What to teach my 3 yr old boy?

Question

I am a stay at home mom and I have a 3 yr old son. I need some tips and tricks to keep my boy busy and develop his overall skills. Can anyone suggest some activities that we two can do together.? I do sing rhymes and repeat alphabets and numbers but still he is bored of it now and hence I want some new ways to keep him busy and enjoyable. Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

Good activities-

Got to familyfun.com and that will give you tons of crafts. I do that all the time with my kids. Many people think crafts aren’t good but I think that they are for boy, not only girls.

Get him brio tracks. They work miracles. My 3 year old son Tyler and my 5 year old son Nick LOVE them. They can be a little pricy, but in my opinion they are well worth the money.

Does he nap? If he doesn’t, don’t force him. That won’t go well.

Movies and TV are good. Make sure to limit it a lot. Like this much and then you’re done. Don’t let him do it all at the same time.

Do you have a local park? ( for us it’s the beach) They are really good. He can interact with other kids his age and you can relax for a little.

The pool is another good one. Get him swimming lesson and swim!!

Play learning board games. They do wonderful because they learn things and have fun.

Kids at this age are normally very into learning. Take advantage!! Teach him his ABCs, 1-10 etc.

Read books!! This was Nick’s favorite activity when he was 3!!

Lastly, I had our neighbor girl Kelli watch them for like a hour each day, this worked great I could cook meals, have some alone time etc.!!



Have fun with your child, 3 is a hard, and fun age!!

Answer 2

Have you thought about sending him to pre-school? If you chose to keep him home that's fine, but I know how hard it is to keep them busy by yourself. There are many games, puzzles, and art work you could do together. Maybe select a different theme each week. Do a fall project. When the leaves begin falling go out and collect different leaves and make a booklet. Make a scarecrow. Bake cookies. There are lots of things 3-yr olds love to do. My kids go to pre-school, so they do all that stuff there. Don't get me wrong, we do things together as well. It's hard to keep a child that busy all day, everyday. As they get older, they will expect you to always be doing something. You need a break once in a while.

Answer 3

I have a 23 month old, and she and I speak/sign American Sign Language! We started when she was oh... 6 or 7 months, and she started picking up more and more signs, by 9 months old she could ask me for "more" and "milk"... By 1yr she could put different signs together to make sentences. It has greatly reduced her frustration of not always being understood. We use dvd's, the internet, books and flash cards to practice.
Everyone always asks if someone in our family is hearing impaired, but the answer is No. (I read about signing w/ your baby when I was pregnant, and I just loved the idea!)
It's proven to increase their IQ. and it's the greatest feeling in the world when they can recognize a sign and then use it! I used the dvd's off of this site to begin, and then I went out later and got the books and flashcards from teaching stores. Good Luck!

http://www.mybabycantalk.com/

Answer 4

try teaching him outside. incorporate activities that include play and nature. like place letters and numbers on trees and cars, etc. and go on a hunt for te letters and numbers. or if its still hot where ur hot, get him a toddler pool and buy medium size letters and numbers and objects. place him and the objects in the pool and make a deep sea diving game for the objects. u gotta be creative and think back to when u was a child and how teachers could have made the stuff u learned so much more fun if the only did it in fun ways!

Answer 5

When it came to alphabets, I would get a coloring book and "hide" letters on the pages, in the book. I'd take one page and hide a bunch of "A"s, then draw an "A" that she could see and then I'd tell her to color all the "A"s a certain color. She has a blast with this and knew her ABC'S at 2 1/2 yrs.

Answer 6

Well, a trick for boredom is pack up half of his toys and in 3 months bring out the box...it's like brand new toys :)

Lots of people assume your have to "teach" your kids all the time. Kids are learning every second of the day. Involve him in every day tasks. My three year old loves to help me cook. It's fun for us, he learns measuring,small motor skills and social skills. My son helps me grocery shop. I went through magazines and cut out pictures of food. I put the pictures of three or four foods in an envelope when we go the store. He is responsible for looking for those three foods. He LOVES it. He is so excited when he finds the food. This helps him learn matching and how to focus on one task.

Be creative with the every day things you need to do. He can match socks in the laundry etc. Kids love to help at this age and they learn a lot while they do it

Answer 7

TONs of stuff on the net- coloring and learning exercises, things to challenge his young nugget. He will remember that time together. Enchorage him to help write a story, and get a simple journal to document the journey with him as he grows up. That could be a treasured possession when he is grown.

Above all, teach him this- "Tell me the truth, even when the truth is hard."

Answer 8

Three's are great with pretending so anything like felt board stories, making puppets or changing the end of a story is great fun for them. My son likes to do felt board hide and seek: that is where you have something like 5 house or cars and you hide a star under one and then give clues as to where it is..like look under the blue house or look under the house that rhymes with glue. Learning and fun! Also my son loves to run around so we count and run or make letters with our bodies. A really great site is www.perpetualpreschool.com good luck and have fun!

Answer 9

Get some washable paints and paint brushes, and a bir roll of butcher paper; let him start expressing his creative impulses.

Take him to your local library, and find some books that he would enjoy reading with you. You might especially enjoy finding and reading to him the books that you most enjoyed when you were a child. You might also see if they have a weekly "lapsit" reading program.

Take him to the museum -- little boys particularly love dinosaurs and vehicles of all sorts (I'm particularly fond of this one -- we live just a 20-minute train ride away from the Smithsonian museums...)

How about checking out the local used clothing store, and see about finding some cheap clothes for playing dress-up?

Take him to the park or playground, for some fresh air and sunshine! You may also find that there are parents' groups who get together for weekly play dates for all their kids.

Try making some homemade play-dough....you can find plenty of recipes online or in books; but I think one cup each of flour, salt, and water works just fine (you can also add some food coloring to turn it different colors.

Check your local movie theater -- some of them, like the Edwards/Regal chain, have free matinees with children's movies during the weekdays for stay-at-home parents.

That's just off the top of my head.

Answer 10

Check out Lalitha's Nursery Rhymes.com
There's more than just nursery rhymes. He'll love it.
It will also give you some more ideas of what you can do with your son.
Don't forget the great outdoors. Nature is an education.