Solve Problems

Dinosaur Egg

Excited about his egg

The Dinosaur Egg Package

Placing the egg in the water

An excited three year old

The second rule in Mommy's classroom was- Solve problems. Mommy has been using this with Oliver just a little bit. When he gets frustrated and screams about something she talks about how we can solve the problem- we talk about what we can do and how we can fix whatever it is without getting frustrated.
Today we had a little problem. We have an egg that has a dinosaur in it. We need to get the dinosaur out. So we worked on solving the problem. We read the package together and found that we needed a bowl of cool water. We placed the egg in the water and now we have to wait two to three days for the dinosaur to hatch. Oliver had fun putting the egg in the water. But after two minutes he wanted the dinosaur to come out. He was a little frustrated. So we talked about solving his problem....Oliver understands now it will take awhile, but he still checks on it frequently. (Hopefully it works....)