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Did you know that cooking with your kids is a natural way for them to develop motor skills? If you`ve never looked at cooking that way before, think again. There`s a reason why kids have a universal love for cooking - just like for stacking blocks and banging!

Cooking is especially good for preschoolers and here`s how:

1. Two year olds are developing large muscles in their arms: They will enjoy stirring and stirring and stirring :-). My two year old is always asking to stir; and her subconscious knows why! At 2 years old, a child naturally imitates circular strokes as part of their normal physical development. So, let them stir at every opportunity.

Here are some ways to encourage arm muscle development through cooking:

stirring: flour, eggs, pancake batter, gelatin making, etc.
scrubbing potatoes and vegetables
cleaning the cutting board: Give them a washcloth and some lukewarm water with the cutting board in the sink. They`ll have a blast rubbing the wet washcloth up and down the cutting board to clean it.
pouring from large measuring cups into a bowl

2. Two year olds are developing the ability to turn pages: Another motor skill developed during the preschool age is the ability to turn pages.

So - just pondering here...is it the story they love so much or just turning the pages of the book? Well, actually both. They need the motor development of turning the pages; and the pictures and vocabulary improve their intellectual development.

3. Two year olds love "patting" and "pressing": From being fascinated with "patty-cake" chants at an early age, preschooler`s still love to pat and press.

I`m sure you`ll recognize your preschooler doing this at the park: scooping up rocks or sand, piling them up, and patting the top into different shapes.

Well, here`s some suggestions to bring the "patting" inside:

packing down brown sugar in the measuring cup
gently pressing a fork on top of peanut butter cookie dough on the cookie sheet
patting to level off the top of a cup of sugar
patting and pressing on pizza dough
pressing down with a cookie cutter on rolled sugar cookie dough

4. Two year olds love to dip - and this develops arm muscles skills too!: it takes a lot of coordination to dip! Getting the food in the dip, then moving the arm and somehow getting it into your mouth. If it wasn`t difficult, they wouldn`t get food all over their face! :-)

So, unless your 2 year old always has a clean face when he or she is done eating, here`s some dipping opportunities:

carrots in salad dressing
french fries in catsup
dipping a spoon in the emptied batter bowl to clean out the goodies :-)
dipping fruit in a fruit dip or chocolate (like frozen bananas or strawberries)
dipping chicken or fish in a batter for you to cook
dipping the bread in French toast mix

So, instead of "shooing" your preschoolers and 2 year olds out of the kitchen, let them dive in with these simple tasks that not only give them great pleasure, but help them develop their age appropriate motor skills.