When I've got mundane jobs to do in the kitchen that are done faster without help, Orla joins me on a tablecloth spread on the floor, surrounded by melamine bowls, each containing a tablespoon of some intriguing and tactile substance. She has a couple of empty bowls to mix things in and a couple of spoons to scoop the ingredients up with if required. You can go as tidy or as messy as you like, depending on the substances you choose!
We use pasta shapes, rice, couscous(all either cooked or uncooked for different textures), different cereals - oats, cornflakes, rice crispies, etc - dried fruit, flour... anything that comes to hand in the store cupboard (though I don't recommend sugar!). Orla is rapidly and completely absorbed, experimenting with fingers and mouth to experience the different textures of the ingredients around her. She loves running couscous or flour through her fingers, and the cereals and fruit come in handy as on-the-go snacks! I avoid adding water to the mix these days after one rushed and naive afternoon, when I had to try to remove a floury cement from both daughter and kitchen tiles...
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