Big Sister Helps Out

One of the things I love about home daycare is that the children are not segregated by age. Older children can help the littles and enjoy the feeling of competence while practicing compassion. Littles can emulate the bigs, and enjoy all that lovely attention.

There isn't such a big age gap between Nora and Dries, but a year still makes a difference. Buttons? They are tricky. When Dries wanted his shirt back on,  Nora, very proud of her Buttoning Finesse, leapt in to help out! Dries was very happy to have the help.

Here, Nora is earnestly talking him through the process of getting a button done up. Dries listens, watches and learns.

I thought it was pretty darned adorable... Aren't they so cute??