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WANT TO EAT? HELP MAKE THE MEAL.<\/p>\n
It goes back to the classic tale,\u00a0<\/span>The Little Red Hen<\/em>. If they want to eat, the child needs to help out. It\u2019s a plain and simple message that kids of all ages can grasp.<\/p>\n When it\u2019s time to help out in the kitchen, speak it as a statement, not a question. For example, \u201cCan you come help put dishes away?\u201d allows the child to say no. I offered a choice.<\/p>\n Instead say, \u201cIt\u2019s time to come help in the kitchen.\u201d Don\u2019t make it optional and don\u2019t let the child ignore me. Remind them of the Little Red Hen\u2014those who want to eat have to help out!<\/p>\n Yes, involving children in the kitchen does slow things down. This is a critical investment of time with huge dividends in the long run. As a parent, it is my job to teach children life skills and this is one of them. I am doing the world a disservice if I bring a child up that expects to be waited on in order to eat. When I create this expectation even from the youngest ages, it becomes natural to help out.<\/p>\n BookListChildren<\/p>\n EATING Little Pea The Red Lemon Applesauce Season This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch: A book about Children Around the World A Cool Drink of Water GROWING\/HARVESTING Tomie dePaola Eddie\u2019s Garden and How to Make Things Grow Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden Bumpety Bump OTHER Denise Fleming [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_all=”40px” border_color_all=”#ffffff”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WANT TO EAT? HELP MAKE THE MEAL. It goes back to the classic tale,\u00a0The Little Red Hen. If they want to eat, the child needs to help out. It\u2019s a plain and simple message that kids of all ages can grasp. When it\u2019s time to help out in the kitchen, speak it as a statement, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-374","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnaboutfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story
Helen Cooper,
Great story about the importance of a \u201cI might like it bite\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
A great twist! Perfect for the child who snubs vegetables.<\/p>\n
Bob Staake
Another great story about the importance of an \u201cI might like it bite.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eden Ross Lipson
A fun story about cooking and eating the abundance of apples in the fall.<\/p>\n
Edith Baer
A reminder for the child who has a hard time trying something new. Is a fun reminder that there\u2019s lots of different ways of eating.<\/p>\n
Barbara Kerley
Beautiful photographs from around the world of people drinking water.<\/p>\n
John Coy, Two Old Potatoes and Me
Discovering that two shriveled old potatoes can be planted and turned into a bountiful harvest<\/p>\n
Strega Nona\u2019s Harvest
Fun book about the bounty of gardening and the joy of sharing<\/p>\n
Sarah Garland
Wonderful book about planting a garden and enjoying the harvest<\/p>\n
George Levenson
Nicely done photographic documentary of how pumpkins grow.<\/p>\n
Pat Hutchins
Grandfather and grandson harvest in the garden in this playful story.<\/p>\n
Starting Life Ladybug
Informative, colorful book about the life cycle of a ladybug<\/p>\n
Where Once There Was a Wood
Bold images of woods, reminding us what used to be where all the buildings and parking lots are now<\/p>\n