Monday
I copied a craft I found online where you use Q-tips to create shapes. This was the best as it required no purchases.
Here I printed out connect the dots shapes for coloring. Just as I learned from my other crafts, he was clearly not able to draw the shapes. But I drew them and he began to recite the color and the shape so he still learned something.
Tuesday
I made play dough using this unimaginably easy recipe and leftover food coloring. Side note: I had such a good time making the dough, I had to force myself to stop after the third batch. I didn't have the right shape cookie cutters so I used a knife. He wasn't really interested in the play dough, but really focused on the shapes I had made. You see the pattern here...mommy has fun, CJ learns.
Wednesday
I finally got myself together enough to make pancakes in the morning and cut them into the shapes we're focusing on this week. For our activity, I cut sponges into basic shapes and put paint mixed with water (had to save the paint) onto plates and let him soak and smush away on sheets of printer paper I taped together. I also found pages online where there are hidden shapes and put them in a binder and even tried to make a story out of it.
By Thursday, the cold had overtook the household and we just tried to rest and keep him distracted from the fact that he wasn't going outside. I really had to be creative here.
Things I Learned:
1. Kids have endurance when they are sick so don't count them out.
2. When the kids are sick, rest, because you could be joining them soon.
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