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| Tabatha has some friends from BYU that come over as part of a mentoring program. One night they went to the library and drew pictures. When they came back, Cade (the artist of the picture above) left his picture on our counter when he and his partner Tabitha (yes, nearly same name as our girl) went back to Provo. |
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| When Gwen saw the picture, she was impressed and got out crayons and paper of her own. She created this picture to look like the one Cade drew. She did her best, she really tried hard. In the end, she was disappointed that it didn't turn out the same though. This little five year old didn't get deterred from doing what she had meant to though. Although it was nearly bed time and I wanted her to don her PJ's and brush her teeth, she didn't want to give up. The bargain was struck that she would hurry and get ready and maybe have a few more minutes to work on her art. She was quick, and by the time we were ready to have prayer, she was nearly done with her second picture. |
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Voila!
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those little blue tick marks at the top of the page are where she
carefully checked the colors of the crayons without wrappers to make
sure she used the color she really wanted to use in the picture. |
As with Aesop's Fables; I find a moral at the end of this story. I wanted to share it because as and adult, I can use the reminder. Life will give us opportunities to do something that looks interesting to us. We will try, we might not do too well. However, with effort, good attitude and a little strategy, we can try again and see the remarkable results! Yes, at this point scroll up again and view the difference between Her first attempt and her second attempt. Then compare the original with the 5 year old's finished work. I still swell with pride when I do. She has informed me she wants to be an illustrator when she grows up.
- 'Tis a lesson you should heed:
- Try, try, try again.
- If at first you don't succeed,
- Try, try, try again'
As an old adage, the author of the quote is hard to trace. This is what wikipedia has to say though: William Edward Hickson popularized the writings by Thomas H. Palmer in his 'Teacher's Manual' and 'The Children of the New Forest' by Fredrick Maryat
