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I'm curious about this mamas. I have done a fairly small amount of reading along TCC/Waldorf/Montessori lines (not that they are all that similar). And there is lots about having your young toddler watch you do household chores and participate in their own small way. I like this idea. I love to cook and I can't wait for dd to share this with me...I'd be happy spending all day cooking. And I really like the idea of exposing her to other chores rather than rushing around doing them after she's in bed etc.
But I just can't get over the logistics of it. Maybe I'm just not doing it right. I tend to just let her free form play whatever, and then if she's interested in what I'm doing (or lets me leave the room) I may show her, but I don't usually say, here come help me with X or Y. On occasion I've set her up with the sink (but she doesn't like to play in it) or with a bowl/tray of playdough (she loses in interest in less than 5 min) to join me while cooking. She's really not into the Ergo anymore (says No go! No go!) when I bring it out....
Maybe I'm underestimating her, but I feel like getting her to help would just create more chaos. But maybe I need to give her more instructions? She helped us pick berries recently and really enjoyed that....I just can't figure out how to do it?
if this makes sense to you,
maybe you can give me some ideas?
But I just can't get over the logistics of it. Maybe I'm just not doing it right. I tend to just let her free form play whatever, and then if she's interested in what I'm doing (or lets me leave the room) I may show her, but I don't usually say, here come help me with X or Y. On occasion I've set her up with the sink (but she doesn't like to play in it) or with a bowl/tray of playdough (she loses in interest in less than 5 min) to join me while cooking. She's really not into the Ergo anymore (says No go! No go!) when I bring it out....
Maybe I'm underestimating her, but I feel like getting her to help would just create more chaos. But maybe I need to give her more instructions? She helped us pick berries recently and really enjoyed that....I just can't figure out how to do it?
if this makes sense to you,
