Learn to Say 'Hello'

"Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity and reminds us how much we all have in common."

Deborah Lloyd

The Meanest Mom in the World

I thought for sure my mom was the meanest mom in the world.  Boy, was I wrong. She was not, of course.  I was.   It took awhile but I started to see what loving someone really means.  It's not always 'yes'.  

One of my boys (who shall remain nameless) started ranting that I was absolutely, positively the meanest mom in the world.  I'm sure I denied him of something-actually probably many things-during his elementary school years.  I finally had had enough and told my much loved offspring that if he called me the 'meanest mom in the world' one more time that I would make a shirt and wear it the next time I volunteered at his school (which was often).  

The shirt is in the back of my closet.  I keep it as a reminder that motherhood is blessing.  It is a joy but it is also struggle and lots of mamas have had lots of struggles these past fifteen months.  

What I know and what I have learned as a woman of a certain age is that there often is a lot of strength, wisdom and patience that is gained from strife and struggle. The sun is up there even during the stormiest of times.  We just have to wait for the storm to pass to see the sun shine. You learn to get great at the wait. 

My boys are grown and gone.  They both turned out to be  wonderful young men (I'll stop there b/c I could go on and on about how wonderful they are).  I'm no longer the meanest Mom in the world and I know I am loved by those two little boys who are now my grown sons.  

Happy Mother's Day! 

Past posts---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-message-for-mothers-day.html

I Want My Mommy!

The Wiggles: Do The Owl

Mother's Day Books

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/05/are-you-my-mother.html

Mother's Day is next weekend.  I wish you five minutes peace. 

The Art of Collage

 

When MCP students are in the classroom there are wide variety of materials in our art center including the collage box.  The collage box is a wonderful assortment of odds and ends thrown into a plastic tub.  The children search, dig and glue their pieces and create the most amazing works of art.  Creative juices and glue flowing...it is fun to watch. 

There is no  rhyme or reason to what is in the tub-whatever we pull from our main storage closet.  The child will often ask if we have pipe cleaners, more googly eyes or ribbon and we happily grant their request if we are able. 

Creating a collage box for your child at home is easy.  Get a box with a lid (a shoe box-you don't need a store bought box).  Gather items-buttons, old beads, fun foam, pom poms, puzzle pieces, old playing cards, googly eyes, ribbon, paper scraps. The children glue on cardboard or tag board which is sturdier instead of paper.  Save cereal and cracker box for gluing. 

Egg in a Bottle

This requires close adult supervision.