Letting your kiddo's, big or little, help with the family chores should be part of everyday. With a little one it may take a bit longer, but it is worth it! They are so proud of what they have done, so proud that they are contributing, gaining self esteme, self worth and confidence in themselves. They are also learning motor skills and life skills and to enjoy working with their hands.
Today one of our chores is to start a kitchen garden for the deck. What is better then digging in the dirt!
Doesn't everyone love it. I many times start with gloves but they never last long. I just love the feel of dirt in my hands.
It is nice to have some things right outside the kitchen door. We started with it with 2 varieties of lettuce and parsley.
Later some friends stopped by to see the baby chicks. Scout received her first boquet of flowers!
They worked together to put them in water.
After visiting with the chicks it was back to work!
We had 4 yards of sand delivered for the sandbox. We built the sandbox last year and put in a truck load of sand but is was never filled up completely. The sand box is used everyday and it is a favorite spot by all ages. It is time to get it filled!
The kids got out the shovels and wheelbarrows.
They are working together, experimenting with different techniques of digging and filling .
Figuring out the use of different machines.
Using their muscles, coordination and creativity.
Filling the sandbox...
...with toys, I might add, have all been found at the dump. Discarded by a throw away society. Saved by us to be used and loved again.
Back for another load.
As I sit and write this blog entry, the next morning, Scout is outside on her morning solo adventure. She is pushing her wheelbarrow back to the sand pile. Life is Good.
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