Anyways, he was done writing letters, short words on the chalk board he bugged and bugged me - what else mama? What do I do? So I told him to draw a smiley face. "Draw a circle, then two dots, one standing line, one U..". (Maria Montessori firmly advocated "showing" rather than "instructing with words", but somehow instructing works for us many times! So I do what feels natural!)
I realised my son could draw! Smiley face, bus, train hills, the sun... A little here and there! Suddenly out of nowhere! After all the open-ended artwork all these months!
I gave him some black fine grit sandpaper too (left over from my sandpaper letter project) so I could preserve some of his chalk art!
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The first few days |
We were hanging out at our neighbourhood bookstore (Crossword) which has a huge Train Engine for kids to sit on etc. So I made him stand next to it and look at it- "see ? can u draw this train? Its got one rectangle for engine and one for the carriage. Then a rectangle for the chimney...."
When we got back home I reminded him. Can you draw the train? rectangles and chimneys? And this is what he made! (He is obsessed with super sized wheels though!)
Then I brought out his wooden toy train which was gifted to him when he was little. "Look at this and draw!" Gave him chalks for this too- since I discovered writing at his age is better off with chalks! and also since he has been a little obsessed with chalks lately.
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The Green Train is Percy and Blue is Thomas- from the Thomas & Friends Books he has been reading lately |
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His box of 100 colored chalks! Ironically he asked for white! |
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colored grid |
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Bus/Car with a giant wheel! |
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Thats our family (I'm the one with hair!) |
These are just brilliant and amazing for his age! Thanks so much for sharing with the #pinitparty. Have pinned.
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DeleteHe did a great job on the train. Visiting from Create w/Joy http://linorstore.com/tisha-bav-ninth-of-av/
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DeleteWhat a nice piece of work he did on the train, so much fun. Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop! I hope you’ll join us again next week!
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Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
Thanks Kathy :)
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