How to Entertain a Toddler at Home?

Bitter frosts still continue. Soniya (20 mo) has used all the plasticine and paints and she has glued everything that can be glued – even the pieces of pine cones. Something new should be invented, immediately! Otherwise, the mum is also bored at home…

On the day when Natalie and Arseny were making huge glasses-masks, Soniya and I were making a doll or, to be more exact, a “girl”. The activity really turned out to be developmental!

In Soniya’s hands a new “person” was born, with all the features of its face, hair and body. And our daughter got much pleasure working at the craft gluing the eyes, nose, mouth and ears to the balloon. It was me who fixed the hair made of wool to the head with a tape but Soniya guided the process of making the doll’s hair-do. That is what it means to be a girl!

During the day Soniya played with the doll very tenderly: she fed her with a spoon, seated her on the chair… The next day the instinct of getting knowledge prevailed! Soniya tore off all the elements of the doll’s face and then glued them again – in the way she saw it. The fate to “be born again” overtook the doll each day, sometimes even several times, until the balloon blew off. But all those days Soniya’s attitude to the “girl” was equally tender.

Soniya is actively trying to find the doll’s hands!

Anastasia

This article in Russian can be found here

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