Anna Williams
Kids 5 and older
Retrieve ingredients from the pantry or refrigerator.Pick herbs from the stems.Wash vegetables and fruits.Tear lettuce into pieces.Stir together dry ingredients.Squeeze oranges and lemons for juice.Smash crackers into crumbs.Set the table.Make place cards.
Kids 7 and older
Everything listed above, plus...
Measure ingredients.Peel vegetables.Check a cake for doneness.Frost a cake.Pound meat to tenderize it.Flip meat or pancakes in a skillet.Separate eggs.
Kids 10 and older
Everything listed above, plus...
Dredge and bread cutlets and chops.Use a standing or handheld mixer and a food processor.Add an ingredient to the shopping list if they use up the last of it.Chop vegetables.Almost anything that you would do. Really.
