i take him to a near by park for somtime,play games with him,he rides his cycle for some time...draws for sometime .but everything lasts for not more than 15minutes!!!!!!
any ideas...!!!I am going bonkers !
2006-07-31 22:33:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Find a local play group or form one yourself. That way some other kids are playing with him and wearing him out. Plus it will allow you to talk to other Mom's going through the same thing. Also try and find new things everyday that will hold his attention that way he has to use his little noggin to concentrate on what is going on. Make some home made play dough one day.
Rubbery Play dough
2 cups baking soda
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup cornstarch
Mix with a fork until smooth. Boil over medium heat until thick. Spoon onto plate or wax paper.
Nature's Playdough
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
2 T oil
2 T cream of tartar
beet, spinach, and carrot juice
Mix flour, salt and oil, and slowly add the water. Cook over medium heat, stirring until dough becomes stiff. Turn out onto wax paper and let cool. Knead the dough with your hands until of proper consistency. Use as is, or divide into balls and add a few drops of the vegetable juices to make green, pink, and orange.
Play dough
4 cups flour
1/4 cup powdered tempera
1/4 cup salt
1 1/2 cups water
1 T oil
Mix together flour, powdered paint and salt.
There are ones that you can make with apple sauce as well. Go online and find sensory games to hold his attention. Putting him in the tub in his swim trunks with some shaving cream paints will blow his mind I can promise. Take several plastic cups and fill them with plain barbasol shaving cream it is the cheapest and works great. Then add a few drops of food coloring to each cup. Let him experiment with colors and see what mixing the colors does. Then take him and the newly made paints to the tub. He will have a great time and the shaving cream will clean you bathroom. :) This like every other stage of childhood will pass. :) Hang in there. Much Peace
2006-07-31 22:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Tero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kindermusic classes go over well with my almost 3 yr old. He enjoyed them and we are now in a parent/tot swim class. If those types of things aren't options for you, I suggest finding other parents with kids your son's age for play dates.
Other things for him to do while at home with you are finger painting, Play-Doh, or even go out looking for larger rocks and let him paint a rock. It's hard to keep a 3 yr olds attention span on something for too long, but if you try some of these new things he may be interested for a longer time.
Good luck!!
2006-08-01 10:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by teacher&mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him around other kids his age. Cars and dirt work well for my boys. Get a small kids pool and fill it with clean dirt (oxymoron) Give him some matchbox cars, maybe a front loader and a dump truck and let him have at it. Water added to the dirt also makes for great fun for boys.
2006-08-04 22:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Heather P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the park
let him play in the sprinkler
ride bikes
draw on the sidewalk with chalk or use sidewalk paint
cook with him
have him help with household chores - sorting laundry and matching socks teaches math skills!
go on a nature walk
give him crayons, markers, paints, playdough, etc.
play cars with him
give him some workbooks or coloring books
print coloring pages or worksheets out on the computer for him
let him play online - some kids links below
read to him
take him to the library for storytime and to check out books
Children's Musuem
Zoo
legos
wooden blocks
marble mazes
2006-08-01 09:09:32 · answer #4 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids have short attention spans. Try sports or martial arts, reward him when he sticks with something for a long period of time.
2006-08-02 15:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by txagl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iVillage has an enormous amount of ideas for crafts and activities to keep your little one busy and engaged. Check out http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tpactivities/topics/0,,4rvh,00.html for some fun ideas you and your son can enjoy together.
2006-08-01 10:15:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get him some videos that he likes and sit him in front of the tv that always works. Like barney, veggie tales, sesame street etc.
2006-08-01 06:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by APRIL K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy him toys let him play with other kids........put him in a day care let him do things there.
2006-08-02 05:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by juicy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must get him to a daycare center for him to be friends with others
2006-08-01 05:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by lenlen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try here freebie
2006-08-03 12:51:24 · answer #10 · answered by Clyde 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋