Thursday was a day of hits and misses. The letter of the day was 'C' and I had planned three activities. Today was also My Gym day which I love. It got us out of the house and I am very pleased with their program for his age and I absolutely love the instructors. Lucky for me one of them is male so I think that is good for my son. I am realizing now that most programs for toddlers are scheduled around the average toddler schedule because everything we do starts between 10:00 am and 10:30 am. I feel like the stars lined up for me on that or I just happen to choose a standard schedule for my child. Anyway, 12:00 pm is lunch and around 1:00 pm nap. While Connor napped I set up one of the activities, "Letters Around The House". I cut out large capital letters on my Cricut (you'll probably see that name a lot with these crafting projects) and taped them to items corresponding with that letter around the house. Once CJ was up at around 2:45 pm, an almost two hour nap which is a treat for me, his gets a snack and free/independent play. I set up the next craft which was cotton balls that are to be glued on the letter 'C' and I made a paper bag puppet cow to add some entertainment to the day. I have become so obsessed with the puppet idea. When the issue came up to introduce social aspects to my son's education, I realized I can use puppets. Well before I could get started CJ recognized the letters and I began taking him around the house to find the letters. He went ballistic. He loved it. He was so excited and running to find the next one and of course I began running as well, because this seemed to be a hit and that brought me an uncontrollable joy.
As expected at craft time it was dump everything out and put back in time again. He did seem to show some interest in the cotton balls and their texture. He kept trying to get back into the paint container during the whole process. Caliapi the Cow (yep I gave it a name) just seemed to weird him out so I am figuring out at this point puppets may not be for him. This craft did not last long and he got antsy so I had him help me clean up. While cleaning up I had come up with pretending the 99 cent table cloth is a wave of water and I go hopping around the house making waves with it. He loves it. Anyway, the rest of the evening went like this:
5:15 pm - Dinner
5:30 pm - Sesame St.
6:30 pm - Milk and Cookies
7:00 pm - Medicine (he has asthma)
7:20 pm - Story in Bed
7:35 pm - Sleepy time
Things I learned: Some kids just don't like everything despite how standard some things seem to be.
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