In our first lesson of the year, students practiced using knives to slice, dice and mince an apple! We broke the process down into a few simple steps:
- Focus!! Watch what you’re cutting at all time
- Place food to be cut on a flat edge (cut it first to make a flat side if necessary)
- Hold the food with curled fingers
- Hold the knife with the other hand close to the blade
- Saw back and forth with the knife (the knives we used had serrated blades)
Students did a fantastic job, and felt great about developing such a grown-up skill. Catherine Newman has a great blog entry about her daughter, Birdy’s, first experiences with cutting. Take a look; Cooking with Birdy: Cutting Stuff Up
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