shows you how to encourage them at a young age Little fun activity for your child and a few pals at the weekend or in half-term is to choose a menu together, get the ingredients organised and then have the children cook tea themselves with a little adult supervision. Children will take pride in making a meal for their parents and friends, and it will give them a great feeling of independence. Spending time in the kitchen is fab but remember children have short attention spans, so choose recipes that are easy and provide a result reasonably quickly. If you want to bond with your child, then approach the task as equals rather than parent or teacher. Choose recipes that are simple enough for your child to make without too much help from you. Children love to be part of the adult world and spending time together being creative and having fun is not only a great way to bond, but also encourages fussy eaters to try out exciting, new foods. A Help kids stay safe in the kitchen with these handy tips ● how to handle it Children learn lots of skills when cooking… MAtHs Weighing and measuring ingredients. Understanding all about time. ReAding And WRiting Following the instructions for recipes. It can also be fun for children to write out menus and serve up a tea party for members of the family. geogRApHy as you go along you can explain where ingredients come from and how they grow. sCienCe Cracking eggs and making scrambled or boiled eggs is like an experiment. dexteRity Showing kids how to use basic utensils will help their coordination and hopefully instil a love of cooking that will stay with them. KitChen sChooling 226 | OCTOBER 2012 PhotograPh: Getty Images always use oven gloves when handling hot things. ● Even the steam from a saucepan can burn you so take care when you lift the lid. Use a towel or glove. ● If using an electric hob remember that it still remains hot for quite some time after you turn it off. ● Don’t get too close to the gas burner when you switch it on. often there is a burst of flames. ● Never leave a spoon in a saucepan while it is on the heat. ● take care when frying as hot fat can spit at you and cause painful blistering on the skin. ● Be careful of the heat when you open the door of the oven. ● Don’t place hot saucepans on a work surface without putting them on a heatproof mat first. ● remember to turn off the oven, cooker or grill when you have finished cooking. ● Boiling water can burn and so can the steam that comes off it, so take extra care when boiling a kettle.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of at home with Jo Frost - October 2012

EDITOR’S LETTER
JO’S HELLO
WHAT’S NEW IN PARENTING?
OCTOBER OUTINGS
SCRUB A DUB DUB
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
NICE WHEELS
FAMOUS MUMS
JO FROST ON THE GO
THE NAUGHTY CORNER
ADULT CLASSES
THE BIG C
YUMMY MUMMY
GET THE LOOK
PUSHY MOTHERS
TOPS ON TREND
MAKE-UP MAGIC
MOTHER WEAR
BABY BUMP BLISS
FIRST-TIME WORRIES
STARTING OUT
ON-THE-MOVE
SIGN UP
MILK TIME
SLEEP EASY
CRY BABY
WHAT’S THAT RASH?
MORE PLEASE
BABY STEPS
JOIN THE GREEN TEAM
COUNTRY COOL
PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING
BUDDING BOOKWORM
AN ITCH TO SCRATCH
‘I’M NOT HUNGRY’
GOING POTTY
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
LIVING WITH AUTISM
OPEN WIDE
THE COLD WAR
LET MUMMY KISS IT BETTER
PANIC STATIONS
A CLEAN SWEEP
PROJECT RUNWAY
ORGANISE THIS
TIME FOR BIG SCHOOL
ALL KITTED OUT
WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
‘I HATE YOU!’
TWEEN HEALTH
EAT WELL
TRICK OR TREAT
THE GHOST WITH THE MOST
LET’S BAKE
BABY BUDGET
WHAT KIND OF PARENT ARE YOU?
GIVE A CHILD A HOME
FAMILY MEN
GIRL POWER
DAY TRIPPER
GET PACKING
WHY PETS ARE BEST
COMING SOON
STORY CORNER
COUNT TO 10
PEARLS OF WISDOM
QUESTION TIME
KODAK MOMENTS
SURF’S UP
SOUND BITES
STOCKISTS

at home with Jo Frost - October 2012