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My children love the Disney movie Ratatouille about the rat who wants to become a famous French chef. The laughter and animation brings the kitchen to life and makes you want to become a chef too, just like little Remy the Rat. After watching the movie, my children started asking about becoming a chef and how does someone become a chef. Deciding this might be a fun activity to share with the children, we signed up for a children’s cooking class at the local culinary school.

The children learned how to make spaghetti and meatballs. A sloppy and fun time ensued. While strictly supervised by a parent, the children learned to bring water to a boil and how to break the spaghetti in half. They were taught how to lower the heat to allow the pasta to simmer and how to drain out the water. They learned to make meatballs by combining beef, bread crumbs, parsley and egg. This culinary training left them hungry to sample their product. We had such a good time that we signed up for another cooking lesson and plan on bringing the whole family along next time. Who knew Ratatouille could inspire such creativity and learning?

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Do you remember how you learned to swim? Did you know that there are actually several different ways that kids learn how to swim? Most people assume that however they learned is the way that everyone learns but that’s not true at all.

The most common way that most children learn how to swim is that they are taught to swim by a parent or older sibling. The parent takes the child into the water at a relatively young age. The child is usually wearing some sort of flotation device to stay safe. The parent then moves the child in such a way so as to mimic swimming and the child learns to swim from this experience.

Another common method of learning to swim is to take swimming lessons. This is particularly common in places where swimming is a main activity. For example, it is very easy to find swimming classes in Miami since the beach is such a main attraction there. Both children and adults may take Miami swimming lessons in order to learn how to swim there.

Of course, some people also just learn how to swim on their own. They watch other people at the pool or beach and try to match what they are doing. Alternatively, they just jump in and let nature take its course. Any of these methods will teach you how to swim but some are definitely smarter than others!

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