That Good Ol’ Kitchen Cabinet
What is it that is so intriguing about opening a cabinet or drawer in the kitchen? I guess there’s just so much cool stuff inside for a toddler and preschooler. Drums (pots), cymbals (lids), drumsticks (large wooden spoons) … and plastic containers for stacking over and over and over.
My cousin, Jackee Swartz, a former principal and teacher who just loved the school environment, is just as enthusiastic about being around her grandchildren — whether it’s in her home or her kids’ homes. She knows what a gift grandchildren are.
Jackee suggested this for KIDFUN readers … Designate one kitchen drawer or cabinet for your little one. Fill it with wooden child-size sandwiches, cookie trays, all sorts of imitation mommy activities. She said about her two year old granddaughter, “Eden loves having her own drawer in the kitchen to do her “cooking” while mom and dad are working in the kitchen too.” She continued … “Label all these things with words to help develop recognition of word and object. It is beginning reading and works!”
Thanks, Jackee … Remember, we’d love to hear your ideas, too.
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Laura
Great ideas! Here’s another for the kitchen: We found out our little one liked to “make coffee” like mommy and daddy. But rather than let him help us with the real stuff, we put him on a towel in the middle of the kitchen floor, gave him an old tin of decaf Folgers that had been sitting around forever, an empty container, and a scooper. He entertained himself for 30 minutes filling scooping all the coffee from one container into the other, then back again. We saved the same “play coffee” for him to use every time he wanted to help.