Letter Of The Week - "s" For soup (steam)

Papa gave me the idea when we were brainstorming last Sunday. I was at first a little concerned about making the "s" so small and two of them instead of our usual one. But I guess so long as the letter is clear enough, Sophie can learn to recognise and name it. Before I gave the cardboard to Sophie, I painted it white to cover the prints.

Wow! Sophie was so civilised with the markers! She actually took out one at a time, used and capped it before putting it back again. Was that a sign of maturity and stability at last? Perhaps she could finally follow instructions? Or maybe she has developed some fondness for her art materials and decided to take good care of them? Oh well, none of the above. Probably a couple of seconds after my jaws dropped in amazement, she was back to her usual self and all the markers were thrown all over the floor. She also started demanding for paint and a sponge... Sigh!

Sophie tried to apply some paint with a sponge on the "bowl" but she still preferred the pink marker. Towards the end, I let her use a brush as well... anything to finish up the task. The rest was downhill all the way, I could not really get her to stick the cotton wool onto the "s" or apply glitter glue onto the "letter" and "soup". She needed me to show and guide her along...

In the end, I had to give Sophie some paper and paint to occupy herself while I finish up the craft. I used aluminium foil for the "soup", cotton wool and glitter glue for the "steam" in hope to create more texture for her to touch and feel. I took my eyes off her for a brief moment and this is what happened... the pink marker was fully submerged in the red paint and the orange paint was somewhere around her highchair... I think.

End Product - "s" for soup (steam)