A little while back on Instagram I shared the above picture of Maddie, quietly engaged in the sunshine. It didn't take long for people to start asking about the specific contents of the "Quiet Box" that they spied in the background. So, I promised to write a post on it. Here it is :)
Back when my daughter was a bit younger, we made her a fun "
Busy Box" full of things that she was able to manage independently. As she's grown older, her Busy Box was old news so it was time for me to come up with something new to capture her interest once again. Now as a
preschooler, her ability to spend longer periods of time
engaged independently has increased, so having something on hand to pull out when needed is very convenient. This time we called it our "Quiet Box."
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