Aug
14
2008
A child doesn’t want to be “kept quiet.” He needs and wants to do things that are important to him. For example, it is always exciting for the young child to investigate the contents of a purse—but nothing can compare with turning his mother’s purse inside out. Fascinating as adult secrets are in general, none are more interesting than those of one’s parents. The child is curious about the contents of his parents‘ drawers! What other people do, what they have, how they organize things—all these become important as the child begins to learn about the differences in how things are done by his family and how they’re done in other households. But first he wants to learn how things are done at home. Continue Reading »
Mar
31
2008
Trans
AGE 2 TO 3 YEARS
How it helps your child
This activity extends your child’s vocabulary and helps to reinforce travelling experiences he may have had after an outing or a journey. It can also be used to reinforce left/right orientation.
What you need
3 activity boards depicting air, water and land on one side and outlines of appropriate methods of air, land and sea travel on the other.
27 cards with pictures of varying means of transport. If you wish to make up the game at home use pictures cut out from magazines.
How to play
- The first step is to ask your child to match the picture cards to the outlines on the activity boards.
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Mar
18
2008
Pedestrians.Not all of the risks in traffic belong to those on wheels.
- Teach your child how to use crosswalks and interpret traffic and pedestrian signals. Show him how to look both ways and double-check before crossing the street, even when the signal says he has the right-of-way. Supervise his street crossing until he is at least seven.
- Talk to your child until you’re blue in the face, if needed, about darting into the street. Remind him that the ball he is trying to save from being run over can always be replaced, but he cannot.
Bodies of water.With or without swimming lessons, your child is not ready to use a pool or enter any other body of water without adult supervision. No adult, no swimming. Don’t overestimate your child’s ability or endurance in water. Drowning is the second most common cause of death in this age-group, so consider being trained to give CPR. Local hospitals or Red Cross chapters routinely offer training. Continue Reading »
