A few days ago, my husband and I were talking about what we could do to nurture our daughter's interests. She's the type who (and don't think I'm bragging here because, believe me, I sometimes get embarrassed by this...) gets bored easily when something doesn't strike her interest, is below her developmental level or has been taught to her enough times that she doesn't see the need to sit through another lesson. Today at a preschool library story time, for example, the librarian had chosen books that weren't really stimulating for a 4-year-old but were useful for interacting with a group of kids...so Aislin interacted, and then chose to stand up and start skipping around the room while everyone else sat and faced forward. (While having the discipline and respectfulness to endure a boring moment is definitely something my husband and I want her to learn...you can't help but sympathize with the kid!)
What we had determined was that Aislin's strongest interests are in science and art. And today our hypothesis was confirmed :)
Aislin's play-dough flower made at the end of story time
Sometimes it kind of breaks my heart knowing that she's not as interested in story time, or books in general, as I am...but I'm so proud of her for the interests she does have. I was really impressed that she made that play-dough flower by herself, and I bet she even named each part as she put it all together ;)
Oh, and...gotta love that imagination, too :)
"These peas are for you!"
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