Comments on: My partially-open ears http://www.katieandjoel.com/?p=1761 The continuing adventures of Katie, Joel, Dexter, Nicholas, Goldilocks, and MiG Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:59:40 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.18 By: Mom http://www.katieandjoel.com/?p=1761&cpage=1#comment-454 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:10:19 +0000 http://www.katieandjoel.com/?p=1761#comment-454 Do you think they would have any interest in a water table or a sand table out in the garage? Maybe you could test out the idea in the kitchen sink and see if playing in the water with different things captures their interest. It is a very popular section of the Hands on Museum. It did well in the pre-school program, too.

]]> By: gina http://www.katieandjoel.com/?p=1761&cpage=1#comment-452 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.katieandjoel.com/?p=1761#comment-452 ha ha ha welcome. you’ll never know what to expect next! seriously, rubber boots. the kind that you tuck pants INTO, not the kind that go under pants. and coats with hoods OR hats with velcro/tie straps (old navy has some fleece ones) . . . so they can’t be pulled off. and tuck the pants into the boots. did i mention that? usually caetano comes home looking like he’s wearing hip waders anyway (and nobody had to teach him to puddle-stomp, he’s a natural, so don’t be shocked if your kids are, too), but tucking pants into boots is key . . .
kitchen toys are fun – wooden spoons, bowls, tupperware with lids. empty spice jars (my mom got some at the craft store) . . . so are CARS! plastic, wooden, with or without drivers. our boy is a natural at them, too.
as for sharing, well, at daycare and home we talk about sharing, A LOT. of course, somehow he learned the word MINE. remember, though, that just because they aren’t speaking coherently yet doesn’t mean your boys don’t understand most of what you say to them. you can repeat (and repeat and repeat and repeat) “it’s dex’s [nic's] turn now and you are sharing! good job! soon it will be your turn.” then make sure they actually do take turns, but have something else for whoever is wanting the treasured item. also, the mantra of my friends, whose children have survived to school age, is Distract, Distract, Distract.

good luck, and send anything that works for sharing my way! we’re about to really mess with caetano . . .

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