When I opened the cereal box this week, I was quite upset to see prints on the inner side. It was some sort of lucky draw with closing date 30 June 09... Aiya! So, I had to paint the cardboard with white paint before giving it to Sophie, just to hide the prints. I know sometimes she will not paint on paper with prints on it or too small in size... as if she is demanding for respect in her work.
Today, Sophie was more interested in getting the paint out from the bottle than actual painting. She has seen how I did it for her so many times and now she wants to do it herself. I was happy to see her focusing hard to turn the bottle upside down and squeeze hard although she was still not strong enough to get the paint out. I reckon soon she will succeed.
Sophie took a while to finish painting the "S", so I was worried that she might lose interest in painting the "snake". I was right but it was not too bad because she found it fun to stamp on it with her palms.
I was so glad I bought the "star" puncher some time ago. I used it to punch stars from a sheet of yellow construction paper and let Sophie paste them onto the "snake". Good to know that "stars" also begins with "S" and Sophie loves them, though clearly not as much as squeezing white glue onto the "snake". Unfortunately, she has yet learnt skills like "sprinkle" and "paste" so I had to help her finish up the letter of the week.
I glued the "head" and "tail" to the "body" of the "snake" and let it dry a bit before adding the "tongue" (red pipe cleaner) and plastic eyes.
As usual, I let Sophie do whatever she liked at the end of the session and she decided to fiddle around with the "stars". I really enjoy watching her concentrate on her task... If only she would be like this with Lego or building block...
End Product - "S" For Snake (Sophie and Stars too!)
that is a pretty snake! :)
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