This morning Chicken and I were at the kitchen table. He was eating breakfast and I was sipping my coffee. He noticed something. He scanned his finger across the cup and as I was about to say "Please don't put your finger in my cup" he interrupted me. Thankfully, he interrupted me.
"Look Mommy, 1,2,3,4,5. Five sides." I look into the cup and sure enough, a part of the coffee and taken the shape of a pentagon. Our exploration didn't end there. Soon, the pentagon turned into a circle. Then it became an oval. With every sip it changed. He then points out a seahorse. I totally see it. Then I spot a stegosauras. Next, it's a humpback whale. I think that's where we stopped.
I am so glad he stopped me from ordering him to leave my coffee alone. I would have missed out on an opportunity to use my imagination with him. So the next time your child/ren look like they might be doing something you don't want them to do, stop and wait. They may just be excercising their creativity. Lesson learned.
This is the video that made Chicken notice the number of sides. In fact, he referenced it. I highly recommend these cd/dvds!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5m8BWk5LoQ
"Look Mommy, 1,2,3,4,5. Five sides." I look into the cup and sure enough, a part of the coffee and taken the shape of a pentagon. Our exploration didn't end there. Soon, the pentagon turned into a circle. Then it became an oval. With every sip it changed. He then points out a seahorse. I totally see it. Then I spot a stegosauras. Next, it's a humpback whale. I think that's where we stopped.
I am so glad he stopped me from ordering him to leave my coffee alone. I would have missed out on an opportunity to use my imagination with him. So the next time your child/ren look like they might be doing something you don't want them to do, stop and wait. They may just be excercising their creativity. Lesson learned.
This is the video that made Chicken notice the number of sides. In fact, he referenced it. I highly recommend these cd/dvds!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5m8BWk5LoQ