Teachers can encourage parents to take an active role in the classroom by requesting volunteers for holiday parties, field trips, or book readings.
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Teachers can encourage parents to take an active role in the classroom by requesting volunteers for holiday parties, field trips, or book readings. Talk directly to your toddler. Look at them while you talk. Spend time talking to them; ask them questions even if they don’t have a very big vocabulary. When going to a restaurant don’t try to sneak your baby in. Introduce your baby to the host/hostess to make you meal go smoothly. After your toddler starts to play on his/her own, keep a magazine nearby and sneak a peek at a page while she is stacking blocks. She’ll let you know when she needs some more attention. Your child can sense your mood. If you are not interested in a toy or activity, then he’ll think that it isn’t interesting or fun either. When decorating a toddler’s bedroom choose a paint that can be easily cleaned with soap and water to reduce re-painting. Thank you notes are important social skill builders. Children can enjoy writing thank you cards when they are fun colors and themes. Time out is one of the most common toddler discipline method. Keep the time brief around one minute per year of age. It is important for parents to be consistent both in modeling behavior and in addressing appropriate versus inappropriate behavior in the child Using profanity, hitting, or other disrespectful behavior may be a direct result of ‘monkey-see, monkey-do’. Kids are looking and listening to everything we do. Talk to your toddler/child about what they and you are doing. Keeping up a steady stream of narration helps support their language development. Ask for your child’s opinion on things! This helps them realize that what they say matters. It is important to let your kids know you are always there for them no matter what the subject is. Be a positive role model. If you’re practicing healthy habits, it’s a lot easier to convince children to do the same. Every time your toddler succeeded in using the potty, celebrate and make him / her feel good about the achievement. The child will feel encouraged to ‘repeat’ the performance. Put time aside weekly (if not daily at dinner) for one on one time or family time. If you and your spouse differ on parenting ideas or discipline, talk about it separately from the child. Present a unified front. Children will be more compliant on the majors if they feel a sense of power as well on some of the minor issues. Try not to park the toddler in front of the television set. Many doctors recommend that children under the age of 2 watch no television at all. Stick an ice chest in the car trunk so you can head to the grocery store and not worry about frozen food melting. A toddler slows down everything, and an ice chest lets us not worry about rushing. |
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