We Play - Felt Dolls
>> Monday, June 7, 2010
I made these felt dolls for Bear back when she was 18 months old. She played with them so much back then. Recently she re-discovered them on the shelf and we spent all morning playing with them again. Amazingly, she remembered all those stories I had made up with them and as I prepared our things for the swimming pool, she recounted stories she hadn't heard in about a year. That's the power of a story and that is why we must indulge our children when they ask us to repeat stories or books over and over ad nauseum. Story telling and reading to our children increases their vocabulary, their memory, and their ability to tell stories themselves.
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What a great reminder of how important stories are and why we should take the time to tell them
Oh, felt! I *love* felt as a play medium. My girls have a board and felt farm animals & they used to love it to bits but it's packed up at the moment. I must get that out again this week, thanks for the reminder!
Everything you've made with felt have all been so lovely, especially these dolls! I like how they are simple and generic, leaving more for the imagination! I'm curious to know what kind of stories you can tell with them. I'm not a great storyteller so I rely on traditional folktales which JC loves.
How cute! She must have an awesome memory to recall the stories :)
That is fantastic. Hopefully she will remember a part of those stories to pass on to her children.
Kids have amazing memories sometimes, don't they!
This is exactly what I needed for my washing line game :) It is amazing how they remember stories, isn't it? Even the tiniest little details.
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