[blparent] what to do with a toddler?
Barbara Hammel
poetlori8 at msn.com
Tue Jan 18 05:58:16 UTC 2011
What about puzzles? There's bead stringing, pop beads, lacing cards,
play-doh, size discrimination, stacking, somersaults, dress-up, playing in
different textured things like corn or rice or macaroni or water or
cornstarch and water. Oh and there's sorting. That's all I can think of
right now.
Barbara
Through the sunny fields of yesterday
Echo voices of children now grown,
Their golden peals of laughter
Ring upon the ivied stone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pipi
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:40 PM
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Subject: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?
Hey Y'all,
Sorry, I didn't really know how to title this email. Ramblings of the
exhausted probably fits better. I'll try to keep it short.
Savannah turned 2 in November. I feel like all of my previous early
childhood education has gone out the window and has no intention of coming
back anytime soon.
I am wanting to do a more structured routine with her. I want to start
preparing her for a routine of preschool and the likes. Other than simple
routines such as bedtime, meals, brushing teeth twice a day, we don't have
many others.
My first question is, is she too young for a home preschool atmosphere?
Another question, what should I be working on with Savannah? I've seemed to
have forgotten these things. I know letters, numbers, colors, shapes, but
what else? Is there some sort of online lesson plans I can look at to get
ideas?
To get an idea of some of the things we do now, a typical day is filled with
tons of book reading spread out, savannah watches sesame street, super y, or
one of her dvd's, she loves her play kitchen where i both play with her and
let her play alone. we color, occasionally get out the paint, play with
mega blocks and wooden blocks, physical time with dancing, running, jumping,
or playing in her tunnels. she has the tag jr. that she loves, clay, fridge
phonics and other magnetic letters, numbers, and shapes. There are other
things that are escaping my brain now.
Obviously we don't do all of that in one day, but i do my best to keep her
doing something, and then a break with a dvd or free play without me being
involved thrown in there every so often. I just want more of a routine for
her, and also for myself so i can track the progress. I'm very list and
chart orientated, and I don't have that now.
what should i be focusing on, for fine motor skills? large motor? the
basics i mentioned above? what am i forgetting.
what are some of y'all's daily routines?
I also want to try this out to gage my ability to possibly home school in
the future if that is the path i choose.
I feel like I don't have much control right now. I don't mean over Savannah,
but over how I'm raising her. I've finally started reading Dr. Sears and
have other books that are coming up soon to read. I just need my nice neat
list of things to do and i don't have it and it's driving me crazy.
Please help if you can.
Pipi
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