Clabber Girl Family Fun

Safety Guidelines

Keep yourself safe in the kitchen! Download the Kitchen Safety Checklist from the Home Baking Association - read and practice rules that are meant to keep you safe while you're having fun in the kitchen.

An invisible enemy is lurking - learn about this threat and how to combat it. Fight BAC! - Bacteria is everywhere, and food borne illness is no laughing matter. For Kids only! Join the Food Detectives at fightbac.org to learn about food safety.

Demonstrate How-Tos

• Teach children how to wash their hands. Encourage them to keep their hands away from hair, nose, mouth, etc while handling food.
• Show children how to use cooking utensils correctly.
• Use a preparation surface that is at the child’s level. It is not safe for your child to stand on a chair or stool.
• Teach children how to clean up.

Be flexible
Keep an ingredient substitution chart handy. Be willing to explore food substitutions for an ingredient your child cannot eat. Enjoy imperfections and creative shapes!

Talk to your child about the food you are preparing.
Reinforce math skills (counting, measuring, separating, sequencing of events, etc). Notice your child’s eye-hand coordination and use of small motor skills.

Enjoy being a team.
Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. Let this be a learning experience for you, too!

Age appropriate skills - Children can do many things in the kitchen! Find out the guidelines by age for your children, and know what to expect.

Preschoolers: Read the recipe to them Learn to wash hands, surfaces Adult may pre-measure some ingredients, let them add to bowl Stir, tear, squeeze, cut with plastic knife May be able to cut shapes with cookie cutters, with supervision. Sprinkle baked goods with candies, chopped fruits, sugars, etc.	K-2nd graders: Everything a Preschooler can do and Begin to read recipe and instructions Chop soft foods, grating cheese Wash fruits and vegetables Measure, stir batters, knead dough
3rd-6th: All of the above and Read the recipe, assemble all ingredients Learn how to use small appliances, preheat oven Handle pans in and out of oven with parental supervision	Pre-teens: With experience can do it all
Teens: Plan foods into menus, Shop, Teach someone younger