cleaning canvases
Wife2Vegman
--- Wife2Vegman <wifetovegman2002@...> wrote:
I have been thoughtfully reading the discussion about
canvases and cleaning (I had thought that it was on
the AlwaysLearning list, but was mistaken! LOL), and
thought I would take it to heart yesterday.
I went into my 12yos room and started cleaning and
organizing his work space, where he paints his LOTR
figures for his gaming.
I put all the figures into shoe boxes, or old gundam
boxes, put the paints all in an empty baby wipes
box, the brushes in a cup, cleared off the clutter
without throwing anything away that wasn't obviously
trash, etc.
I laid a big piece of red posterboard down on the
desk and duct-taped it down, and arranged his paints
and brushes and put a shoe box lid down to put the
painted figures to dry.
He came in and was so excited. He said, "Oh momma,
thank you! Now I just want to PAINT!" And pulled up
his chair, turned on one of his G.A. Henty audiobooks,
and settled in for the afternoon.
What a great feeling!
Later on, I went back up there and started really
cleaning, and he came up and joined me and kept
thanking me over and over for helping him clean his
room. I told him he didn't have to help, that I would
do it just because I enjoyed it, but he loved being
there with me and helping so we did it together.
It was a a good day.
=====
--Susan in VA
WifetoVegman
What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all. John Holt
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I have been thoughtfully reading the discussion about
canvases and cleaning (I had thought that it was on
the AlwaysLearning list, but was mistaken! LOL), and
thought I would take it to heart yesterday.
I went into my 12yos room and started cleaning and
organizing his work space, where he paints his LOTR
figures for his gaming.
I put all the figures into shoe boxes, or old gundam
boxes, put the paints all in an empty baby wipes
box, the brushes in a cup, cleared off the clutter
without throwing anything away that wasn't obviously
trash, etc.
I laid a big piece of red posterboard down on the
desk and duct-taped it down, and arranged his paints
and brushes and put a shoe box lid down to put the
painted figures to dry.
He came in and was so excited. He said, "Oh momma,
thank you! Now I just want to PAINT!" And pulled up
his chair, turned on one of his G.A. Henty audiobooks,
and settled in for the afternoon.
What a great feeling!
Later on, I went back up there and started really
cleaning, and he came up and joined me and kept
thanking me over and over for helping him clean his
room. I told him he didn't have to help, that I would
do it just because I enjoyed it, but he loved being
there with me and helping so we did it together.
It was a a good day.
=====
--Susan in VA
WifetoVegman
What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all. John Holt
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