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MOm's of Preshoolers I need your help...
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MOm's of Preshoolers I need your help...
How do you deal with a rambunctious 3.5 year old??
I am really fried lately with Alex.. He was starting to get better, but he is driving me looney lately.. I just walked into the room and he threw a handful of Q-tips at me. He just makes a mess with everything.. I clean the house 15 minutes later it looks like the tazmanian devil went through. I am so fried.. and I need suggestions..
--He will be 4 in March. And he doesn't go to school yet, he is set up for september. TIA
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Posted 12/9/06 2:13 PM  |
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Re: MOm's of Preshoolers I need your help...
not a mom of a preschooler, but i worked in preschools for several years. first i would try to set up his toys so that they all have a place to be put away. bins, shelves, etc. you could take pictures of them or cut pics from circulars to label the bins and shelves to help him know where to put things away. he needs to learn that if he takes a toy out he has to put it away and that only one toy is out at a time. you may have to stay on top of him a bit and remind him a lot. he also should be the one who puts all the toys away, NOT you! you can help, but he's got to do some work too. you'll probably come up against some resistance, but that's the only way he'll learn. at first you might have to hand over hand put the toys away with him or just let him tantrum, cry, sulk or whatever until he puts them away. no playing with anything else, watching tv etc until it gets done. make sure you give him LOTS of praise for cleaning up when he does it and anytime you catch him putting something away. try to make cleaning up fun-songs, silly games. since he's 3.5 he won't be totally independent. he'll probably need some reminding. and for the q-tips i'd make him clean them all up too. but things like that he may be doing for your attention or your reaction, so i wouldn't talk about it too much just tell him he has to clean it up. you have a new baby, right? he may be doing more to get your attention now since the baby is taking away some of his attention. i'd also try to make an effort to give him a little bit of extra attention too. sorry for the rambling, just my ideas from my experience
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| Posted 12/9/06 2:38 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: MOm's of Preshoolers I need your help...
I'm hoping our similar-acting 3.5 year old DS is just testing boundaries, and figuring out about his independence. Some days he's an absolute angel, but other days.....
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| Posted 12/9/06 6:19 PM |
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Re: MOm's of Preshoolers I need your help...
Posted by BabyInMarch
not a mom of a preschooler, but i worked in preschools for several years. first i would try to set up his toys so that they all have a place to be put away. bins, shelves, etc. you could take pictures of them or cut pics from circulars to label the bins and shelves to help him know where to put things away. he needs to learn that if he takes a toy out he has to put it away and that only one toy is out at a time. you may have to stay on top of him a bit and remind him a lot. he also should be the one who puts all the toys away, NOT you! you can help, but he's got to do some work too. you'll probably come up against some resistance, but that's the only way he'll learn. at first you might have to hand over hand put the toys away with him or just let him tantrum, cry, sulk or whatever until he puts them away. no playing with anything else, watching tv etc until it gets done. make sure you give him LOTS of praise for cleaning up when he does it and anytime you catch him putting something away. try to make cleaning up fun-songs, silly games. since he's 3.5 he won't be totally independent. he'll probably need some reminding. and for the q-tips i'd make him clean them all up too. but things like that he may be doing for your attention or your reaction, so i wouldn't talk about it too much just tell him he has to clean it up. you have a new baby, right? he may be doing more to get your attention now since the baby is taking away some of his attention. i'd also try to make an effort to give him a little bit of extra attention too. sorry for the rambling, just my ideas from my experience
I completely agree! These are all good strategies!
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| Posted 12/9/06 6:20 PM |
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