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Family Friday: Entertaining Kids Without TV & Video Games (Pt 1)
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July 9th, 2009 |
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Kids |
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You’ve heard it all before…studies show that watching excessive television and use of video games can limit a child’s imagination and suppress his cognitive development. It may be tempting to leave your child in front of the television while you complete household chores or make dinner, but researchers warn against it.
Instead, try to find simple activities that will keep your baby entertained while you tend to household matters. Even better, find a way to involve your child with the task at hand.
When making dinner, assign simple cooking and preparation tasks to your child. Have him wash his hands and roll up his sleeves and get ready to help with dinner.
Even young children can help pour measured ingredients into a bowl or pan, retrieve necessary ingredients from the refrigerator or cupboard and help discard used items such as egg shells and peeled potato skins. Older kids can learn to measure ingredients, read cookbook instructions out loud and stir pots of food on the stove.
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Great tips! My grandkids are on a special diet so we can’t do this as much. But they did get to have fun making applesauce with me last fall. We took turns peeling the apples, adding water, and afterwards, we all had fun taking turns mashing the apples with a potato masher. They loved it and are looking forward to doing it again this coming fall.
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@Kaye: That sounds like fun! I’ve never made homemade applesauce. Have you posted a recipe for how to make it before?
Barbi
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My boys are older now, but I have always and still do struggle with this. Thanks for hosting!
~Liz
Getting my kid involved in the cooking is great… Now how to stop him from eating handfuls of flour?
@Lisa Rae: That was such a funny visual I just got – handfuls of flour! *laughing*
Barbi
Thanks—always neat things to read about!
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Cooking with kids is great. My kids prefer cooking on their own to cooking with mom, though. I cramp their style and keep a firm lid on the sugar pot.
Annie Kate