What to do with a 20 month while schooling older kids

Preschool readiness skills (birth to age 5) and the common developmental concerns of young children.

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What to do with a 20 month while schooling older kids

Postby Mona » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:08 pm

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Re: What to do with a 20 month while schooling older kids

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Postby Mona » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:52 pm

Not really. :? The other rooms in the house are all opened up together so I don't have any other room beside their own rooms and which I am just not going to try that again. I could try to create a barrier so that the baby can't get to the other kids but she will still be able to make her distracting baby noises. :?
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Postby Theodore » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:56 am

You could also play classical music, which will help to counteract the baby sounds. It might also calm the baby, who knows.

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Postby bobbinsx5 » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:04 am

Is there a way to set the kids up for school work where their back is to the baby? I know with my third and fourth graders if they can't see the distraction, but they can still hear it, they don't get distracted near as much. It's just an idea...

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Postby momo3boys » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:45 am

My youngest is almost 18mos, so I know how you feel. We aren't doing highschool work yet but He is still a distraction. What we do, is help him do to "school" stuff. While the boys are doing the things that they need a little help with, TJ is at the high chair, drawing and coloring. When TJ takes a nap we do the harder work, when they need me more. I guess my little solution is to involved the baby more, let them get to like school too. I've heard of mom's that give their toddler a bag of goodies to play with while the older kids are doing their work. She had a differnet bag for each day of the week to keep it interesting. I hope this helps. If you get any other ideas let me know. :)
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Postby hbmom36 » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:22 pm

My son was the most challenging at that age. It was impossible to do anything with my daughter, because he would deliberately disrupt it. Now he's 3, and can amuse himself.

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I'm in the same boat

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