Mornings with my boy can be frustrating sometimes as he is so energetic, I always need to be around him to prevent him from getting hurt. That's why I have to find new activities to keep him occupied for a bit.
Today, we played with some wooden letter tiles and practiced holding the pencil...
At first, he seemed interested in using the pencil like a screwdriver and he tried to screw the little hole on the wooden letter tiles.
After I showed him how to actually use the tiles and I held his hand to try and draw a line and a circle, he tried to imitate my move.
He is still too young for me to expect him to hold the pencil the right way and concentrate on the activity for longer than a few minutes. For now it's more than enough of he gets the ide of how to draw a line. He already uses markers and tries to draw on his whiteboard, so moving to writing basics like lines will slowly get into our routine.
(In case you're interested, I bought the letter tiles from a big supermarket. They had it on sale and got the whole alphabet for less than 7€. It was a good deal considering the nice quality. I knew it's a little early to use such materials with Little Man, but educational toys and other material are never a waste of money.)
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