how do i explain dreams to a three year old?

Answer 1

There seems to be a lot of nice ideas here that seem suitable for a 3 year old.

My bit here is not about explaining dreams but dealing with a bad one - I shake the pillow so all the bad dreams fall out and turn it over so that they're sleeping on the fresh side (I always find the cool side better for getting back to sleep on) and tell them any dream left will fall out the bottom away from them. Seems to work - even with the 7 year old, although I did have to expand the routine with the 5 year old by actually stamping on the dreams that fell to the floor just so they didn't pop back up! Sometimes this is done before they even go to sleep if they've had a night or two of them. You do what it takes!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My son is 19mo, and we just talked about dreams recently. (I know he's a bit young, but I think he had a nightmare.) I say that dreams are what you think about when you are sleeping. I think with that age, pictures help. We have an Elmo seek and find book. On one page, Cookie Monster is dreaming. (You see him asleep in bed, and then there is a big cloud bubble and you see his dream inside of if.) We look at that page and talk about how its silly and not real because it is a dream. Its just what Cookie is thinking about when he's sleeping. (ie - See that cow driving a car? That's silly! That can't happen for real, right? Its just there b/c Cookie is thinking about it and dreaming.)

Maybe you can find a book with a dream page and start a conversation.

Good luck.

Answer 4

This probably will not help much but if is SO funny. My 3 yo daughter had a very vivid dream a couple of weeks ago and she told me about it. Her way of explaining it was that she saw her nanny's house "in her eyes". Now every time she has a dream she tells me she saw something "in her eyes". Just thought it was kind of cute.

Answer 5

my son woke up about four months ago crying about something in his room. after we calmed him down we realized it was a dream that he was afraid of. we really had no time to think about what to say so we just told him it was a dream. that when he goes to sleep a little tv in his head goes on. nothing he sees happens is real its all pretend. that seemed to work. he likes to watch tv but we only allow him to do so on the weekends. sorta a treat for a good week. he's three as well . good luck.

Answer 6

They might not understand it if you try to explain it to them...but don't worry, they will ask you again in the future when they are a little older and they will understand it better. For now I would just explain it in terms they would understand like its a little "tv show playing while you sleep" or something similar

Answer 7

Dreams as in sleep or dreams as in goals.??
Kids of that age have huge imaginations, so the only way with bad dreams is to comfort them and tell them that it is all gone, let them tell you about it and tell them that telling you about it will keep that dream from happening again.

Answer 8

dreams are usualy a message in some form the question is ,is the toddler having bad dreams or good dreams????????????

if they are bad then they might be frightened or worried about some thing and if they are just unusual dreams then they could mean any thing.but as long as they arent upsetting them i dont think they are any thing to worry about!

Answer 9

dreams are little pictures,lovely pictures we see in our minds when we are asleep,it is when we are fully relaxed that we see our favourite cartoon,or the funniest thing we ever remember.

say this and try to explain it ina way that makes dream of great benifit to them..even get them to draw a picture of thier dreams!

Answer 10

If afraid after a bad dream, make up a smiley rhyme
'atiska toska wibbly way, bad dream bad dream go away!'
tiddly tokka tiddly tak, bad dream bad dream don't come back!'