If there is a three story "children's museum" around make sure and have a field trip. I've been to 2 different one's. They will have a blast. I haven't tried the one room store front version in the mall.
Start the memory work. Repeat all the cheesy kid's songs over and over. Where is thumbkin? Twinkle twinkle. Itsy bitsy spider. Old macdonald.
Start the manual labor. Give them strips of paper to cut into chunks, then sheets into strips, then cut out pictures. They can't squeeze the glue yet, but encourage them to try periodically. They're close. I got a great America flag out of my boy for the fourth of July, with cut stripes and fingerprint paint stars. Oh yeah, don't forget to truly celebrate every holiday, that's fun.
Scholastic iSpy.
I'm test driving a great science program right now and I'm not sure my 3 yr old is ready. They showed a video of Aurora Lippor putting soap in the microwave. I was told the lady turned soap into food. I was skeptical. He was convinced that's what he saw happen. We tried it. He touched and tasted. It looked different but it was still just soap. So that's the science. But the logic is she explained scientifically. And he misunderstood what was happening.
I just ordered magnetic supermind and Mightymind which call themselves logic builders. I guess they teach trial and error. He did learn that 2squares make a rectangle.
I just ordered a book from the "flash kid's gifted kid's" series. Just got it from the mailbox today. The first page has a essay about airplanes with quiestions taken right from the page. What is a fast airplane? Jet. They called this critical thinking skills. Could have used those critical listening skills on that science project. We'll see how it goes.
Mine just turned three. Great thread.
