We have been slowly working on this - making sure that he has lots of things that he is in control of and helping him develop the choices he is given. Additionally, he is ofter told "no" too or "in a bit" when I think he can tolerate it so that he develops the ability to handle not getting what he wants :-)
We also have an incredible amount of work to do around the farm. There are apple trees to care for and flower beds to ready, not to mention the trim work and the mowing and the large number of leaves! We also have a high energy dog that needs hours of running after sticks to be able to function. This means that every morning - we need to get outside and that can be hard with a strong willed three year old and cooler temperatures.
In talking with my little man the other day (which is the most amazing thing about a three year old - the fact that you can TALK to them!), we decided that he would like to do more activities. And we agreed that I could plan these "fun things" and we could do them together in the orchard (where most of my time is spent right now).
So - this is the first of our activities! Although it didn't go exactly according to plan due to a contractor coming and the rain, it was a success! So - here is what we did!
We added a little bit of powdered paint to a cup (I let my son pour it in and then I just put some back to adjust the amount).
We then collected rain water (from the trees, from the porch railing and from the sky!)
Once we stirred it around we were ready to paint! Since we were interrupted by a contractor - we ended up painting inside but originally we had planned on painting in the orchard :-)
We traced our hands and painted these turkeys!
Then we painted our hands to create turkeys:
We had a great time using rain to paint!
Enjoy :-)
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