Mirror

• Mirror (child safe)

• Your Child

• you

We recently had gotten Theo his own mirror (from amazon) so he can begin to see himself, what he looks like and maybe at times what he feels like, (we sometimes forget, but children often DON'T know what they look like unless they are able to see themselves quite a bit daily).

This activity involved a lot of prompting on my end, but this is ok especially when they are being "introduced" to new things. As soon as Theo stepped in front of it he instantly began smiling/laughing.

So I responded with, "How are you feeling? Are you happy? silly? etc. Because Theo is still so young, I am aware that he doesn't have many words to use to describe how he's feeling or what he is feeling even looks like.

Sometimes in all our frustration and unawareness we forget that these young children are looking for help when they have BIG feelings going on in their little bodies. So this is a wonderful "activity" to give them those words and begin to introduce those words that will one day help them to better express themselves when they are looking and feeling certain ways.

I would also recommend doing this often, daily if possible. You will notice your little ones (if possible) will return to the mirrors and watch themselves quite a bit.