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What to Do with 2 & 3-Year-old During the Day
-Doodles and Scribbles are fantastic coloring books; they can be guided to follow directions or not - it's fun either way. HTH & have a sparkling time! ...
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- Yeah for you guys! I am sure this will be welcome chaos! That said, I would take advantage of play places everywhere. You can do the malls, or places like McDonalds. (...
- My daughter is 2.5 and she absolutely loves the foam sticky things. The ones with the paper on the back of them, you just peel and stick. It works her fine motor skill...
- 2 & 3 are really fun ages. Here's a list of things you might like trying: -visit the library, let them check out books/movies they like; pay attention to what they...
Art Enrichment at Home (5-6 Years)
-drawing (includes scribbles, crayons, colored pencils, sidewalk chalk, with a stick in sand) -painting (watercolor, acrylic, rainwater, on paper, fabric, ...
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- My step-daughter took lessons at Mission Renaissance and is now a wonderful artist. They are a chain and they really know what they are doing. Check your phone book,...
- I know you mentioned "at home," but most city's Parks & Rec Departments offer classes and usually they have some sort of art classes. My daughter took some. Also, if y...
- you can try a big roll of butcher paper and roll it across a kid size table or put it outside for paint. do you have a kid play easel? take him to the art store and ...
Dealing with Teachers
The greatest painters in the world may have started out with a bunch of scribbles. I know when I look at art, most of it still looks like a bunch of ...
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- I'm glad to hear that the teacher knew that she was being harsh on Becca. Just because a child is not working up to expectation is no excuse to say insulting things t...
- I'm sorry to hear this and I can definately relate to it. When my daughter was in the first grade (5yrs old-she started early)we also had this problem. She loved ...
- I have a daughter in first grade also and a daughter in seventh. My older daughter is my sensitive child. To this day her feelings are hurt very easily. My suggesti...
Ideas for a Preschool Schedule
It's normal to start with light strokes, then scribbles, then curly ques, etc. They have to learn to color in the lines, and then they start to imitate what ...
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- Hi K.! If you're not putting your little bit in a daycare, I think that whatever works in your house is what you do. A good way to help your daughter learn words is t...
- K., I teach pre school in my home full time to 2 3 year olds and 2 two year olds. I follow the cirriculum by "Highreach". It is wonderful. A lot of the Fairfax CO. ...
- Read, Read, read and have conversations with your children...talk about colors..count things..role play (like you be the baby and she's the mommy)...cut paper or pictu...
Should We Keep Our Cats?
With your daughter you could make a card with her "scribbles" on it, to set beside his supper plate. We begin watching out the window each night ...
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- Oh my goodness M., I am responding to this only because I adopted a kitty when I was three months pregnant with my son! He is now 3.5 and has heard all of his little ...
- I think you sound like a really caring person who wants the best for those cats. If you are unable to give them enough attention, then maybe you should consider givin...
- M., I am not a mother but I figured I would weigh in on your dilemna here. I do not think that you should give your cats up, instead you should use the cats to help...
Markers, Ink and Sometime Coloring Crayon Removal
toothpaste. whenever my little van gogh scribbles on the wall, i dab toothpaste on a cottonball, rub lightlty on the mark, and off it comes. Helpful? ...
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- I use a natural solvent called Sol-U-Mel that works wonders on markers, crayons, and even clothing stains that I thought were permanent. Best of all, it's non-toxic. ...
- One for sure thing - Solumel. You can't buy it in stores but I can tell you where to get it . . . email me.
- toothpaste!!!! it takes off permanet marker too!
Learning Programs for My 2 Year Old!
My "brilliant" little (now 4-year-old) daughter still scribbles all over her paper with both hands, instead of coloring in the lines like her preschool ...
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- Let her draw alot and I don't mean coloring books. Blank paper and crayons can be one of the best teaching tools. It improves hand dexterity and stimulates imaginatio...
- The best thing offered is Early Childhood Family Education classes!! You can attend with both children and pay "as a family". It is for everyone, even people out of ...
- I really wanted to reitterate what one of the moms said here, you don't need programs, flash cards, movies anything for your child to learn and enjoy learning colors a...
How to Teach an 18 Month Old
He scribbles but is developing his fine motor skills while doing it. We are working on the abcs and teaching him his colors. Good luck. Helpful? ...
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- I have an 18 1/2 month old at home also. She can only say kitty kitty, uh-oh, gone gone, daddy, mommy, sissy and bubba. Every now and then I can get her to say a few...
- first off I have to say I agree with Lara, she was probably repeating what has been said over and over. But my son always talk in compleat sentences, but we never did ...
- I have an 3 1/2(girl) and 6(boy) yr old. I started out with the Leap Frog Letter Factory (movie) (also, the Word Factory). I next found the Leap Frog ABC Learning Cent...
Seeking Advice on Ambidexterity or Left-handedness
... but as someone who can only use my right hand, I know I would love the ability to use my left hand for something other than scribbles! ...
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- I agree with some of these ladies. Let it come natural. No therapy. My daughter uses both hands and when my in-laws see her use her left hand they scold her and make h...
- Oh my, let him use both hands. I am totally right handed, totally...well, due to a medical problem I have lost most of the use of my right hand...I am, well, past midd...
- Listen to your instincts - you are his Mom and know best. Let him continue as is and don't worry about it.
Gifted and Talented Testing
Scribbles really, they were asked to come up with something. Sort of like making pictures out of clouds. That was the creativity part. ...
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- Hi J., My oldest son took the GT test when he was in 1st grade.Part of the test is to see if they are mature enough to handle the extra work. I am not a big fan of G...
- My son has been in GT classes since the 3rd grade, and I wasn't even aware of it until December of that year. He is now 12, in the 7th grade and still in GT classes. ...
- I have 3 kids that have been nominated for it and been it, then pulled out. You have to look at how your school utilizes it. It is basically the same curriculum wi...
