Reply to It’s all sinking in at some beneficial level, right?

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "It’s all sinking in at some beneficial level, right? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics