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I’m Judy and this is my little Bear, Hamish, the inspiration behind my blog.

I’m an educator, freelance writer and mamma bear to 7 amazing bear cubs. I blog about parenting, life and being a mamma. I try to share ideas to encourage family bonding and keep life fun.

My goal is that you will walk away from Fun mamma S.A. educated, encouraged, and inspired. Thank you for popping by.

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Day 7
Can you believe we've been on lockdown for a full week already?
Today we took out the pool to splash about, made leaf rubbings and amidst the mountains of books we read, puzzles played and Lego built, we slowed down.

Brent had to go out to see clients and I must admit I was secretly wondering how to disinfect him and the car.
Hamish is feeling better as I see the molars are almost completely out.

It was a quiet day.

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We put the pool up again this afternoon ....because when bored just add water!
Still loving his @niveasouthafrica ball and getting some great swimming strokes in.

He showed me how he plays the cutest game with his #bilibo by throwing the arm bands into the #bilibo.

This pool was honestly the best thing I invested in.

How are you beating day 7 boredom?
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Brent had to go out to clients this morning and Hamish immediately jumped into his learning mindset and enjoyed his lessons.

The last two days have been a struggle to get him to sit still at the table for his workbook lessons as he really just wants to play and for the most part I let him.

Nap time there was no fuss, unlike the last week.

In conclusion we realised that he is associating Brent at home with weekends and playtime.
So, I've decided to let him just play. I'm not setting lessons for him or forcing him to practice his writing.
For the most part most of his play incorporates learning as we read a lot, craft , build puzzles and play board games daily but right now if the unstructured play gives him more security who am I to mess with that.
I've always taken his lead and he is only 3. So, we can afford to just play.

Someone asked if I was worried about him slipping behind and I answered no.

Mostly because a child can always catch up academically but it can take years to catch up emotionally.
So we will relax in the structured learning a little, take the pressure off him and let him enjoy having dad at home.

How is your lockdown going?

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I introduced Hamish to leaf rubbings today and he instantly caught onto the technique.

I love this texture activity.

Of course there are si many other things you can use:
Coins
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Pine cones
Stones
Bricks
Stencils
Cookie cutters
Keys
Buttons
Beads
Charms
Infact any interesting texture works.
Just rub a crayon or pastle over an object that is placed under the paper.

I found that our @soylites rainbow rocks worked amazingly.

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This is one of my go to activities if I need to get something done and keep Hamish busy at the same time.
Simply pop spaghetti into playdough and let your child thread cereal onto it.

We trying this @my_spar squillos chocolate cereal.

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