Almost-two-year-old
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:44 am
Hi! I'm new to this site and I have a 20-month-old son. I've read a lot of the posts and I agree that he's too young for formal schooling. But I've had a lot of luck teaching him colors, animals, body parts, ect just by working with him with flashcards or picture books. I'd love to keep going since he seems to really like to learn. I've searched the web for ideas for this age group, but it seems really limited. I'd love to just get some ideas from others on this board as to what you did to help your toddlers at this age.
Here's a little background on us if it helps. I'm a single work-from-home mom, so I have a really flexible schedule, but do have to go into the home office and get work done a few hours a day. I normally turn on the Noggin channel and try to time my work so that he's not left to the video babysitter for more than an hour at a time. It's just been in the last few weeks that he's become interested in more interactive learning, like the flashcards, but he's blowing through them like lightening. Today we went to the library toddler storytime and that went really well, so I plan to make it a weekly activity. He goes to mother's day out on Fridays since I have my weekly meeting then, but he doesn't like being left there much. When I've managed to peek in on him, he's usually sitting by himself looking unhappy. We live pretty far out in the country and his only cousin lives thousands of miles away, so neither he or I have any nearby friends. However, his Nana and Pawpaw live next door. His dad is very active in his life and gets him at least 2 days a week. His dad and I get along well and agree on most parenting points, which is a blessing. We both want to encourage as much early learning as possible. We're also preparing for the possibility that he may be dislexic since both his dad and paternal grandfather are. However, since Dad is a nurse and Grandpa's a professor, we know that dislexia in no way needs to hold him back if he has it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Robin
Here's a little background on us if it helps. I'm a single work-from-home mom, so I have a really flexible schedule, but do have to go into the home office and get work done a few hours a day. I normally turn on the Noggin channel and try to time my work so that he's not left to the video babysitter for more than an hour at a time. It's just been in the last few weeks that he's become interested in more interactive learning, like the flashcards, but he's blowing through them like lightening. Today we went to the library toddler storytime and that went really well, so I plan to make it a weekly activity. He goes to mother's day out on Fridays since I have my weekly meeting then, but he doesn't like being left there much. When I've managed to peek in on him, he's usually sitting by himself looking unhappy. We live pretty far out in the country and his only cousin lives thousands of miles away, so neither he or I have any nearby friends. However, his Nana and Pawpaw live next door. His dad is very active in his life and gets him at least 2 days a week. His dad and I get along well and agree on most parenting points, which is a blessing. We both want to encourage as much early learning as possible. We're also preparing for the possibility that he may be dislexic since both his dad and paternal grandfather are. However, since Dad is a nurse and Grandpa's a professor, we know that dislexia in no way needs to hold him back if he has it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Robin