Yesterday Pixie was busy drawing a picture. When she was done, she proudly showed it to me.
Gammy: Come sit on my lap and tell me about your picture.
Pixie: This is the grass, this is the sky, and this is the kitty.
Gammy: That looks like a very happy little kitty. (I made this assumption because of the smile on its face.)
Pixie: Oh, no, Gammy. It’s a very sad kitty.
Gammy: Why is the kitty so sad?
Pixie: Because she lost her mommy and her daddy and she’ll never see them again. They got lost and she can’t find them anywhere.
Gammy: Well, with all her legs maybe she can zoom fast and run and find them. (On the word “zoom” I quickly “zoomed” the paper through the air.)
Pixie: (Taking the picture away from me.) There’s no zoom, zoom. She’s just a baby kitty. Baby kitties don’t zoom, zoom.
Obviously THIS was NOT the ending Pixie had in mind!
Gammy: Well, if she’s lost, why is she smiling?
Pixie: Because I found her. (With that she gave her picture a hug.)
Well, it’s fine to hug a picture, but more fine to hug a stuffie! With the help of the photo copier and Pixie, we had her little kitty ready to be hug for real in no time!
What a wonderful idea to take a child’s story and bring it to life! Thank you.
I love this. It helps the children to bring their creations to life, works on fine motor skills, encourages them to pretend and create, and grandma ends up being the supergrandma! Thanks for sharing
Such a great idea and it looks like that stuffed huggable kitty just made her day!
You saved the day!!! How sweet and spontaneous. I love it.
That’s awesome!
Love it! So, Awesome!
What a wonderful drawing and she did such a beautiful job, sewing into a stuffie.
Debbie
it’s so cute!! I love working with felt with my children but I never think of bringing to life their own stories. Thanks!!
I have a question about the notebook pages of your curriculum. I want a practical and nice way to keep them together. How do you store them? In a 3 ring binder?
Thanks
Besos desde Espau00F1a!!
Yes, each of my kids have a 3 ring binder for each year. For my older kids I use large binders with tabs dividing their subjects… but I just have a basic one for the younger years to keep their journal pages, nature studies, some art work and anything else I wanted to save.