Holidays

These are the things that kept my daughter busy for a day at her grandparents' house.

Sharpened crayons

Anvitha thought of sharpening her crayons!!!

To her amusement (as well as mine) the fallen 'dust' looked pretty.

And she gave me the idea of taking a picture of the same.

Here's is the result...

Peers

A slight feeling of jealousy passes through my heart everyday when I see Anvitha going away with her friends to play.
Complete freedom filled with innocence. Our complete corridor reverberates of their laughter, calling each other and to end it all- a fight.
Cycling, visiting each others' house, role playing... her whole evening is engaged in these activities.

She has grown to be the leader of her group now where she commands and others follow.
She can even start a conversation with adults if is unable to find her agemates.
It is good to see her having company all through the evening. It's given me some free time too:)

Eco-friendly

Anvitha's eco-friendly kitchen set!

'My friend Ganesha'

It all started with her Bal Ganesh movie...
She must have watched the movie hundred times by now.
She utters a few of the dialogues too.
Bal Ganesh, mooshik (mouse), modak, Nandi are all her friends.
Her love for him grew even more when her 'doddappa' bought her a 'Bal Ganesh' doll.
She has played with the doll, worshipped him, has had endless conversations with him.

The idol that was brought during Ganesh Chaturthi became her new Ganesha.
She hugged him and photographed herself with him, when brought home.
On the day of immersion she was all told and prepared by her dad that her beloved Ganesha would go to a swimming pool that day and would not come back.
She was indeed very excited to see her Ganesha taking a dip in the water.
She jumped with excitement while going to the lake shouting 'Ganapathi bappa moraya'.
But it was after the immersion, that she realised her friend had left her.
She cried unconsolably for almost an hour asking him to come back.

At present she is happy with her Ganesha doll and is back to her playtime with him.

Symbolic and Pretend Play

Symbolic Play refers to symbolic, or dramatic, play which occurs when children begin to substitute one object for another.
Which predominantly starts after 2 years.
And I can definitely see my girl doing the symbolic play.
Her car remote can become her TV, a plate and spoon can serve as her drums at one time and my turn into her 'aarti' plate at other times.
She has learned to feed, comb and even toilet train her favourite doll.
I had learnt in psychology that symbolic play is very important in a child's development.
It not only enriches their imagination but this is how they start relating to the outer world.
And even more, it also develops the child's language abilities as they do lot of 'self talking' when they actually communicating with their toys.

Sand Play

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