Twiddling thumbs
Max is 5… too young for kindergarten as he missed the cutoff date. He’s in preschool but it’s only 2 days a week for 2 hours. Most of the day he stands by the heater saying, “I don’t know what to do.” I always have lots of fabulous suggestions… none of which he really likes. I had him write a list of things to do hoping he would refer to it frequently.
Just writing this took 30 minutes. His letters are cute. Whenever he refers to this list he always picks Play Dough. He does love play dough.
Well, on our trip, he asked about every 5 minutes, “Are we there yet?” … “Mom, I don’t know what to do.”
So, I gave him some options.
1. eat a snack.
2. read a book or play with toys in your bag.
3. look out the window at the mountains.
4. Twiddle your thumbs.
The other night at dinner Max asked…
Poor kid – he didn’t even know what twiddling your thumbs meant. I’ll have to teach him so he’ll have something to do when standing by the heater. I think he’ll be glad to be in Kindergarten next year so he won’t be so bored. sigh…
That year before kindergarten is always the worst. I feel like my kids are most bored that year and I end up feeling most guilty about it. Oh, and I like his ‘w’ in draw.
Max’s quotes make me smile every time! And his writing is stupendous (tell him that means really good!).