Montessori Knives
Children's knives are specially designed tools. These are meant to introduce kids to basic cutting tasks in the kitchen. It is done in a safe and educational manner.
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Using real knives builds confidence and helps with independence. It gives children a sense of responsibility. It helps develop fine motor skills.
Age: 2 Years and Up
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Children as young as 18 months old can be given a butter or jam knife for spreading condiments. Then they move on to chopping soft fruits like bananas. Eventually the child graduates to a serrated knife.
Age: 2 Years and Up
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"Growing is a succession of acquisitions of independence. At first they are physical acquisitions – teeth, walking, language – each comes at the right time if the child is allowed to live naturally, for nature has assigned a definite order for these acquisitions." Maria Montessori, The 1946 London Lectures