That necessity is the mother of invention. It was necessary today to design a more effective way to get my Sohl son to put his own clothes away, and in the correct drawers at that.
Since giving him the task of putting his own laundry away, it's been hit and miss as to whether or not the clothes find their rightful places. These battles of understanding lead me to the breaking point of patience. Today, though, my necessity apparent, God blessed me with the idea of labeling each piece of clothing with a code, so my Sohl son would know which drawer to put it in.
We went with these codes:
L - long-sleeved shirts
S - short-sleeved shirts
P - pants
Sh- shorts
J - jammies
I labeled the side of each drawer support with the apporpriate letter, so he could match the clothing item to the correct drawer. You can imagine what a great deal he thought this was - no arguing over whether or not a shirt had long or short sleeves. Another crisis averted! We worked on letter identification and sorting, without even intending to! Sweetness!
I learned two valuable lessons from this experience -
1. Writing on clothes and drawers is much more appropriate, soothing, and productive than losing my temper over the length of a shirt sleeve.
2. My son knows more about more than I ever thought.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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5 comments:
Very cool, Ms. Organized. I miss my C-man and, Elaina, of course!
awesome my friend!
love it!!
way to go mommy/teacher!
Dude! You have a lot of stuff to be blogging about. Get on the ball! :-)
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