Friday, June 4, 2010

Full Of Beans

Autumn: What is this?
Olivia: I think it's kitty food
Autumn: No, it looks like a new litter box for me.


It's a tub full of beans

Becoming one with the beans. :)

Because of Olivia's sensory difficulties, I recently made her a tub of beans to play with. She started out barely touching it. I think part of that is because she thought it was kitty food and knows she shouldn't play with that. Later, she dug both hands in to find the toys that I hid inside. As you can tell, she quickly decided to put tons of her toys in the tub. . .and later sat down in the beans. She now loves playing with her beans. She practices pouring them into a bowl by turning her wrists instead of shaking the beans out. This will help her transition to utensil use. I just have to remember to keep the lid on because Autumn is very curious about it as well.

3 comments:

Kim said...

That last picture cracked me up! Autumn looks like she's waiting her turn to "become one with the beans" too!

meredith said...

What a great idea!

Amanda said...

That. is. too. funny. lol.. if she WAS sensitive to the feeling of beans, I THINK you got that one "kicked"... lol.. seems to be a liking the beans.. hahaha.. good job olivia!