When the children were small, I color coded them. Each child had a cup with a lid that was his color. If one of the little guys was too full to finish his milk, it stayed in his cup in the refrigerator until he was thirsty again. No waste. Sometimes the cup contained water. They were at the stage where they were too small to reach the faucet to get their own drink but big enough to get into the refrigerator and old enough to know their color. Leftovers were in colorcoded containers sometimes. When a little guy was too full to eat at meal time but got hungry later, the food (sandwich, fruit, that sort of thing) was there for him. We kept from wasting a lot of food that way.
Other personal items were color coded too. Each little guy was proud of his color and wasn't interested in anybody else's color.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment