Little Chef Fruit Salad

What you need

• Bananas, 1
• Berries, a handful of strawberries
• Pear, 1
• Orange, 1
• Melon, 1 small
• Cloth, 1 damp
• Cutting board, 1
• Bowl, 1 big, plus 1 per person
• Knife, 1 butter or nylon knife
• Spoon, 1
• Plate or tray, 1

How to do it

Grown-up prep: A grown-up peels the melon and cuts it into flat slabs. Wash all the fruit first. Check for fruit allergies. Keep sharp knives out of reach and give kids only a butter knife or nylon knife.

1. Slide the damp cloth under your cutting board.
2. Make a claw with your helping hand.
   Ask: Why do you think we tuck our fingertips under?
3. Try the bridge grip on a peeled banana.
4. Chop the strawberries into small pieces.
5. Cut the pear into bite-size chunks.
6. Chop the melon slabs into cubes.
   Ask: Which fruit was the easiest to cut, and which was the trickiest?
7. Tip all the fruit into the bowl and gently mix.
8. Squeeze the orange over the fruit.
9. Serve your salad, then make another batch! What fruit mix will you invent next?
   Ask: What fruit would you add next time?

Play it again

• Rainbow salad: pick one fruit for each color of the rainbow.
• Same-size challenge: try to cut every piece the same size.
• Skewer party: thread the pieces onto blunt sticks in a pattern.