I am home with him all day long, what types of constructive things should I do with him throughout the day?
2006-10-03 05:29:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Take him to the park.
To the bookstore.
Find play groups....
2006-10-03 05:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some fingerpaints and crayons, and make some art to hang up on the refrigerator.
Take him to the local park or playground, and run him ragged!
Make some homemade play-dough (mix equal parts of flour, salt, and water, with a tablespoon or two of vegetable oil and a few drops of food coloring) and pound it and mash it!
Watch some educational shows, like "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" or "Sesame Street".
Get some alphabet blocks, or magnetized plastic letters, and practice learning your numbers and letters.
Listen to the radio, and teach him to dance!
Build a city out of blocks, or a massive network of Thomas and Friends⢠railroad tracks!
Take him to the museum, and teach him everything you know about dinosaurs, or airplanes, or history (I live a short train ride from the Smithsonian Institute, so this is a particular favorite in our household).
Enlist his help in doing household chores -- he can be your "taster" for the chocolate chips when you make cookies, or help you count how many cups of flour you've scooped out, and so on.
Take him to the library -- many public libraries will have parent-and-child story hours, and you can network with other stay-at-home parents (but be warned, most of them will be women)...
BTW -- Good for you, staying at home to raise your son! I was a stay-at-home dad for my son the first three years of his life, and wouldn't trade the experience for anything!
2006-10-03 12:37:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read books, play outside, or go to the park, maybe watch some DVD movies. Play with some play doe with him, maybe get some new toys so that he can play with them. Most of all you should try to get him to learn educational things at an early age so that he will have it a little easy when he starts school. Like ABC's and 123s. Take him to the store to browse through some books to kind of see what kind of books he might be interested in.
2006-10-03 12:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Starlesha23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read books to him. Puzzles. Teach him his shapes and colors. How to hold a pencil. Counting and easy math problems. Some kids even show an interest in reading. I home-schooled my son until he was 9, then he went to private school. Always remember, the same sex parent is the most influential person in a child's life.
2006-10-03 12:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by freedom34_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Play w/ him, remembering that his lil mind is one big super absorb. sponge right now. It's the perfect time to start doing alot of things w/ him. Take him out so that he learns to socialise well w/ others, sharing, etc. Go over colors, letters, numbers and stuff in "games" w/ his toys. Read to him, it's amazing how much they pick up at that age from books and better a good book than one more stupid cartoon or kiddy show right? Play itself is "work" to a small child because thay are learning from everything.
2006-10-03 12:39:53 · answer #5 · answered by lucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would put him on a schedule or something like that.
color
go to the park
play a board game
watch an hour of TV
teach him baseball
play soccer
teach him ABC
teach to read
go see a movie
go ice skating
you and he clean his room
play hide-and seek
play roller hockey
red light green light
freeze tag
go for a walk
teach him a hobby of your
take him to the library
take to the Franklin institute
please touch museums
board games ( candy land)
teach him math
2006-10-03 12:41:50 · answer #6 · answered by danicolegirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son just turned 4 and some of the things he likes doing best include: puzzles, helping do any cooking, and basically any other project where you sit down and work WITH him on the project - coloring, making crafts, all that kind of stuff. The main point is spending time with him.
2006-10-03 12:33:33 · answer #7 · answered by ry_guy_621 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I have a 9 yr a 4yr and a 2yr old, and the best thing for them is really to learn. Anything that will help them learn, reading to them, music- dance with them. Color, draw, help him learn his colors or alphabet and numbers. The Leapster is a good toy that helps them learn and u can help too with the Lmax leapster, thats what I have it plugs into the tv, and you both can do the games. Have fun at the same time..he'll learn faster and won't mind doing it either.
Good Luck!!
2006-10-03 12:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by TONYA M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start teaching him things....shapes, colors, and start the alphabet. Teaching him things will start him on the right track to think of learning as a way of life. It will help him in school...and also for the rest of his life. Read read read...to him. Very important. My daughter is a genius and is in all gifted classes....so I know this works. This is what I did.
2006-10-03 12:36:11 · answer #9 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash cards were always a hit with my kids. You have to find the large colorful ones. Play doh and cooking was always a way to pass the time constructivley
2006-10-03 12:36:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
color
sidewalk chalk -- kids love lying down and having you trace around them
sing songs
go for walks
go to a playground
bake together
let him play in the water while you do the dishes
teach him his ABCs
let him cut stuff out of construction paper
cut open a pumpkin (lay down newspaper first) and let him stick his hands in there and get the glop out
2006-10-03 12:33:36 · answer #11 · answered by movielovingirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋