Here are some ways children can help around the home: • Plant care—watering the plants, dusting the leaves, planting seeds, arranging flowers in small vases (using a small funnel and small pitcher to fill the vase with water) • Food preparation—washing vegetables, beating eggs, scooping their own cereal out of a small container and adding milk from a small jug • Snack time—helping themselves to food from an accessible snack area (which we restock daily with the help of our child, putting out only as much as we are happy for them to eat), peeling and slicing fruit, spreading topping on
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