A Parent Testimony:
J’Kai, probably like
most boys his age, often really struggles to complete tasks independently. He
needs many redirections and a lot of support to finish a complex task
independently. In the past, when he’s tried to cook independently it has been a
disaster. Since cooking club started, he’s been talking about it non-stop. I decided
that we should give him a spotlight to showcase his new recipes when we went to
a friend’s house for dinner recently. I had no idea what the recipe involved.
J’Kai and I went to the grocery store, and from memory, he purchased all of the
ingredients. Later that day he actually remembered that he was in charge of
making the appetizer and asked if it was OK to start. I had mentally prepared
to have to help him through this with a large amount of patience. However, I
was in the middle of something and told him he could get started, planning to
join him shortly to give him support. I checked in a few minutes later and he
reported that he was doing fine, and then a little while later I started to
smell something. When I asked what he was doing he said he was in the final
stages of making his appetizer. When I went downstairs, my son had not only
chopped all of the vegetables, but had them in the pan cooking, and was
cleaning up his mess! Miracle of all miracles! He recreated the recipe
completely independently after watching the recipe be cooked only once in
cooking club and it was delicious! I’ve never seen him do anything like this
before!
