在miCasa的環境中，我們會讓孩子做午餐食材的準備，例如：切菜、剝菜或是洗菜。
一方面是現在大部分孩子看到的食物都是已經經過處理且煮熟的美食佳餚，我們希望透過食物的製備來提供給孩子不同的經驗；另一方面是想藉此幫助孩子獨立，過程中經過不斷的重複動作，學習到技能也發展動作協調，完成的同時相信自己有能力做到這些事情。而除了動作、經驗外，也幫助孩子發展語言，食物製備的過程中，我們會告訴孩子蔬菜的名稱，也會用到量詞及形容詞，如：兩顆馬鈴薯、長長的四季豆…等等。
事實上，這個工作並不是一直都如照片中一般順利，例如：剛開始做食物製備邀請孩子洗菜時，孩子們會認為洗菜和洗手一樣需要使用洗手乳，因此常常成人一不留神，蔬菜就在眾多泡泡中載浮載沉，當然類似的情況在孩子們熟悉相關步驟後就會減少許多。
其實不只在miCasa能夠讓孩子一同準備餐點，爸爸媽媽在家也可以讓他們參與早午晚餐的製作唷！無論是餐桌的準備、洗菜、剝菜、切菜，甚至是和您們一起在廚房將食材下鍋…等等皆可。相信孩子們以滿足的表情享用自己製作的餐點時，不會讓你們後悔過程中有他們加入！
In miCasa, we will invite the children to prepare the ingredients for our lunch. ex. cutting, peeling, and washing.
On one hand, most children nowadays only see processed and cooked food, hence, we hope to provide the children with different experiences via food preparation; on the other hand, we wish to help the children to become independent through the process. They can learn skills, develop their movement coordination by repetitive pracitces, and believe in themselves to accomplish the tasks. The children can also develop their language aside from movement and experience. We will tell them the name of the vegetables, quantifiers, and adjectives, such as two pieces of potatoes, long green beans, etc.
In fact, the work has not always been as smooth as the picture. For instance, when we first invited the children to wash vagetables, they thought they should use hand soap, just like washing hands. Therefore, often times the vagetables would float in the sea of bubbles if the adults were not paying attention to them. Similiar situations decrease a lot after they get more used to the steps.
Except for including the children in food preparation in miCasa, parents can invite them to preapre for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at home as well! You can welcome them to set the table, wash, peel, and cut ingredients, and even put the ingredients into the pots. We believe that children's satisafying face when enjoying the meals they prepared would not make you regret for having them during the cooking process!
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