Pumpkin Bread Recipe: Fine Motor Skill Activity

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I love making some homemade pumpkin bread!

Cooking is an excellent activity for adults and children.

Measuring and mixing are physical and functional hand skills.
Measuring and mixing require important cognitive skills.

The satisfaction of eating and sharing the results (mmmm!) is emotionally gratifying while mentally connecting work to results (aka learning).

For anyone who is here just to see my cooking talent, you should know that I enjoy these two things while leisurely cooking.

For my regular readers or those who come here for my parental commentary – there’s that, too

If your child loves to eat, if your child hates to eat, if your child is learning to eat, helping your child to participate in food preparation or cooking offers memorable sensory and motor incentives. Throughout this recipe page I will include some suggestions for including children while baking pumpkin bread.

Read the recipe and the commentary to make pumpkin bread with or without the kids on the TheraExtras Blog Site