Does your child have difficulty sustaining attention to the activities you plan? Well,; you ought to identify what interests your child.
Check if s/he likes something
- visual like bubbles,; light toys,; etc
- auditory like sound toys
- tactile like touch and feel toys
- movement like swing, rough and tumble place,; tickles etc.
Once you identify the toys,; you start building from there.
REMEMBER , start with what interests your child.
STOP before your child wants to stop. In that way, you can avoid the undesirable behaviours like throwing around toys,; crayons etc. This can be due to boredom or the child finds the the activity difficult or it may be something more (I will elaborate on this later).
GUIDE your child to follow the appropriate behaviours for eg,; be a role model.
ENSURE that the child "cleans up" space after every activity....even if it means to just put one crayon away to start with. At this age,; kids are able to put things in a box or a container.
Take his HELP around the kitchen, like putting onions in basket,; asking to wash potatoes etc. It may get messy,; but kids enjoy this tactile feel. Make sure u keep a few extra wipes handy to wipe off messes. So remember,; follow the child's interests and take it from there. Have fun.
Best Wishes.
20 Jan 2018
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Poonam Sarkar
Nice.. My daughter love putting potatoes and onion in basket and she puts her toys back in place.. But I have seen she loves utensils more than her toys..
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20 Jan 2018
asha chaudhry
Very nice! We used to hv a song at euro kids saying its time to clean up.... I still follow this - sunday my childoo cleans her entire room up and during the week she has to clean up her regular mess on study table etc. She helps in the kitchen as well. We need to start these things when they are young!!
Poonam Sarkar
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