Letter Of The Week - "t" For teapot

In my last conversation with Papa about Sophie's learning, he advised me to make learning more fun for her. She is a child who cannot learn under pressure or direct teaching. She needs to play and learning will come naturally. Thus, I am constantly thinking of "fun" things to do with her. Honestly, it is very tiring for me. I wish I could be more energetic and creative in my teaching...

In any case, she loves teapots and cups so I thought she might like today's craft. I was right. She kept playing with the cardboard teapot and cup as if they were real. In fact, it took a bit of coaxing for her to let go of them to start painting.

Sophie was quite cooperative when she was painting the teapot and cup. Perhaps she could identify what she was painting and that kept her motivated.



We have never used "bubble sheet" to print before so I thought it would be fun to try it out. Sophie was suddenly cranky and I did not know why. Although she still continued with the printing, I was a little reluctant to push her. I did the darker blue for her instead.

I was quite happy to leave the letter, teapot and cup like that, but Sophie wanted to draw on the teapot and cup using her blue colour pencil. Of course I let her do it! I was more than happy that she expressed interest in making them look "better".

Then, I added plastic eyes and drew the outline. Before I could stick them all onto a piece of construction paper, Sophie wanted to play with the teapot and cup one last time. I thought she was so adorable...

Finally, lots of litter glue was applied to create some tea flowing from the spout of the teapot.

End Product - "t" For teapot