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[quote=Anonymous]Hello! Former daycare worker in the 2 year old room, former preschool teacher, and current nanny to two toddlers here! Maybe I can help a bit? 2.5 years is still really young to sit down and sit still. It was almost impossible to get preschoolers at the 3-5 year range to sit down for more than 5 minutes at circle time, let alone a 2 year old! I wouldn't worry about his attention span quite yet unless its really affecting getting everyday tasks done. To the person that suggested getting him tested for ADHD, I very strongly have to disagree. He's barely 3! Of course he is going to have loads of energy. Only in extreme cases would I suggest getting tested this early. Extremes being : never listening, opposition with most things, and not being able to find pleasure with any tasks (seems like he enjoys the iPad). As for learning, the number one way preschool children learn is through play. So just try to have fun. Maybe pick out a topic for the week. Say you choose Rain as the topic. Go to the library if you can and let him pick out a book about rain, learn some songs online about rain and sing them through out the week, make some rain art (paint some raindrops)and explain a couple facts about it while working on it together.  Make it easy and fun, free of pressure. Let him have creative control and I'm sure that will help a lot. You can look up preschool lesson plans online regarding most subjects. Keep it simple! As simple as one week being a "triangle" theme if you want it to be a math week. Also, have fun!! Good luck![/quote]

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