Raking Leaves
Unless you are incredibly particular about how your yard looks in the fall, your kids can help with raking the leaves. If you have kids who bolt out into traffic, keep their efforts focused on the backyard, inside the fence.
Everywhere that sells adult rakes this time of year also sells kid-size versions. They also have hand rakes or leaf scoops which the kids can hold and scoop up giant piles of leaves.
Pro Tips
1. Do this on a dry day…wet leaves are too heavy and too messy.
2. To get the kids extra tired, have them run their giant scoops of leaves over to a big tarp or directly into bags (which you will drag to the curbside later).
3. Use bug spray for this activity and then do a tick-check and showers or baths afterwards.
4. Take pictures! This will be so cute!!
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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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