Frustrated - schedules, 2 yr old ds (long sorry)
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:56 pm
Well I should have made this post a long time ago but I just never did
My 2 year old DS is a handful to say the least. It's affecting our ability to get school done without too much stress so this has to stop. I am in the process of trying to make a schedule and I have been looking at the schedule thread. That thread has helped but I am still struggling with my ds 2. He is 2.5 actually and appears to be ahead and is most definitely ahead in language abilities. He's been talking since he was 8 months old. He talks like a 3 or 4 year old now. People comment on it all the time when we are in public. He knows some of his letter names just because we talked about them with his bath letters. I have done nothing focused with him at all and he can count to 10 and usually only misses one number maybe if at all. I know I don't want to start him on LHTH yet so I am thinking of doing Letter of the Weeks Preparatory and Before Five in a Row with him. I was thinking of alternating weeks of Prep and BFIAR. If next year I started LHTH he would be 3.5 and I would probably do that slow like maybe only 3 days a week and keeping Rowing the other days until we get to LHFHG and then stick totally with HOD from that point on. All that just so you will know what my plans are right now with ds2. ds9 is doing Bigger.
I have had Manager's of Their Homes (MOTH) for years and I make these beautiful schedules on paper but have never worked one for more than week if that
Because of that my boys are just out of control at the house. Neither one of them can manage their time well at all when left to themselves. Of course I do know that ds2 needs much more structure than ds9. I have just been lazy and self centered plain and simple. I have got to get on track NOW. It's simply not acceptable any longer for this to continue.
In scheduling I am having trouble with ds2. He doesn't have very many toys that keep him engaged anymore. He bores quickly with your normal 2 yr old toys. I think because he might be gifted on some level. The problem is that if we try to get him toys that are geared to older children he's not always physically capable of handling them. He seems to be on age level with his physical dexterity but I would like to slowly start introducing him to more small motor activities. What toys do your 2yr olds play with? I really need some fresh ideas for toys and activities for this little boy. He loves books and we read a lot and that is why I got BFIAR for him.
Ok I read back over this and it seems to ramble without a clear point. I am sorry about that. I'm not sure what else I can say though. I need to get our days organized and give ds2 some serious structure. I am at a loss of how to give him age appropriate toys and activities. ds9 just naturally gets structure with his school.
Can anyone sympathize? Ideas? I am feeling lost right now.
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I have had Manager's of Their Homes (MOTH) for years and I make these beautiful schedules on paper but have never worked one for more than week if that
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In scheduling I am having trouble with ds2. He doesn't have very many toys that keep him engaged anymore. He bores quickly with your normal 2 yr old toys. I think because he might be gifted on some level. The problem is that if we try to get him toys that are geared to older children he's not always physically capable of handling them. He seems to be on age level with his physical dexterity but I would like to slowly start introducing him to more small motor activities. What toys do your 2yr olds play with? I really need some fresh ideas for toys and activities for this little boy. He loves books and we read a lot and that is why I got BFIAR for him.
Ok I read back over this and it seems to ramble without a clear point. I am sorry about that. I'm not sure what else I can say though. I need to get our days organized and give ds2 some serious structure. I am at a loss of how to give him age appropriate toys and activities. ds9 just naturally gets structure with his school.
Can anyone sympathize? Ideas? I am feeling lost right now.