OK, so Abi is probably (only) a bright child, rather than gifted. Guess that label implies a whole lot of things and brings expectations. Have been reading on giftedness in early childhood and this makes me re-think calling her gifted.
Anyway I still find what Abi does quite interesting and amazing.
Yesterday she was reading through a book of craft for children that we borrowed from the library. She was quite interested in the dog jigsaw puzzle so we made that. I drew the outline of the dog onto a cereal box. Abi drew the ears and collar then cut the dog out. She then drew a cross over the dog and cut it into 4 pieces to make it into a puzzle.
Then she continued her easter egg project (started with Por Por) and pasted tissue paper over 4 plastic eggs and added stickers for decoration.
It's been good being able to at last give Abi a craft space away from Pascale's baby explorations. I think that it's been a good trade-off to go from a single large living room space to 2 smaller spaces suitable for craft and general toddler play. When Abi's bedroom gets a gate she will be able to leave puzzles and train tracks without fear of them being disturbed.
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