Whew, I made it through our first week of crafting and it was awesome. It's hard to imagine I began the week stressed, overwhelmed, and scared that I couldn't be THAT mom. CJ finally played the picture letter matching board game! What a way to end the week, my perseverance paid off. We went slightly off schedule today with a lot more independent play time than planned, but I was o.k. with that.
My awesome husband cut the Woodsie panels, this idea I got from the Play At Home Moms blog. We did not use this this week.
Here, my son finally started playing the picture match game. I was freaking out with excitement and probably became overly enthusiastic as usual. I would tell him the item in the picture and tell him the letter it started with and he would find the letter on the board and place the picture. Some pictures he described himself, but the best part is he actually went through the board in its entirety.
Our craft for the day was noodles and the letter 'N'. He loved pouring these ones out.
Next week is pumpkin week and I have decided that I will just consolidate the Adventures In Crafting series into one weekly post. It is a lot to do a daily recap with a toddler and other projects. See I am learning time management and how to let things go.
Things I learned: When you find the right game, they can really focus.
If, somehow, one manages to keep a child focused for a long period of time,
a break should follow immediately to give them some free time to just be a
toddler.
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