M.L.
She should be getting old enough to learn not to touch certain things. I tell my girls which things are "sharp" and give "owies." Then I pretend to prick myself and make an owie face. I teach them the word "dangerous" and correct them when they are getting too interested in off limits things. My kids are very into things and even a bit willful but seem to understand about "sharps." If you want the knives out of the way get a magnetic strip that you can mount on the wall out of reach. The knives just hang there on it. I think they are quite inexpensive and are sold at Bed Bath and Beyond. But by the time she is taller she will be able to move a chair to whatever she wants. In all honesty she will be able to reach everything soon enough. You just have to teach her what to leave alone.