Homeschool and start teaching life skills from birth. The first three years are very, very important in developing their brains. Even a two year old can help with making cookies, learning how to pour ingredients, two for you and two for me games, loading and unloading the laundry and learning which buttons make things run or stop, tearing of one sheet of paper towel, personal hygiene, setting a table, wiping down a countertop. They learn coordination, balance, self-reliance, helping others, what works and what doesn't. Everything that can be reached and is safe is fair game. It's a wonderful experience to watch a young mind make connections to cause and effect and to bonding ever deeper with you!
I actually do most of that with her now! So that makes me feel much better about my choices! I'm a huge fan of climb on a chair help mama with dishes... sweep the floor with me. Cooking I pick her up and let her see me stirring the food. As she gets a bit bigger she will for sure get to do more. But she loves it! And absolutely loves hearing great job! High 5! It is literally my joy to see her pick up her own clothes and put them in the laundry basket. She wants to help and learn everything I do! Sometimes the things we just do everyday we don't realize how much we actually teach our kids. And to me confidence in learning new things is so important! You just made me realize I'm doing a pretty good job!! So thank you for that!!
Good job, Momma. You're so blessed. They love to be a "helper". I also focus more on the idea that THEY accomplish a task and learned something new. I discuss how they just built upon something they already knew, and learning is so fun, than on the "helper" part. Keep up your enthusiasm. You have the most important job in your child's world.
Homeschool and start teaching life skills from birth. The first three years are very, very important in developing their brains. Even a two year old can help with making cookies, learning how to pour ingredients, two for you and two for me games, loading and unloading the laundry and learning which buttons make things run or stop, tearing of one sheet of paper towel, personal hygiene, setting a table, wiping down a countertop. They learn coordination, balance, self-reliance, helping others, what works and what doesn't. Everything that can be reached and is safe is fair game. It's a wonderful experience to watch a young mind make connections to cause and effect and to bonding ever deeper with you!
I actually do most of that with her now! So that makes me feel much better about my choices! I'm a huge fan of climb on a chair help mama with dishes... sweep the floor with me. Cooking I pick her up and let her see me stirring the food. As she gets a bit bigger she will for sure get to do more. But she loves it! And absolutely loves hearing great job! High 5! It is literally my joy to see her pick up her own clothes and put them in the laundry basket. She wants to help and learn everything I do! Sometimes the things we just do everyday we don't realize how much we actually teach our kids. And to me confidence in learning new things is so important! You just made me realize I'm doing a pretty good job!! So thank you for that!!
Good job, Momma. You're so blessed. They love to be a "helper". I also focus more on the idea that THEY accomplish a task and learned something new. I discuss how they just built upon something they already knew, and learning is so fun, than on the "helper" part. Keep up your enthusiasm. You have the most important job in your child's world.