"S" Based Activities

Sophie has got a huge mosquito bite from school yesterday. It is really red and swollen. We feel very bad because this is her first mosquito bite and it is so bad. I have quite a few nasty bites too, but not as big as hers. I need to speak to the school about this. There are simply too many mosquitoes in the school compound. Anyway, I left Sophie with Ah Gong and Ah Mah after her lunch and made a trip to get her some ointment and insect repellent. By the time I came back, it was her snack time. And when she was done, I had to prepare dinner. It was amazing how little time we have... sometimes.

Fortunately, we managed to do some "S" based activities. I cut the letter "s" from a piece of cardboard to make a sparkly salt letter.

Sophie was so excited about the salt sprinkling bit of the craft that she was only willing to dab a little blue paint on the letter.

Letter "s" - Sparkly Salt

Knowing that Sophie was not quite satisfied with just making the letter "s", I let her do some more on her own. However, she wanted me to paint her hand and FOOT instead! Luckily I was ablt to distract her with the bowl of salt. I had to throw away her work eventually because the salt kept falling off and my floor was sticky as a result.

Sparkly Salt Art

Of course, cleaning up was tough. While I was washing in the bathroom, Sophie kept herself busy with the white glue and some paper cut-outs she found lying around. She came running to me when she was done saying, "Mummy, look! Picture!" . She was so proud of herself that I had no heart to tell her off for making a mess on the table and floor.

Sophie's Picture

In the afternoon, I was too tired to do anything else so I just read Sophie Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle. It is not an easy book for her but she enjoyed playing peekaboo with the transparency pages. She almost immediately fell in love with the lionfish... so cute!