Welp today went really great.. besides “quiet time” with Rowan. 🤨🤪 Teaghan finished a whole 100pc puzzle while Rowan put two pieces together of a 24pc and was over it. She then moved to a mosaic sticker activity.. and well same thing. 😅 soo plan B with her. She needs to work on strengthening her scissor skills so I put together a little bin for her to work on during independent Quiet Time aka nooo Mommy is not playing or helping you right now!! She also LOVES PlayDoh.. and it usually engages her interest for quite some time. She will not be getting all the extra toys out for PlayDoh but she can roll out snakes and cut them. I stuck other things in the bin that I found around the house… Plastic and paper straws. Ribbon. Bubble wrap. Drew a little face on TP rolls and paper bags so she can pretend she’s cutting hair! Card stock is much easier to cut for little ones, so any extra junk mail/flyers you get, save them! If this is something I want to last the rest of the week, I won’t put everything in the bin tomorrow. I’ll keep adding to it daily, to make it new and exciting for her. Anything she cuts, she can do right over top of the red bin so there’s little to no clean up. During the end of the week.. she can try out “special scissors” that cut different patterns. Young children should be working on scissor skills as it helps strengthen muscles in their hands and practicing skills that use bilateral coordination.
*note if your child is still learning how to hold scissors properly, this would not be ideal for them to do independently! Work one-on-one with them and assist as needed!
Pretend they are an 🐊 “Two fingers on the bottom, one thumb on top.. open the mouth and go chomp, chomp, chomp”
Pumped for Preschool! 
Tape on the scissors were a HUGE help with Lucy remembering how to hold them properly. Also, thank goodness for play dough 🙌🏻 A fun, quiet activity for all age groups.
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