How to teach a child to eat with a spoon and fork?
Skill use a spoon and fork It is necessary to inoculate the child gradually andsystematically. You need to start with the use of a spoon. To do this, the child can be given a teaspoon in his hand and teach him to pick up the porridge, at this time feeding the child with a second spoon.
Initially, children usually hold a spoon in the fist. Up to 1.5-2 years is quite normal and acceptable. But then it is better to gradually gradually teach the baby to keep the spoon correctly: just below the wide part of the handle with three fingers - large, index and medium. It is important to ensure that the child holds the spoon in the "right" hand, i. E. if he is right-handed - in the right, and if left-handed - in the left.
When the child learns to keep a good spoon,it is necessary to accustom it correctly to scoop out food and correctly eat from a spoon. There are special narrow "French" spoons, which are brought to the mouth by the narrowing front part. Usual "American" spoons are wider and round, they are brought to the mouth by the side. It is important to tell the child that you do not need to open your mouth too much when holding a spoon, you do not need to suck the tip of the spoon.
It is better not to give a fork to a child before three years. Approximately from this age the kid already understands thathe can prick a sharp object. For the child needs a small fork, the teeth of which are not very sharp. It is necessary to explain and show the child how to use a fork, depending on the dish that he eats: when the teeth of the fork should be pointing down, and when - the upward.
Getting to learn a child to use a spoonor a fork, it is better to immediately instill in him the skills of behavior at the table. Those. food is not scattered, do not eat with your mouth open, after eating, put a spoon or fork on your plate. It is also important to teach the child to use a napkin, in order to wipe his hands, and not a tablecloth.
It is desirable that food put on a plate, was eaten by the child without a trace. therefore it is very important to correctly calculate the serving size. Too much food is harmful to the child, his body is more difficult to cope with the load, and after a too small portion the baby will very soon starve.
They say that if you want to permanently repel a person's interest in something, then make it a duty. If make a child eat with a spoon or fork, when he is not ready for this, constantly pull him down, if he is mistaken, you can for a long time discourage him from hunting independently using cutlery.
