Expect the Unexpected - 1 - Onion spill

    Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. While each day we plan and try to take over or space in that most times when we work with kids or any other there is always an element of surprise. Lets call this the unexpected. we need to face it and work around it.

So today my son happened to peep into the bag filled with vegetables bought for the week, tore apart the plastic expecting something else that he could munch. To his surprise it was small onions (not shallots) that fell off the plastic and was spilt all around. Since it was not what he wanted he moved on.

Now, I had planned an activity entirely different for that day, I was sitting there observing all this, and a thought a spark, why not pause and convert this itself as an activity for the day? Normally the focus would be to get to the planned activity and think that as the goal and so on.  I would react or i would clean that space to move to that activity planned. Entire mood would go for a toss.

now life is going to be like this for him too it would throw the unexpected daily when he grows up. Its time to take responsibility of what one does right?

So this I converted as an activity and found the following accomplished:

1. Gross motor activity

2. Grasp activity

3. Concept learning 

4. Motor planning

5. Eye hand coordination

6. Squatting and bending - if child has toe walking this will help a lot

7. hand strengthening - both hands occupied till end since a container was given 

8. Vocabulary - repetition of the vegetable can enable listening and echolalia initial stages of word creation verbally.

For visual check out the link below to see how we worked around - unplanned activity

Thanks for reading and viewing and taking inputs where ever applicable,

best wishes to us,

Ramya

I am a child development specialist in a holistic approach of generating responsible and self-realization human being into this society 💞