The girls are at an age where they copy everything I do. I enjoy watching them learn, and I try to be intentional about performing tasks in front of them that I want them to imitate, such as cleaning up toys and other messes. It’s a wonderful feeling to watch the girls grow in their mastery of activities of daily living.
But sometimes I wonder whether they are watching too closely. For example, today Rebecca was very excited about the task of folding laundry. She would select an item from the pile of clean clothes, carefully lay it down on the floor and meticulously manipulate the fabric until it was just so. Then she would look up with a delighted grin and trundle off to choose her next article to fold. Here is a picture of her completed pile:
Believe it or not folks, she spent quite a bit of time making sure those clothes looked just like that. Here she is in action:
Her technique looks suspiciously like my own method of folding fitted bed sheets. It’s kind of a cram-crumple-stuff-pat sequence. I think I’m going to have to step up my laundry-folding precision a touch. Because someone’s always watching.
I wouldn’t mess with Rebecca’s technique. By the look of dtermination on her face, I believe that it’s JUST the way she wants it.
Love,
Grammie