I was the co-op parent for Amedeo's class on Thursday, which means I get to play with him and his friends in the classroom. It also means that I bring the snack. Snack is predetermined by the teacher. She coordinates it with the lesson of the day. On Thursday, he learned about butterflies, so I brought apples, bananas, vanilla wafers and cool whip, which I styled into fruit butterflies.
Cool Whip is something I remember from my childhood. It's probably not the healthiest of foods, wait, is it considered a food?? But, I think it might work for Amedeo as a learning tool.
He is a reluctant to practice writing letters, and since we have almost a metric ton of cool whip left over from school, I thought we could use it to entice him into writing.
He was amused by it enough to try! And trying is good.
You have to lick your finger after each letter. Motivation!
How do you erase? Use your face!
You might be wondering, "What was Celeste doing during all of this?" Sitting in her high chair, hoping that some cool whip might fly over in her direction.
With any luck, Amedeo will move on to pencil and paper before he's 35, when a grocery list written in cool whip might be a little odd.
xoxo -- Brenna
