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DreamBelie
I was thinking diapers but is there anything you'd prefer? He likes to put things in his mouth btw... Also if I buy him clothes what kind of clothes? Onesey, shorts..ect? Its almost summer time but its cold here in Alabama.
Answer
Babies that age love the toys that they can push around. They also love the toy version of pots and pans. Go down the aisle at the store that has the toys for babies and look at the age recommendation on the labels. They will tell you if it is recommended for babies/toddlers that are 12-18 months. Babies also love the security blankets that have a stuffed animal attached and satin binding around the edges. If you want to get something fun, there are some low to the ground scooting riding toys like tractors or four wheeled scooting bikes.
Homeschooling Schedule?
portiarayl
I am planning on homeschooling my children (ages 2&3) and I would like to get into a routine soon so I can be ready. Does anyone know any great resources of how to juggle cleaning, cooking, homeschooling, basically, being a stay at home mom and teaching her two children? I am in DIRE need of order in my life! On top of having 2 toddlers, I also am starting an at home business of running a greenhouse and raising plants. Any personal tips would be appreciated, as well as any resources on how to juggle my daily tasks.
Answer I home schooled my oldest for a short time during a move and my good friends husband was also home schooled...his mom gave me lots of pointers...since your kiddos are so young, you can introduce anything into their day and they will adjust rather easily..just remember not to push them. You can start with some workbooks that you can find anywhere that sells coloring books, like walmart..some counting books and letter books...(story books) Miss Spider Tea Party is a good one that my 4 year old likes. Home schooling doesn't need to be the regular all day thing that regular schools are. As long as you have and agenda to follow and you keep to it and as long as you get through all the required curriculum the state requires you'll be fine. Most home schooled children end up graduating at a younger age (16 and 17 aren't uncommon ages) Days can be as short as 2 hours. Keep in mind that your kids are young and don't have much of an attention span so you have to keep your lessons short like 15 minutes each, then move on to something else.
If I were you, I would start my day like any other day, with breakfast, baths whatever your normal daily routine may be...then starting at 8 or 9 you can do things like talk about the weather (is it sunny or cloudy? what should the weather boy wear today (the weather boy can be a picture of a kid cut out of a magazine with some outfits from felt)....) this is science. talk about today's day/date etc..use a giant desk top calendar with a reusable star or other marker that can be moved from day to day...or you can use a cloud, sun, cloud/sun, rain cloud etc to mark the day and the weather together.
Pick a color and number for the day...have the kids put post-it notes with certain number on it on items of that number that you have preselected. For instance...put 2 cars together on the floor and have your kids find them and label them. Now you have a math lesson. For the letter of the day you can glue noodles or colorful cereal etc on construction paper in the shape of that letter...use play dough to make the shape of both letter and number of the day...of course, use every minute you can to introduce colors...what color is the paper you picked? what color is that leaf? etc. the kids should have some free play time now. And it's at this point in time that you can do up dishes or throw a load of wash in. If you started at 8, you should have a healthy snack around 930. If your kids take a morning nap, after am snack is a good time to get them settled into that. You now have that free time to work on you business. when nap time is over, have lunch and go on with outdoor play, using this time to identify things like green leaves and square sidewalk blocks and "ant" starts with "a"...At their ages, it's not so much that they know that it's schooling, they just think they are playing a game with mom. It gets them prepared for when it is time to get on the road of being homeschooled. You have to figure out what you want to teach them now, how long you want to spend on each lesson (15 minutes is a good time at their ages), what you want to get accomplished per day, and what time you want to start. After that, things will just fall into place....For example:
8am breakfast
815 talk about the weather/day
830 letter of the day with craft
9am morning move and groove session...use kiddie
music to dance around
915 number of the day with game
945 morning snack (orange wedges and juice or cereal bar and milk)
10 clean up
1015-1115 nap/rest/story time...use this to just rest and relax, darken the room and have kids lay down. You now have some "you time"
1115-1145 lunch
1145 clean up
12noon outdoor play (explore the yard, take a walk on the bike trail etc, talk about what you see along the way)
etc etc...
200 should be the latest you lay them down for an afternoon nap..1 hour is they get am nap no more than 2 hours if they don't get rest time in am
Good luck!
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