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Nov 7, 2011

Don't Forget About Snack Time and Potty Breaks:

School is a lot a work and a lot of fun but sometimes we forget to slow down and have a little break. This became apparent to me last week when my 3 1/2 year old, the Engineer, had 2 semi-potty accidents. Ergo we now make sure that we pause all activities by 10:30 for a snack and a trip to the potty. He gently reminded mommy, with his constant wiggling, that holding 'it' for 3 hours is not practical. For some reason I didn't pick up on this immediately and just thought he was acting spazzy when really he was doing the potty dance. Oh well. Live and learn in the classroom, I always say.
Every day I try to give the kids a healthy snack. Today was strawberries, string cheese and grahams.


Yes we have directions on how go potty. I just cut up this sheet and added to a workbox with a snack.
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