Naptime win!
Lucy, quietly destroying a catalog. Because that's fun when you're 4.
Thanks, everyone for your very helpful suggestions on the Quiet Time Box. I let Lucy try it out yesterday for the first time, with the following contents:
1. A Disney Princess sticker book that I unearthed from the back of the closet.
2. A magnifying glass
3. An old, real, but non-working cell phone
4. A letters-and-pictures puzzle/flash card thing that she received for her birthday but hasn't played with too much (because we generally keep all puzzles up on a shelf in the closet because otherwise Evie gets them out and dumps out every single piece all over the floor)
5. A Koosh ball (purchased for a $1.49 when it caught my eye at the grocery store)
6. A couple of small dolls originally received from a Happy Meal that I haven't seen them playing with in awhile
I am happy to report that she stayed on the couch playing quietly with it for the full hour, and that at the end of the hour, she said, "But I'm not done yet!" I made sure to confiscate it and hide it away anyway, lest it lose its allure too quickly.
Today I brought it out again, with the addition of some magazines and catalogs and a pair of child-safe scissors and the instruction that she can cut them up to her hearts' content (as long as that is the *only* thing she cuts. I'll need to monitor that one a little bit).
So far, so good. Unfortunately, the 2-year-old didn't sleep yesterday and is still chattering away in her room today, so I may need to begin work on Quiet Time Box #2 pretty soon.
4 comments:
Good call on the sissors and catalog. I think i will use that one!
Aren is skipping his nap now too....
Awesome! I love the catalog idea especially, but everything sounds great. Just the fact that it's special only for quiet time seems fantastic. Good job!
What fun! So glad it's working... I forgot what it was like when I was teaching my kids they had to stay in one spot for rest time. Eventually it pays off though! My two oldest sit quietly and read and I can even take my own nap if I want to! (and I usually do :))
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