I was planning to prepare a corn-flour-based pissaladiere for dinner, which involved peeling and slicing 1kg of onions. Since the weather was nice -- albeit a little windy, I gathered a chopping board, knife and colander and joined the children in the garden. They immediately took interest in what I was doing.
This turned into a practical life exercise: they peeled onions with delight, checking that there was nothing rough or brown on their onions before placing them in the colander. Since I had not planned this as a Montessori-type exercise, it was a little disorganised, with insufficient space for 3 persons to place their peelings, especially in windy conditions. But having two helpers did help speed up the preparation.
Neither had much of the warm pissaladiere that night, but DS2 ate it with delight when it was chilled at our picnic the following day.
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