Hello.
My 7yo daughter has been asking me to cook dinners. I'm supportive and guide her yet like her to make recipes of her own. Do you have a kid cookbook that you like? One with lots of pics be helpful.
Also, she's been hounding me to teach her how to sew. My Mom never taught me, but rather I figured it out on my own. Have you found a good book/site that has helped your kid learn how to sew? She'd like to get to the point of making a doll dress.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Take care of you.
I bought this for my daughter when she was that age, and she's grown and still has it.
http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Children-Lessons-Really-Lea...
Emeril Lagasse has a couple of cookbooks designed to be used with children. They are bright, colorful, easy to use, and teach a lot of the basics. They are titled "There is a Chef in my Soup" and "There is a Chef in my Family". If she has a particular interest - Sesame Street, Harry Potter, Little House on the Prairie, etc. a search using Google could help you find a cookbook based on the interest that might be fun for the 2 of you to use.
I recently out together a sewing kit for my 5 year old. I just got her a sewing box, a starter kit, and lots of felt. I also bought some fun Halloween fabric. I may buy her a machine at some point, but right now she is having fun making little purses. I also bought the book "sewing at home, easy projects to see at home." We haven't used it yet, as she is just having fun cutting and making her own creations by hand.
I'm anxious to hear about cookbooks --she wants to cook dinner too!
Children's First Cookbook: Have Fun in the Kitchen by Annabel Karmel
You could plan special times on a Sat or Sun afternoon and work up cooking projects or sewing projects. Take one or the other and get them going and then add the other.
Get a journal and a kids cookbook. Let her read the ingredients and make a few portions. Ask her what she would do to change the flavors and if she would make it again and such and have her put that in her journal. After a period of time she will have created her own cookbook. It's a good way to learn to read and do math with fractions.
As for sewing just take it slow and do it together until she gets use to the sewing machine. You two might just bond over this adventure and have something you can do in common later in life. I wish my mom was around to see what I have accomplished with sewing.
Anyway, enjoy your time together as two people having fun.
the other S.
Kids learn more by seeing and doing than reading all about it. I'd find a family friend that sews and ask them to give her lessons. She could find lessons too at some quilting club meetings. They have people that love to sew and might want to share their knowledge with the younger generation.
