well, it’s only a little after 10:00 and already Jordy has had a big morning! He’s played with his nature basket and sat in the dark again to make more sparks with his quartz, worked with the cylinder block, drawn with his magnadoodle, played ball and, most interesting to me, made shapes with some sticks.
He was playing with some parts of another game that have four wooden posts and he made a triangle and was trying to make a square. I watched for a while and then foolishly interrupted by giving him some coloured paddlepop sticks to use instead. I should have just let him be to work with it himself! We continued to make shapes and straight lines with the paddlepop sticks but he wanted me to do it with him and would often say it was “hard work” when he was successfully doing it alone before i interrupted.
So that’s my lesson for today- to step back and let him work as he chooses. I should have just noted his attempts and tomorrow presented the sticks as new material. I wonder if i should present the geometic demonstration tray soon?
