Baking Muffins
Getting kids involved in the tasks that are needed for daily living is the biggest bang for your parenting buck! First, you need to accomplish these tasks anyway. Second, your child can learn them and then use them later in life. Third, they are enriching activities that don’t involve your child zombie-ing out in front of a screen.
Chocolate chip muffins were an effort on my part to make a healthier version of the muffins that come in little bags marketed for lunchboxes. Those have zero healthful ingredients, so I thought if we could make a recipe at home that had some protein and whole grains, we might be making a little progress in our health goals.
This recipe did not turn out to be a hit, but Mikey has since embraced pumpkin muffins which are even healthier so, I’ll call it a win.
For more information on kitchen skills and how we worked on them at home, click the links below.
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About the Author
Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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