Thank you to everyone who joined in on the previous beanbag subject.
Of the four pieces with shapes, on two I placed the shapes completely at random. On the other two, in groups or sets. To some sets I added shapes that do not belong there. Among the small circles, for instance, there is a star.
With the arrangement in sets the child finds the shapes more easily. It also builds an understanding of what a set is.
In the middle of the beanbags a sun shines out, offering the little puzzlers warmth and good cheer.
The pieces in these pictures do not yet have their lining or filling. A set of shapes as extras is in the making.
Once I had finished sewing the outer covers, I laid the finished covers in a pile over the back of the sofa in the sewing room. The next moment Mathias (3) went over there and squealed with joy and delight: "Ohhh, what is this. And there are buttons too." 🙂
And he rushed over to study the thing more closely. I really did not expect such joy and delight. I was genuinely pleased to see it.
While sewing I have shown him these shapes, and this time he knew them all already. Such a clever boy. Growing up in the middle of teaching aids, you have to be especially clever and sharp 🙂
Those four chairs are reserved.
The mood beanbags (4) with their little faces will be finished soon as well.
Mathias liked this game very much too. We talked at length about what moods those faces are in. We tried to copy the expressions (mouth, eyes, eyebrows) and to make up a story to suit each one. It was great fun and very interesting to test the new work with him and to see how in the morning the child was only in the role of listener. Yet by the evening of the same day he could talk fluently about good and bad moods.
The terms: happy (in the middle and the largest, to balance the small negative moods), sad, tired, angry and surprised or frightened.
The little fleece faces are filled with granules too, very soft and pleasant to squeeze in the hand. It relieves tension well and gives a child a lot of pleasure.
