Stuff to do with son

Hi bigman,
Do you have a zoo nearby? Kids love animals. If you don´t have a zoo, I suggest you take out movies with real animals (not cartoons). And talk with him about them, even if their speech is not perfect they understand a lot more than you would think.
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Play Uno with him as it has the colors and the numbers on them. game won't take long as he is three and they get bored easy. Then go on to the books you can get at wal-mart. They are really cool and my son liked them. Paint with him. it's messy but they learn there colors as you hve to ask him what color is that or what color do you want now. then there are Domino's with the dots to count and some are made with different colors. sit them up and knock them down. Tell him to hand you one with 4dots on and red or something like that. Your friend onlydia

I am so sorry to hear that you are now a single father bigman. I think being able to see your son only in weekend is quite hard, you must be really miss him. Since he was only three, you might brought him to the zoo, seeing animals, or if you want some indoor activities, you can buy him some toys and you can play the toy together. Some smart games like word games or block building games would help in developing toddler's brain and his creativity. I hope it helps:)

Hi, Mr. Bigman! I think you should buy some educational toys for him like ball puzzles where he can learn colors and shapes. My eldest have that and I kept it for my other children to use later on. You can also let him play with coloring books and crayons. Just let him be familiarized with colors, it doesn't matter whether he can color the picture or not, just let him play along. Little by little, his interest will grow and you will be surprised with the improvements.

I hope this will help! Regards and good luck!

Three-year-olds, maybe more than any other age, just absolutely love being with one parent, doing ordinary things, and having the parent talk about how things are done and maybe let the child help in some small ways. They just love to be with that one adult - one-on-one and talking and learning.

Whether it's doing a few things around the house, going to the library and "working on" selecting a few good books, or going out to breakfast or lunch and maybe stopping in at "the flower shop" or the hardware store or any other store/place after eating - three-year-olds tend to love everything.

As the parent of kids who are years ahead of their age developmentally, I can tell you that one of the absolutely best ways of "expanding his mind" is to just talk, talk, and talk to him - about people, place, the world, how things are done, etc.

Oh there are lots of things you could do...reading to him and getting him to participate like have him point out simple words and match them to pictures (you'd have to do it first though so he'd know and get the hang of it of course)...playing simple age appropriate board games...On nice days you could go to the park and explore..in the cold months you could go to places like science centres etc since they usually have sections for young ones..Drawing, writing, painting together..getting a little one to use his/her creative mind is always good...

There are tons of other ideas but its early here still and my coffee hasnt kicked in yet..I'll post more later on though if you like...And remember that there are teaching opportunities in even the simplest daily activities that can also be fun...

i will bring him to the library as there are so many good resources for children's development in the library... you can do story-telling, children's games, books, etc there and spend lots of valuable times there... and the best thing is, they are free... you don't have to pay anything to use those resources and you can even borrow them to take home... all my friends love to take their children to the library as it is a cheap and fun entertainment for the kids... take care and have a nice day...

you rock.. because most men wont do this.. but anything you do with him i know he will remember it all. my dad did this and that with me.
take him different places, do as many things that you can, specaily if he likes doing them.
but being a signal dad, he will remember this all of his life. and once again
'YOU ROCK'
have a good one

Take out his car sets or train sets or bricks and do construction story with him. During the play, talk to him often, repeat alot of the phrases which indirect expands his vocabulary or speeches. If he does not repeat all you say or reponse much, it does not mean he is not learning. He is memormising every words in his brain for future.

I know just what you are going thru. My son was just divorced and he has shared custody with his 6 year old and 2 year old. Like you he is having trouble finding things to do since its now cold outside. I don't know about you, but he is also struggling financially caring for the two of them. But one thing he has been doing is playing games, coloring, or renting DVDs for them to watch together. There are so many fun and educational DVDs out there now. Even just going to the mall (carefully avoiding toy stores if you can't afford it) is entertaining to small ones. They learn new things by asking lots of questions. And it helps them to grow socially as well. I know many McDonalds and other restaurants also have play areas for small children too. Good luck, and have fun - they grow up so fast! (I can't believe MY son is 27 now) LOL