Knife Safety Cutting Techniques 2 year old Susie: Montessori Techniques From Pepper and Parsley

Knife Safety Cutting Techniques 2 year old Susie: Montessori Techniques From Pepper and Parsley
2 year old Susie is using a teaching technique from the new Montessori style children's teaching book, Pepper and Parsley in the Kitchen. Susie is 26 months old and has never used a knife before, so we are gettin started with a butter knife to cut through some softer foods. I had Susie hold on to a small crayon in her left hand to help remind her to keep her hand in a fist, and her fingers away from the knife. It worked really well!
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Here are some cutting tips for this lesson from the Pepper and Parsley in the Kitchen Cook Book (credit the authors, www.pepperandpr... images used with permission):
Vegetable Chopping
Materials:
-clean vegetables in a basket
-small cutting board
-paring knife or Montessori wavy chopper
-small bowl for prepped vegetables
Presentation:
*tip for parents: prep the vegetables first by cutting the in half horizontally so that the vegetable sits flat in the cutting board for your child
Say, “I will show you how to chop a/an (carrot, onion, mushroom, celery)
Walk to the sink and wash your hands
Walk to the food prep area
With two hands place the cutting board in the center of the prep area
Hold the vegetable stationary with the left hand (tucking your fingers and thumb)
Carefully pick up the chopping tool (or paring knife) with the right hand
Cut off the ends of the vegetable. Place the cutting tool gently on the table. Throw ends in the wastebasket or compost.
Grasp the vegetable with the left hand (fingers and thumb tucked)
Carefully grasp the cutting tool with the right hand.
Chop or slice the vegetable slowly moving the left hand (fingers/thumb tucked) down the vegetable slowly to stabilize while moving the right hand away from the left.
place the pieces/slices into a small bowl to the right of the cutting board
replace the tools to their original position
Say, I chopped/sliced the…..(vegetable)”.
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