I’m sick of seeing all her tit stolen from Pinterest activities for Ella. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - it is lovely that she wants to interact with and teach Ella so much. But she DOESN’T GET IT! She should be learning through play and real experiences not daft stuff set up for Instagram. The pouring activity - just bung a load of jugs and containers in a water tray or the bath, stand her on a chair and let her ‘wash up’, let her play cafes and pour the drinks - she’d come to learn all this stuff naturally if she was allowed to play properly and it would be so much better for her development because it would be in context.
Taste test activity - again, she would come across this all naturally, just chat with her about the flavours of whatever she’s eating.
Welly boots picture - this is a time filling activity for a school or nursery to do on a bad weather day, there is no learning involved whatsoever. Get out in the rain and let her splash in puddles, put out containers to collect the rain and look at how much was collected, talk about whether the muddles are muddy or clear, have any of them got rainbow patterns in from oil, do they reflect the clouds in the sky? If she gets home and wants to continue the rain theme, try using water in pictures, drip water onto paint or felt pen on paper and see what happens, sing songs about rain, make a rain shelter for the teddies - it really isn’t hard.
Sorry, it frustrates me so much. I genuinely think that she wants to do the best for her daughter but can’t see the value in anything that isn’t picture perfect and it is the absolute opposite that is true.
