tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post6566345520013314828..comments2023-11-01T00:25:52.923+11:00Comments on RAINBOW MAMA: Working togetherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906019871298704814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-3408377712975781962009-03-21T12:29:00.000+11:002009-03-21T12:29:00.000+11:00I don't have any advice, but I wanted to let you k...I don't have any advice, but I wanted to let you know that I relate. I have been trying Montessori things with my three-year-old with some success. What usually happens is he'll be excited about a new material, use it once or twice, then lose all interest in it. I wonder whether it is the way I have things set up or just his personality. I haven't tried any structured preschool time, but I know when I suggest he does school or tries a particular activity he resists. I am constantly trying to rethink things, but I am not giving up on it yet. Especially when I think of the progress we have made on his concentration and the things he has learned.Evensporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005685575858296425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-21680043278575717152009-03-20T10:41:00.000+11:002009-03-20T10:41:00.000+11:00I've just started using Montessori activities with...I've just started using Montessori activities with my youngest, who is 3, and I have already found that he has a difficult time sitting still and gets bored easily while working on one thing for too long. So, I was going to suggest shorter work periods as well. I'm just learning though, so I'm not very helpful at this point! <BR/><BR/>Also, just wanted to let you know how helpful your blog is to me, especially just knowing that I'm not alone in this process.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449610651801811537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-57442782204621668452009-03-19T07:53:00.000+11:002009-03-19T07:53:00.000+11:00Phew - thats a tricky one. I dont have any advice ...Phew - thats a tricky one. I dont have any advice - only new to the game myself and with a 19mth old. But feel for you. Have you considered posting the question to the yahoo groups - montessori online for example. They often provide some useful info back to questions. Best of luck. xx<BR/><BR/>Ps I love your honesty and your blog.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031000444299690058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-66537815619639052072009-03-19T03:07:00.000+11:002009-03-19T03:07:00.000+11:00"more in my ability to provide him the right envir..."more in my ability to provide him the right environment to blossom in"<BR/><BR/>You can't do this to yourself. I think his inability to sit for 2 hours at a time means he might be a 5 year old boy. ;)<BR/><BR/>It seems to me like you need a bit more Waldorf in your style right now. And maybe you can move back to a more structured style a bit later, but right now your son needs to jump on a trampoline while singing the national anthem, or learn his ABC's by writing notes to you in mud outside (it *is* summer there where you are, right? ;) )... something that involves his whole body. <BR/><BR/>Something that a friend of mine does with her youngest is she makes floor flash cards. Little words that they can read or almost read on full sized 8X11 cardstock(for age 5 that is usually 3 letters and short vowel sounds (CAT, POP, Etc.)) and then she puts them on the floor and will turn her back... then she says the word and when her kid finds it, he tells her to turn around. He is practicing reading but totally in a toddler/young child kind of way. <BR/><BR/>If it was me, I would have one of these really active activities before I asked my kids to do ANY sit down work for the day. Even 'have a relay race across the yard' would work to get them going... you could have them race to water their half of the garden and then come back. You could have them recite the ABC's while jumping on ABC's you drew on card stock. Just something active to get their days going. Hopefully, by the time they are required to do the sit down work, they will be a bit tired out and ready to sit down anyhow. <BR/><BR/>It is a very Waldorf idea, but also very universal when it comes to little boys. I used to have Alex run around the yard 10 times before he went to school. It works. :) <BR/><BR/>HTH... or at least gives you something to try.<BR/><BR/>Have a great day!<BR/><BR/>ValVal in the Rose Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891260349692305609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-80668092763047612022009-03-18T14:10:00.000+11:002009-03-18T14:10:00.000+11:00I was going to suggest the same thing as the perso...I was going to suggest the same thing as the person above.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916857162248973890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-79442497102510527082009-03-17T12:29:00.000+11:002009-03-17T12:29:00.000+11:00How about trying shorter work periods? Two hours ...How about trying shorter work periods? Two hours all at once seems kind of long.sarah in the woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781200255390580449noreply@blogger.com