I really enjoy reading blogs. I sit with a cup of coffee, diet coke, or any other variant of caffiene and read and dream of how my life would look if only I could get it together. Instead on dreary dark days (and I am referring to emotion not so much actual weather) it is really all I can do to pull myself out of bed. Not really conducive to life with a 4-year-old. I am always so inspired by all that some do with their children, and yet…
I have been wanting to try finger knitting with Ellen for a while. I knew that, given her ridiculous fine motor skills, she would take to it easily. She did, but only for about three minutes. Still, I got that much out of her, and the whole time she said over and over, “I am knitting!” That should be enough, right?
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March 27, 2009 at 11:18 pm
autumnblossomknits
Good job teaching her finger knitting. Fine motor skills are so important. I try to come up with art projects that help improve the fine motor skills of the special education students I work with. My regular education students also have difficulties with some of their fine motor skills (especially cutting). It is always nice to read about parents, like you, improving your child’s fine motor skills.
March 29, 2009 at 8:39 pm
threesneakybugs
Honestly, yes, that should be enough. Most of the projects I do with my kids only last for a few minutes. It takes more time to blog about them, or to set them up, or to clean them up for that matter than how much time the kids actually spend doing them. The point is you made an effort. I think my 2 yr old has a longer attention span than my 4 yr old so I have high hopes for her. Ya know, the way a mama dreams.