Well, this is really part 2 of my last entry. Another way that I have found peace is making each child their own space for some quiet activity time during the day. A sweet lady in my church closed down a school and gave me a desk for each of the boys.
As moms…we NEED time to put the dishes in the dishwasher without the kids making another mess for us to clean up while we are cleaning up the dishes.
If you watch 18 kids and Counting Michelle Duggar uses a method called “Chair Time” I think. In this time, she sends her children to a chair to be quiet or do an activity. This is not a punishment.
So, I placed the two desks in different areas in my kitchen/family room. I gave each boy a box of books for the week. I don’t have a rigid schedule, but desk time will be used when they are having a difficult moment playing with one another, or when I just need them to be still and quiet. Scripture says “Be Still and Know I am God” We can teach them to be still…even at an early age.
Be creative, keep great “desk time” activities handy so they want to go to their desks.
Here are some of our Desk Time Activities from the past few days…
These are actually crayons, he started off coloring, but then stacked his crayons.
Reading his Bible….Precious!
Spinning a spinner and choosing the correct shape the spinner lands on…
Sorting plastic dinosaurs by color
(I got the whole dishwasher unloaded and re-loaded during this activity.)
Interesting, Levi is doing the same activity..but his sorting method is totally different! Love it!
This really has been the most peaceful week…in a long long time!
Happy Thanksgiving to All!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you had a more peaceful week! You have precious children and the time you're putting in now to teach them good habits WILL pay off!
:) I like it ;)
I will have to use this technique! Thanks for sharing :)!
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