early years with foster kids

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  • September 6, 2016 at 4:37 pm
    jill smith
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    Hi all,

    We are in the busy stages of fostering two adorable little ones. they are 1.5 DB, and  3 yr old DG. I didn’t use Charlotte Mason when my kids were younger so the early years is new to me. I want to start them out on a good note. All suggestions are welcomed. Thanks for the help. 🙂 I don’t have a lot of money to buy anything right now either.:(  Also habit training. when to start?

    September 7, 2016 at 8:12 am
    bethanna
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    Good picture books!  The SCM list has great suggestions. Can you access your library’s book catalog from home on the internet?  Then you can go with a list.  One library that I went to years ago in GA would get the books off shelves and check them out on my card.  Then all I had to do was pick them up!  That was a great time saver.  My current libraries do not offer that, but we have such a good relationship with many of the librarians that, if I asked, they would probably do that for me at least occasionally.

    September 7, 2016 at 8:18 am
    bethanna
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    Also, for the 3 yo, playdough helps build strength and fine motor skills.  Roll it in a ball, roll it into a rope, pat it flat, cut it with a table knife or craft stick or cookie cutters.  I have a great recipe if you want it.  I sometimes add extract for scent or a koolaid packet which gives it color & scent.

    September 7, 2016 at 8:53 am
    Sue
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    Habit training–start now!  To little ones like yours, house-cleaning is playtime, so you can start with the habit of orderliness.  Even the 1.5yo can come alongside you to pick up toys, and they will think it’s fun. You can even sing an annoying clean-up song, the kind that makes me wish I’d never met a certain purple dinosaur…..ever….

    The 3yo can help you put away your non-sharp cutlery if you put her in a high chair near the drawer that they go in.  This will also build sorting skills for math.  And you can tell her that is her chore or job and praise her for a job well done.

    I would also work on treating others with respect.  We have probably all been guilty of expressing a giggle or two at a toddler making a face or sticking out the tongue, but it’s not cute to permit them to respond disrespectfully to your requests or to correction.  Tolerance of disrespect can lead to back-talk, rolling the eyes, sowing seeds of disrespect towards parents among siblings, and more as they get older. I used to tell my kids that even rolling their eyes at me meant I was not getting “immediate obedience” from them since they had paused and taken the time to roll their eyes…..but that’s a comment for an older child, not a toddler.  I would work on respectful responses even at this age.

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