Comments on: Learning with Preschoolers http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html Naturally inspired living for the Christian homemaker Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Learning with Preschoolers: Activities to try! | Keeper of the Homehttp://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html/comment-page-1#comment-48340 Learning with Preschoolers: Activities to try! | Keeper of the Home Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:16:56 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html#comment-48340 [...] is the continuation from her wonderful post last week, Learning with Preschoolers. If you haven't read it yet,  why don't you do that first? Then take a good look through this [...] [...] is the continuation from her wonderful post last week, Learning with Preschoolers. If you haven't read it yet,  why don't you do that first? Then take a good look through this [...]

]]> By: Kyleehttp://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html/comment-page-1#comment-22038 Kylee Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:57:18 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html#comment-22038 a great post, thank you :) a great post, thank you :)

]]> By: Maryhttp://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html/comment-page-1#comment-22037 Mary Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:09:37 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html#comment-22037 What a great post! Maria Montessori taught that a child will learn reading and math much easier if he or she first learns to master their own physical environment (which speaks to your third point!) If I could do it again, knowing what I now know, my daily goal would be to eventually get to the point that my kids were doing all my work ha ha! Seriously though the time spent teaching them to do household tasks is well invested! And every minute that they are "helping" you is one less minute they are destroying the house! It's hard to see because it goes so slow when you let them help! What a great post! Maria Montessori taught that a child will learn reading and math much easier if he or she first learns to master their own physical environment (which speaks to your third point!)

If I could do it again, knowing what I now know, my daily goal would be to eventually get to the point that my kids were doing all my work ha ha!

Seriously though the time spent teaching them to do household tasks is well invested! And every minute that they are "helping" you is one less minute they are destroying the house! It's hard to see because it goes so slow when you let them help!

]]> By: Jessicahttp://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html/comment-page-1#comment-22036 Jessica Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:22:08 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/learning-with-preschoolers.html#comment-22036 This made me smile, especially the suggestion to let the child pay the cashier. This past week I took my sons out to a restaurant on my own (my husband is away with work for two weeks.) The boys are very young - 6 months and almost 2 years - however we had a great time together and just before the waiter came with the bill I gave my two year old my debit card and told him he could pay for our meal. When the waiter came he very proudly handed over the card and - unprompted - said "thank you." I have found that giving him "adult" tasks (albeit ones that he is completely capable of doing) encourages him to act better. Great post! This made me smile, especially the suggestion to let the child pay the cashier.
This past week I took my sons out to a restaurant on my own (my husband is away with work for two weeks.) The boys are very young - 6 months and almost 2 years - however we had a great time together and just before the waiter came with the bill I gave my two year old my debit card and told him he could pay for our meal.
When the waiter came he very proudly handed over the card and - unprompted - said "thank you."
I have found that giving him "adult" tasks (albeit ones that he is completely capable of doing) encourages him to act better.
Great post!

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