Toddlers are fascinated with books especially those that have vivid and colorful visual prints and images. Engage her to browse at these books while you go on to read to her the adventures of little duckling or the classic Pinocchio. Remember, even though your toddler is too young to completely comprehend an entire story, this is a stepping stone in stimulating his imagination.
Attentive toddlers would have lots of “why’s” while you are reading books to her. If you get tired of the constant why’s, don’t simply fall back on “That’s just the way it is” or “Because I said so.” Instead, try to deflect them by asking her what she thinks. Her answer may amuse you, but mommy, try not to laugh at him/her. His/Her mind is really working in amazing ways as your toddler puts together what information she has about the world with a toddler’s fertile imagination. If you truly don’t know the answer, tell her the two of you can journey of finding it out together.
Great idea to ponder on, huh!
It is never too early to teach children good manners. Studies show that even at a very young age, kids are already capable of learning and expressing empathy and concern for others. Teaching manners becomes easier when it is a common practice in the household.
As social beings, children learn by doing. From birth onward, children are constantly picking up emotional and behavioral cues from the people around them, such as parents, siblings, caregivers and alike. However, it is not enough to simply tell children what to do and say; showing them by example counts most.
Where do you begin in teaching toddlers good manners? Start with the basics, saying “please” and “thank you”. If your little one wants a bottle of milk, teach her to ask for it in a proper way by stating, “May I have some milk please?” while you are pouring it. When you hand it to her, affirm and say “Thank you.” This is also works well if you and your child are visiting friends and relatives. When she asks for something, remind your child to say please and thank you.
We never fail to celebrate incomprehensible babblings uttered by our toddler, giving meaning to them as if they were real words. On the other hand, we mommies beat ourselves in frustration when every other child except your own has already begun talking. Indeed, one of the milestones that cause great excitement and anxiety in parents is their child’s speech development. Find out more about why children’s speech development is crucial and how a mommy/parents can help in such journey of your kid.
We use speech to articulate feelings, thoughts and experience from something as primal as hunger to something as complex as anxiety or mixed emotions. For young children, speech is key in expressing preferences, dislikes and intentions. For older school-aged children, it is an indispensable ingredient of reading, spelling, mathematics and writing. Since speech is used in virtually all aspects of our lives, any breakdown, however small, impacts on the quality of our output at home, in school and in the community.
I was asking before are the instant soups sold in the supermarket okay for babies and toddlers just like "Don’t these contain MSG?" , and alike. Thanks to my baby’s doctor (yeah her pediatrician). She said cup soups are not exactly what nutritionists would recommend as food for babies and toddlers. MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a flavor enhancer of many processed food items. Though MSG is considered generally safe and approved for use, it has shown side effects on some people, such as dizziness or allergic reactions.
It was long ago that some baby food manufacturers tried to lessen the food additives (not only MSG) in their products after some reports of brain damage or mental retardation that could been caused by food additives were discovered. So, to make it safe, offer your babies a variety of food and go natural by making fresh broth more often or in the other name, be Organic. By the way, if she doesn’t like soups, don’t force her to eat or even taste it.
Toddlers want to feel included and competent, so choose books that your child can follow along with, especially those with repetitive text so she can fill in words. Maintain your toddler’s interest by choosing books with short text on the page, as well as books about topics that you know are of-interest.
For younger toddlers you would want sturdy board books with pictures of kids doing the things they do everyday, nowadays there's already an iPad. Books about bedtime, baths, or mealtime are all good choices, so are books about saying hello or good-bye. Keep active hands busy with lift-the-flap pages and textures to feel.
Toddlers from 24 to 36months are able to turn paper pages, so this is a good time to explore beyond board books. They are also beginning to understand the mechanics of reading and like books that are repetitive and easy to memorize so that they can read along.
A speech delay is basically a communication disorder among children who fail to converse properly when compared with other children of the same age. The cause may be because the child is busy learning other skills or she does not get much attention on her speech. Poor balanced diet and emotional stress may also contribute to speech delay. Or, those children whose parents are abusive are likely to have speech delay, mainly due to lack of communication. At times, physical causes such as mental retardation also lead to speech disorder.
Remember that just like other areas of development, a child develops verbally at her own pace. Some toddlers are already point out their body parts before they walk, others not well into their second year. Whatever the case, be patient; as long as you are exposing her to talking or talking to her often, then you just have to sit back and let nature take its course.
Yes, my little tot does all her might whenever I hold her when we are walking or anything that I think she's in risk. To her, it is not. She thinks she can do it without my help. Okay, sometimes I am overprotective to her and I can sense it when she proves herself she did it. Just for instance, she walked in an elevated road and walked at the same time going down. Of course, I have to do a precautionary measure after letting her do it, of being there whenever she's not comfortable or she's about to fall. But hooray to her since she's very able to do it over and over again. I think she is already a master of it. :) But still when she does it, I am always on the lookout for the consequence.
She's already a grown-up 18 months old toddler. She's very observant, yes, a very keen observer and imitates too much. That's why, whenever I do not like her to imitate what I am doing, I won't let her see it. The trick? I have to hide doing it or cover her pretending nothing happened. Alright, so that's another story.
She's a star. My lovely amazing heart baby doll, my daughter SAM. :)
Playschools and toddler schools are giving new meaning to the term early childhood education. There was a time when kids were only allowed to school when they turned five or six. In contrast, today’s student body is also made up of little crawlers and creepers, some who could barely say a few syllables or could even go potty at the right time and place.
Welcome to the new world of toddler schools and playschools. Yes, there are schools now for toddlers. Parents with kids from 1 to 3 years can now enroll in the school, and usually these are private schools. Sarah is only 16 months months. I can enroll her now, but I prefer homeschooling since I don’t have work at the moment. Maybe I would send her to the proper school when she is in the right age already. For the meantime, I have educational toys for her, interesting books, and she actually can hold a pencil or crayon now. Okay, she is actually has an infant teacher to develop her skills once a week just for an hour going here at our home and I'm amaze how it is going.
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