Parenting Tips for Your 27-28 Month Old Toddler
How would you like to start a school in your home? If you’re thinking about books, a chalkboard, and rows of desks, that’s not the idea. This school is not only in your home; it is your home, your family, and your day-to-day activities.
You might say, “But I don’t know how to teach.” You don’t need a teaching degree or years of experience. You just need to remember your ABCs:
- A child’s first and most important teachers are his parents.
- Be alert to the new situations your child faces each day.
- Create short, simple learning games many times during the day.
Now, here is how to be a great teacher for your child. Keep learning fun! Teach by playing games and talking to your child in a friendly way.
- Teach colors: As you set the table, talk about the red dishes, the blue tablecloth. As you sort the clothes, talk about the blue jeans, the white shirt. Talk about shapes of toys or furnishings in your home, the round mirror, the square table.
- Teach about things that are alike and things that are different by helping your child sort spoons and forks in the drawer.
- Teach about language and books by showing pictures and reading short stories to your child again, again, and again. Talk with him about the story.
Remember, you are your child’s first teacher. The lessons you teach now will help him learn even more when he starts preschool and kindergarten. Children who have been taught at home enjoy learning and usually learn faster when they start school.
