Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Various and Random Items to Address after an Unintentional Hiatus, Part Three

Ages ago, I used to leave out unannounced art projects, or puzzles, or bowls of feathers, or some other such things for the chicks, with the intention that they'd pass by them and engage with them if they felt motivated to do so. I hadn't done it in a long time, but I recently noticed that there was some crabbiness around these parts in the mornings, so I thought I'd pre-empt that by leaving something fun on the dining table the night before.

I did it for several days in a row, and each day Ninna made a beeline for the table and spent at least twenty minutes (sometimes much longer) working on some art. Bojey also joined in most days, if for a shorter time. One day I forgot, and Ninna said "mama, you forgot our project! I want you to leave us a project every day. It has to be an art project, and I want it to be something different every day."

Well baby girl, that's a tall order, but I'll do what I can. Here's what I left out one night last week--homemade blank books with a rectangle of cardstock for a bookmark:










And with that, I'm off to bed!

7 comments:

Andrea said...

Ooh, fun, I want someone to set out a proj-jeck like that for me every morning too (and lots of quiet time to play with it!)

Sadie from allnaturalme.com said...

Those are great pictures Mama!!

Audra said...

I love this idea! Instead of stumbling downstairs to a dvd this is a lovely way for children to wake up in the morning!

MaryAnne said...

I need to start something like this - we certainly have our share of crabby mornings!

Jaimie said...

Andrea--I would so love it too. I think there is something like that for adults, and it's called art school!

Jaimie said...

Sadie--thank you!

LWB said...

Oh, that's so awesome. I am going to try this. I would love to hear your thoughts on choosing activities w/ kids of diff. ages since E and A are the near same ages as your two - do you just do it and let them enjoy it in their own way or do you try to make it so both ages are able to do the activity (wordy question)?

I'd also love to know how you've been able to be tv-free for so long! we don't watch much, but would love to break the habit entirely!