I Need Help

Toddlers - toddler 2 year olds
United States
May 12, 2009 9:47am CST
I am running out of ideas... I work in a day care and normally work with preschool I been working with 2 year olds for the past 3 weeks to a month now. I was wondering if anyone new any websites where I can get free ideas for games crafts art projects ect..... My kids are getting bored with the same stuff.
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@suzzy3 (8342)
12 May 09
A few ideas from my pre school days: ball games music,reading,acting,dressing up.painting,musical movement,sports days,bean bags,going for a walk.painting egg boxes,planting seeds {sunflower grow quick,}Collecting bugs ,feeding the birds, pretending to be aeroplanes,buses,trains.Papa masha.making models gluing sticking,they used to love doing these things.Hope this helps.
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• United States
12 May 09
Thank you for your response and ideas I will try some of them and see how it goes. They like to pretend and look for bugs when we are outside. thank you again
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• Philippines
12 May 09
Internet is a very reliable source, but you can go for books, too!. Check a book sale near your place and maybe you can find something cheap, yet interesting there. Also, you can use the book as a visual aid itself for the students. You know, kids like pictures and colors...I hope it helps. Good luck. I wish you and your students the best.
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• United States
12 May 09
Thank you for your response I will try barnes and noble that is the only place I have as a book store near me. If the book is not cheap to by I can take paper and take notes or ideas from the book and write them down. Yes with the Internet being so resource I forgot about looking at books I could check the library out to I assume they should have something. Thanks again
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@GardenGerty (157027)
• United States
13 May 09
What a good early child hood book or website will tell you is that it is a process not a product that works. So, if you expect little cute art projects, you will only get them if you do the work.Kids will enjoy the experience, but who cares what it looks like. A learning situation that often works is to theme a unit around a book or story. For instance, Froggy Gets Dressed, is a great winter story. You also cut out cute frog figures and let kids "dress" froggy by gluing either scraps of fabric or colored paper on him. Pick a favorite spring story and work around it. You name the story, I would be glad to offer ideas. Two is rather young for actual school experiences, but great for socialization skills. Enchanted Learning is a website that has lots of cool ideas.I worked over seven years in a preschool for at risk and developmentally delayed children.
@GardenGerty (157027)
• United States
13 May 09
Lots of recipes for playdoh out there. Including chocolate and koolaid playdoh.
• United States
15 May 09
Gardengerty thank you very much again I like the froggy gets dressed idea. June 1st I go back to my preschool class. I am subbing in the two year old room I been in there for about a month now. I was just saying to my self I was just starting to enjoy it. We have about 21 preschools 5 kids per group so I will have my preschoolers back. And I will miss my 2yr olds. But I can relate to the themes we used to plan through themes but since each teacher makes there own lesson plan now we don't do themes together but I think I can do the idea with the books. Yes I know the projects do not have to be perfect because it is there work. That's what I used to tell the one teacher don't do it for them let them do it there self that's what makes it special.
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• United States
15 May 09
Yes I think making the play dough with them is a great idea also I like the have the recipes. Also we make jello and pudding with them also I do with the preschool I was nervous doing it with the 2yr olds. Thank you for the great ideas.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
20 Sep 09
Hello emilie. I think that it is a good idea for you to always try something new to amuse the small kids to help them avoid feeling bored doing the same activities. But I don't have such websites due to my lacking such experience of working for so small kids. I think that small competitions among them might be something that can interest them. As you know, kids love to be praised by their teachers for those activities. Good luck with you, emilie.
• United States
20 Sep 09
Thank you we have them do competive things such as playing different games. musical chairs hot potato and relay races. they love to play them
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
14 May 09
Heyya emilie! Two year olds can be a handfull! They have very short attention spans so whatever you chose will have to be limited to their attention abilities. I don't know of any websites but finger painting is great. It can get a little messy though. Children that age like to sing songs too. Hop scotch might be fun for outside. Maybe you could even catch some ants or butterflies for them to look at. Good luck.
• United States
15 May 09
Yes that is a great idea with finger paints I am really not big on it but I have been coming a long way with painting with the children. I was afraid of it because it is very messy. Yes I have a child that is really into bugs he likes collecting bugs. Yes they are a handful. I have one very attached one who wants to go home with me every nite and cries when I leave to go home. I been with him since he was 6wks old in the infant room when I used to work in there.
• United States
15 May 09
Thanks for your response
@ktine429 (47)
• Philippines
12 May 09
Hi, you can try to search in the internet.. There's a lot to choose from... Or better yet post question at " ANSWERS" section at yahoo browser... I'm sure if you raise that question in " ANSWER" portion of Yahoo browser,, u will instantly see many answers and suggestions..Good luck
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• United States
12 May 09
Thank you for your response I will try that.
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• United States
17 May 09
Music that the kids can sing. My niece just sits around singing the songs from her preschool all day long. They have a helper of the day and spend most of the day singing songs about them.
• United States
25 May 09
Yes the 2 year olds love to sing. Even when circle time is over and we are free playing or doing a project they will want to sing barney or wheels on the bus. Plus I have a few cd's they like to dance to like the wiggles and some other funny that had different songs on it like waddle like a penguin, animals birthday, cookie monster, ect... Thank you for your response
• Philippines
29 May 09
I play house keeping job with my 1 year and 9 months son.. I will show him how to fix his toys.. and also how to clean .. I know it's too early but, now he is doing it.. It's so nice to see your child got so furious if he sees something that is out of place, and he would fix it right away..
• United States
31 May 09
Well for me I think that would be hard to do in a day care setting with 6 two year olds and with us being licensed your not aloud to vacuum or clean near them because of chemicals. Thank you for your response that's great with your son I bet he enjoys helping you and fixing things.