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Keeping 4yo “busy” while doing school
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Hey All,
I’m trying to figure out some stuff that my 4yo ds can do to keep “busy” while we are doing school. He’s showing interest in numbers and letters, but I don’t want to give him “busy” work. I want him to have an opportunity to learn like CM says preschoolers should. But how to keep him “busy” or quiet enough while the rest work on their schoolwork?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated or any advice on scheduling how to make this happen. 🙂 (You know schooling with a 4yo ds)
Something I read on this forum a few years ago helped us so much. The mom said work with the little one first. Fill their “cup” with some one-on-one activity first and they will be more content to play quietly.
When I started doing this our school day improved so much. The big kids started with something independent and I took the youngest aside to play a game, do a puzzle, color together, read a special book… yes, he still wanted me often but was much happier getting his time first. It also worked great into the early grades when he needed hands on learning help because the big kids were used to independent work first so I could take the youngest aside for 30-45 min and do school while he was fresh and ready first thing in the morning instead of pushing off his learning time until we were both tired.
We have a school area in our unfinished basement but it has plenty of area to play so he often quietly plaayed, building with blocks, playing with cars…, while we did school. Even when he was little he picked up on so much as I read aloud to the big kids.
My youngest is in 2nd grade now and often will quietly play while big kids finish school and he is done.
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