Sometimes I don’t really know what to do or what activities to plan with X. I think I feel pressure having been a teacher to always create these amazing experiences for X -But in this moment I remembered that one of the most powerful positions I ever took as a teacher was just sitting on the floor down at the level of the children I worked with, present and ready to engage.
So here, I did just that- I stopped all that I was doing, I didn’t say a thing, and I just sat on down next to X trying to be mindful to be present…and sure enough soon after we were creating all kinds of meaning- making animals and stories from Duplos together there on the floor. I feel like I always post a bunch of activities I do but this was a good reminder that one of the most powerful things I do as a mother and one of the best facilitators of play is sometimes just being present and available to engage.
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