Professions, occupation, jobs…

Mary 2y. 3m.

.. the Thesaurus shows that the antonyms of these words are Entertainment, Fun and Hobby. For Maria the mentioned antonyms are perfectly correct definitions of the time when we were diving deep into the adults’ world to study some professions and jobs. As many kids, she is keen on learning more of what grown-ups are actually doing.

·         Watching presentations and flashcards;

·         Playing lotto about professions;

·        Trying ourselves what the guys of different professions do: seamstress (were sewing a rabbit), scientist-physicist (made different experiment with liquid solubility in the water - we tried gouache, Fairy washing liquid, oil), pilot (made and painted a pilot cap, were flying all around);

·         Cutting out and gluing different attributes of each occupation.

This is what we’ve been doing with Maria about a year ago. Now, of course, when she can concentrate her attention for longer time, I’d offer her more sophisticated games to gain knowledge further.  Indeed, the topic is endless and it can be studied at any age…