How i do teach to a active Toddler?

Question

Hey Friends ,

I have a[ active 18 months old son , i really need an advice as how to teach him alphabets and numbers and other stuffs , i read some reply to other 18 months old moms , was shocked to read that some of the 18 months old toddler , knew alphabets , numbers , shapes and other stuffs . But im not comparing my son with others , just want him too know all that . But how do i teach him , he is not listening to me ( very active ) . Pls suggest some good books that will be helpful in teaching him and which blocks are good for him . Pls help me

I really need a good advice . Pls help

Answer 1

Play, play, play. Your son is too young for structured teaching. Sing the alphabet song, and your son will grasp onto it because it is fun. Just count things, talk about colors, look at things around your house and discuss what shape they are. You don't want to have structured learning time with flash cards or anything - that will just burn him out. I think those other moms are exaggerating. Average kids are around 3 when they grasp that stuff.

A good alaphabet book - Cicka Cicka Boom Boom

Answer 2

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Answer 3

At that age the object is making the learning fun...use the alphabet song all the time, for things like washing his hands or to see if you can get his shoes on before the song is over.
You can also make up games using numbers and letters...crazy games that let him get the energy out while he plays...."okay, on the count of three we are going to see if we can find something that starts with the letter R...rrrrrr...can you hear the sound? Of course at 18 months that's a little advanced, but you get the picture.

Any book is a good book, even if he isn't paying attention the whole time you can still read it. I personally like the dr. suess books because they have great rhymes and and you can make them loud and soft and sing-songy.

Pretty much anything you do at this age is helping him learn something, if he's having fun keep going. Start slow with songs paired with movement are the best way to teach the active child.

Answer 4

teach while in motion. 18 month olds do not sit still to learn like older kids. When they are playing with legos say things like "wow you stacked that red block on top of the blue block". With the alphabet it is all about reading the books and pointing out letters but stick to one at a time and introduce knew letter from time to time (don't move to fast), same with numbers, shapes and other stuff. It is about teaching them in play form that is how they learn best. Most of the ones that have 18 month olds that know this stuff either are stay at home moms with possibly experience in a teaching situation or just have experience working with the kids. Others have older kids at home and kids learn from other kids. My 2 1/2 year old knows more than his brother did at his age just because he is learning everything from his brother. If you can let your son interact with children a little older than him he will pick up on things as well. When you are coloring with your son comment on the colors you are using or he is using. Draw shapes on the paper and tell them what the shape is but don't worry if your 18 month old isn't "smart" like some. They develop at their own pace and pushing to hard can really ruin a kid. Just enjoy your son they grow up way to fast.

Answer 5

18 mo old knows all that stuff. I want to know what they are doing too since my 25 mo old only can count to 4. I would suggest getting toys that sing songs or do games to teach him so that he can stay active. My daughter is very active too but loves when we sing. She might not know all that but she is smarter than most kids her age that I know. For books, look into dr suess...red fish blue fish, green eggs and ham, these will teach colors and are fun to read. Golden books also have a variety of first books such as babies first book of shapes and colors and first alphabet books. For an active kid though I suggest keeping in the fun and games activities for learning.

Answer 6

I have a suggestion for blocks. Get the wooden blocks that have the capital letter on one side and the corresponding lowercase letter on the other. I like them to have pictures on the other four sides of items that begin with that letter. As far as books, I haven't found that any particular alphabet book is any better than the other. I might also recommend that it gives the lowercase letter as well as the capital. For letters, we also liked the foam letters that are cut out of a foam sheet.

It's good he's very active. My best suggestion to teaching him all this stuff is to incorporate it into his play. When he's playing with something, describe it--include the color, shape, things like rough or smooth, soft and fuzzy, the number of objects he has. For example, "You have one red lego. It feels smooth. I have a green lego with two circles on it." Just point out stuff like that to him. Don't make learning the stuff like a chore. Make sure it's always enjoyable to him.

Coloring is a good activity to learn the colors, for obvious reasons. I also like to write letters and numbers and shapes while we're coloring and show my son and name for my son what I've drawn.

We also enjoy learning the animals and what sounds they make and body parts.

A lot of it has to do with just constantly talking to him, playing with him, and naming and describing everything.

All of that being said, don't put too much stress on such things quite yet. I just recently read a book that was against teaching things like letters at too young an age. For example, it said that pointing out individual letters in the midst of reading a book is just distracting. I know that I've tried to teach my son all he can learn as soon as possible though and I think a lot of people do. Everyone wants to give their kids that edge I guess. Sometimes we have to remember to just relax and be silly, let them be kids and be kids with them.

(edit) PS, don't fall into the trap of using 'educational' videos or TV shows to teach him. I could go on and on about the harms of this but I'll save it. You probably couldn't get an active 18 month old to sit and watch anyway. The human interaction is so very important to his development.

Answer 7

I wouldn't worry about teaching them letters and numbers. I don't think that's what the doctor had in mind either. It sounds like they can hardly talk and that comes way earlier than learning academics. Talk to them a lot and read to them as much and as often as you can. Read to them whatever interests them but, if they just run around while you are reading and don't seem interested at all, continue to read to them anyway. Have you had their hearing checked. I don't know why a doctor would have told you that it is normal for learning to ease off from 2 - 3 yrs of age but, that doesn't sound appropriate to me. Children should be learning constantly and they should not be backsliding on things they already know. I would talk to your pediatrician and be sure he knows that one child is not eating and used to talk but now doesn't as much. I'm not sure what you mean by "not eating altogether" exactly -- he is obviously eating something, I assume? Has he figured out how to eat nothing but junk food? Or does he just pick all day long and hardly eat a substantial amount? Or what? Find a doctor who will listen to your concerns and be sure you give them all the information and history.

Answer 8

Okay, first of all, you do not really need to "teach" your todler these things; all human beings absorb information about language as part of their human functions- as long as they are exposed to language, they will be just fine. Secondly, it is always a good idea to read to your children (it does not matter what) because it helps to build synactic connections in the brain, and it wil hopefully inspire a love of reading in your child. Also, you should set good examples; much like good eating habits, if your child sees you read, they will too. Reading is really the best way to build intelligence and critical thinking skills. So read, and have books around the house. Being an almost- English teacher I had to throw that in!

Answer 9

Sing him songs. Thats the best way to get his attention. My son will not sit down to let me read to him, nor will he allow me to do structured play. The best I've managed is to get him to repeat after me. I say "say one" and he repeats. kinda like that he counts to ten and he does know the abc's but right now he prefers numbers. He loves to talk! Don't worry if he doesn't catch on quickly, all children are different and learn at their own pace.

Answer 10

My son is 2 and I got a cd with the abc song and he trys to sing along with it. Kids learn better through music I think, give it a try