I don't know why people refer to this time as the "Terrible Twos" because it is a wonderful time. Ava is learning and growing so quick I can barely keep up with her. She is amazing! This week we worked on fine motor skills and colors using beads and blocks.
Ava loves the bead isle at the craft stores, so I decided it was time to buy her, her own beads. I was hoping to get big wooden beads, but I couldn't find any. I did find some colorful animal beads that Ava really liked. I was worried they would be too small and hard for Ava to handle, but I was wrong. After showing Ava a couple times how to string the beads she did it all by herself. I was amazed at how quickly she picked it up and at her impressive fine motor skills.
One evening Ava and Rich built block towers. I was surprised that she actually built towers because usually she just knocks them over when I play with her. Ava's building skills have really improved. She has always been good at stacking blocks, but now she is good at balancing too. I was blown away at the tower she made all by herself (below). It only came tumbling down when Ava decided to knock it over with her feet.
2 comments:
My girls LOVE beading. I'm so excited that Ava likes it too. If they have a Lakeshore Learning store near you, they have some great beads there.
Her beading is very impressive. Hopefully Ava will skipped "the stage" altogether, but I thought 3 was really one of the most challenging ages. Rachel was 3 when she decided that she could just pretend to be our 10 year old neighbor and could, consequently, be old enough to go to the park by herself while I changed her brother's diaper.
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