Sometimes I forget the good ideas I used to have, only to rediscover them years later and say to myself “Why did I stop doing that???” Staging is one of those things I used to do when Mary and Nathan were little that somehow fell away over the years.
What is staging??? Staging is taking a few minutes to set out something “new” for the kids to play with when they get up. By “new” I mean something that has been put away in the toy closet for a while. I try to do this in the evenings after they’ve gone to bed and it seriously only takes about 2 minutes. I pull something out they haven’t seen for a while (a tub of Legos, the Castle set, etc.) and set it out for them to discover in the morning. I can be guaranteed a good hour or more of quiet playing when I do this.
Mary- June 18, 2009
Because I’ve been doing a lot of planning for the upcoming school year, we’ve been spending a lot of time up in the school room lately. The other night I set some things out for each of them to discover that I thought would interest them.
Nathan has been really into books lately so I set out this selection for him to discover on the floor- 3 books on houses and building, 2 books on space and 2 books on Indians. All things he has been interested in recently.
This little mushroom playhouse for Savvy- she loves to sit at the desk like a “big girl”.
Mary loves to draw and has recently been loving this Usborne “What Shall I Draw?” book that I picked up for her at a used homeschool bookstore. This book along with a pad of paper and some colored pencils will keep her occupied for hours.
