Op-Shop Wednesday

On Wednesdays, when Mein Spatz is at Kindy,

 I spend some time looking around the local charity shops...... all by myself.......it is so relaxing....

I.LOVE.IT!

I have a good eye for the best things and thought I would start to share some of my treasures here.

Firstly, a lovely bag for Summer,

that matches my hot pink Birkenstock, from Witchery $5.00

Look at the lovely contrasting lining.

A large jug, made in Portugal. $5.00

Ideal for Summer drinks..........thinking, maybe Pimm's and lemonade.

A cute little frame with a saying worth living by. $2.00

An old fashioned jelly/blancmange mould. $4.00

And a cute little silver (stamped with the blue-glass insert) salt cellar $0.99   I know.......Sh!

Finally for Mein Spatz, a boxed collection of Winnie-the-Pooh favourite stories.

75th anniversary edition $5.00

 More next week.

Reading

When the house is quiet you will find Mein Spatz in his room reading.

We love to read in our house. From early on we have always modelled love and respect for books.

 Mein Spatz has books in both English and German.

 Being raised in a house with a mum who loves and gently fosters order he keeps them beautifully in order of height and language.

Many of our English books are sourced from charity shops. We find treasures every week.

We have a strong desire to share with Mein Spatz quality in the books that we read our in our house. We choose books that many would consider to be old fashioned.

Small World Play -developing imagination and helping to process feelings

This play started from a Christmas present Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox. Spatz turned the fox into a friend as he does not like the idea of the fox "eating other amimals(sp)- what do you think they are saying Mama? They don't want to be eaten by him not the little mammals. He should be friend with them." 

I think it helps him to organise his thought and give words to his fear in a situation where he has control and a sense of power.

He is really scared by foxes but at the same time thrilled and excited. He woke the other night crying out about the fox chasing the smaller mammals and needed reassurance that Henry keeps us safe and would protect all the mammals on our block. The question is asked "Could a fox eat me?"

"No....! Mien Spatz you are too big and a fox would eat animals that are smaller than it."

It them turned into a farm with a farmer harvesting wheat and taking it to his water mill (made by Vati and Spatz last year out of left over hard wood decking boards).