So I feel I must confess something. I am very guilty of letting my kids play by themselves while I clean. I would say ignore them, but it's not like I don't talk to them or pay attention to where they are, I just don't sit and play with them.
This whole playing with my kids thing is hard for me. When I stayed home with my son, I was able to give my attention to him often and teach him so much. Now that I have two kids and a bigger house, I haven't quite found that balance yet. Also I lack a lot more sleep this time so if I sit and just play, I start yawning and dreaming of sleeping, which I feel is just as bad as not playing with them.
Recently my mom sent me a link to a blog that I absolutely love now. This woman has so many great ideas to help you play with your kids and help them learn many different things.
It has inspired me to really put the effort into both of my kids. To play with both of them and try to teach them as much as possible. I feel that play brings so many opportunities for learning, it's something I can't skimp on. I wrote earlier in the week about how I had pulled my son from preschool so I am now his sole teacher again. I need to take that job seriously and get back on track.
Today we made apple pie play dough and I played with my son for a long time with it. Then I tried to play with my daughter, but she was exhausted and crabby so that didn't really work out for us.
Tomorrow is another day though and I will try again!
No comments:
Post a Comment