Ice Cream Store

We love our church. There is a great mix of ages that attend, and all the children that attend are so sweet. Quite often after church you can find kids of all ages playing on the small church playground together.

This particular day everyone was ‘buying’ ice cream from Sweet Pea. He was in  the hiding space below one of the slides, looking out the window. Once one of the kids saw him in there, most of the kids on the playground came over and started giving him a few stones at a time to be silly. (fine motor, coordination, counting) Next thing we knew he started saying ‘Here’s your ice cream!’ and handing the pretend ice cream once he had the stones in his hands! (imagination)

I think Sweet Pea and Cutie Pie had a good basic lesson in how money works! (give and take, payment in exchange for goods, basic math) I think I may try to make some play money for them and see what happens with it in their hands!