tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post8772468654354288596..comments2023-08-29T09:03:19.065-05:00Comments on Just Another Jenny: Toddler HelpJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-30579318293218271392016-02-09T12:58:41.289-06:002016-02-09T12:58:41.289-06:00I found this list, and while I'm sure not all ...I found this list, and while I'm sure not all of it will be helpful, it seemed to have a lot of good ideas. I'll be entering the toddler years with my youngest very soon, so it was a good way for me to get some ideas for the future as well.<br />http://themarathonmom.com/toddler-and-preschool-activities-during-homeschool.htm<br />Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-74068122293260032772016-02-09T12:57:35.953-06:002016-02-09T12:57:35.953-06:00I wouldn't worry about babyproofing except for...I wouldn't worry about babyproofing except for obvious dangers. If you can provide her with a change of engaging activities, the babyproofing will take care of itself.<br /><br />What I find hardest to remember is that toddlers may need an activity change every 15 minutes unless they are engrossed, in which case, I wouldn't interrupt. Try to switch between table work and physical activity. This becomes second nature and fluid once you are used to it and notice signs of when the interest in waning BEFORE the attention seeking begins.<br /><br />Sample ideas for a 2 hour morning block might be one from each category, alternating different activities on different days:<br /><br />Music -(floor) good morning songs, dance/music video, basket of toy instruments/shakers<br />(child puts away materials before next activity)<br /><br />Puzzles -(table) simple knobbed puzzles, peg board, shape sorting toy, pattern beads on string, lacing, Geoboards<br /><br />Imaginative/Social - (floor) doll care basket, play kitchen, grocery cart, post office, dress up, etc.<br /><br />Snack- (table) cutting banana, cutting cheese stick into cubes, transferring raisins from box to tiny cup, pouring water into cup from small pitcher, wiping table down.<br /><br />Sensory - (floor) water/sand table on porch, watering plants with toy watering can, hopping ball/Rody, sweeping with small broom & dustpan, ride toy on deck, Playdoh, shaving cream in plastic tub, etc.<br /><br />Art (table) - coloring crayons, paints, glue small catalog/magazine cutouts on paper, stickers on paper, stamping with bingo markers, etc.<br /><br />Games (floor) - blocks, bean bag/ball toss, stacking cups, blowing/popping bubbles, hopscotch, Elefun, etc.<br /><br />Fine motor (table) - cutting a strip of paper with scissors, using tongs to move pom poms from one bowl to another, sorting a bowl of three color dried beans into three little cups, stringing beads on a pipe cleaner, clipping clothespins from one thing to another, spraying the glass door with a small spray bottle, etc. <br /><br />This would get you through two structured hours. An older sibling could help facilitate until she gets the hang of it, and switching the kids out every 15 minutes keeps one child from bearing the burden. The real burden is thinking through and having materials handy for switching one activity for another, but it really helps give a child appropriate activities vs. "getting into stuff"<br /><br />MeredithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-3214831142479731182016-02-09T06:02:04.829-06:002016-02-09T06:02:04.829-06:00Devote some ene4gy into making wherever you are mo...Devote some ene4gy into making wherever you are most, doing school or not, mostly toddler proof. Pushing couches around to block etc. You won't probably be able to leave her there alone or she'll climb out but she can get used to the idea that we stay here for this amount of time. Have your older kids take turns watching her while you finish lunch. Put the tv on when no one can be patient anymore.<br />My toddler loves to pour things from one glass to another. If it is a nice day, you could let her do it outside while everyone worked or was read to.<br />Make her a fort under the table.<br /><br />You will get there. Toddlers arent easy but they're cute!entropynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-27520908000072837392016-02-08T18:03:53.101-06:002016-02-08T18:03:53.101-06:00I have no ideas but I'll pray tonight for your...I have no ideas but I'll pray tonight for your progress with my brother via facetime which we do thrice a day. <br />St. Monica, pray for her.bill bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737277581167437670noreply@blogger.com