It’s all sinking in at some beneficial level, right?
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DS is a fun three-year-old. I’ve really tried to do fun, educational and interesting projects with him and he has a ball but nothing seems to impress him or teach him.
Example: we mix different primary color bath tabs in squeeze bottles to make secondary colors. He likes to mix them all together. But he still doesn’t get that blue and yellow make green or red and yellow make orange. He’s completely unimpressed. Another example is our terrace garden. We planted flower seeds in boxes and watered them every day. The tiny seeds he held in his little hand are now flowering plants taller than he is. He’s like “meh” while I’m amazed (I’ve never done this before). We read, read, read all the time which he loves and he has a room full of books but he never wants to talk about the story. Coloring and art: he likes to put the caps on the soft crayons and take them in and out if the box. Sensory play? He’ll gladly play in rice, beans or water beads if there’s a truck and digger involved (I actually don’t know what I’m supposed to do with the sensory stuff anyway). It’s all worth it though, right? It’s doing something for him, isn’t it? |
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| He’s 3. Calm down. |
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Yes! It’s all sinking in!
Your post made me laugh. I was all about cooking and baking with my son including “our daily bread” and event the started telling me to call him when it was done. |
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OMG, yes. Please take a deep breath and calm yourself. It's all good. The most important thing you are doing is providing a language-rich environment. Your child is taking it all in and growing in so many ways every single day. Please be joyful and have fun with your kid. Set appropriate limits. Ensure they get enough sleep and develop healthy eating habits. Model what it means to make mistakes and take risks. Be able to laugh at yourself.
Deep breaths. |
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Ugh. The parroted “calm down”. So predictable and so boring. Next tell her she has anxiety and needs therapy. That’s the DCUM way. |
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+500 |
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* eventually he started to tell to call him when it was done. |
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Yes, it’s sinking in! You’re doing great!
I have no clue what to do with the sensory bins either (but we have them). Right now DD likes to scoop stuff into little cups. I guess I thought she would be rolling in them, exploring the sensations!! |
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LOL. My DD is 4 and it's getting a little better with collaborative cooking/baking ventures...but this is still pretty much how it always ends up with me finishing everything alone! 
And yes, OP, I am sure on some deep level it is sinking in. And, you're continuing to build and strengthen your love for each other through these shared experiences, which is really the most important thing. |
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Do you expect him to start reciting Chaucer? Give an oral report on The Giving Tree? Of COURSE he won't be impressed - literally everything in life is new to him. It makes sense that two colors will make a third, that seeds will become a plant, etc.
Talk about stories as you're reading them - not after you've finished. "Joe changed into a red shirt - do YOU have a red shirt?" |
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Op, you need to stop having expectations of "seeing results." Kid minds work differently.
Yes, it's all sinking in - in the sense of stimulating the brain and getting those neurons to connect. But you should do more reading on what we understand and don't understand about early learning. Things like cause and effect take a while to master. https://playtolearnpreschool.us/selfish-preschoolers/ https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/gh6122 |
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| You’re laying important ground work, OP. It is definitely sinking in. |
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ok i think you may be taking the lead to much, instead of letting him lead/asking him questions and then waiting for his response, etc... when you read -- let him chose which book from the shelf. open a page, wait for him to point things out and talk about them. when you finally read the words to him, wait at the end. ask him "do you know what [new vocab word]means? if hes doesn't, discuss it. apply that to all activities. |
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This is among my favorites. I did it with my kids. "Preschoolers are not logical thinkers. They believe what their eyes tell them even if it makes no sense. Try this famous experiment with your preschooler to get a better understanding of how your child thinks. Pour water from a tall, thin glass vase into a wide, clear glass bowl. Make sure no water spills. Ask your preschooler which container has more water. Very likely, your child will answer the tall, thin vase (or whichever container appears larger to the child). It is unlikely that your preschooler will say that the amount of water has not changed and it only looks different." https://www.rileychildrens.org/health-info/growth-development-3-5-years |
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No! That’s a terrible example of how to read a kid a book!! Stay in the story. But yes, noting impresses them but everything impressed them. It sounds like he’s having fun which is the most important thing. |