In spite of this, I have not made the switch. Why? Because I have given Ryann glasses and ceramic plates and bowls and it did not end well... She is just not careful and she isn't old enough to care about breaking things. In fact, I think she rather liked it. I'm also having a hard time getting her to eat and drink mindfully, without spilling everything down the front of her.
Which brings me to bean scooping (I was getting there!). The exercise was to scoop dried beans into the cups of a muffin tin. This will help her gain control of the muscles she uses to eat and also train her to be careful with her utensils.
Right?
I'm not convinced it's working yet. Although it started out great. She almost let me show her how without interrupting and then went to work.
See our high-class plastic cookie tray used as a bowl? I told you we need to ditch the plastics.. sigh.
By this point, beans were flying everywhere. She tried, she really did. Until...
It seemed far more fun to dig in them with her hands and drop them all over the floor.
Oh well.
Maybe tomorrow.
You know, a lot of Toddler classrooms don't have bean activities, precisely because it's more fun to drop them on the ground than work with them. And in the Primary classroom (ages 2.5-6) they still misuse the bean activities at first. Don't despair, but perhaps leave the bean activities for a few months down the road?? :)
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