ashjay001:



Adupe, Ma


Extend my greetings to Moyo, Atinuke n Oga.

Yes sir,

rofemiguwa:

Pristine is 15months.which one can we start on

Pristine can start with picture books or board books.
Board books are harder and stronger,it helps them learn how to take care of books.
Picture books help to prepare them for reading.
You: What's this?
P: A cat
You: a little, brown, red, big, small, pretty (any suitable adjective: easy to pronounce, regular, best use monosyllabic ones) cat
P: (She'll repeat after you)
You: What's the cat doing?
P: (she might just look on or say what the cat is doing)
Cat is eating
You : Yes! The cat is eating.
P: The cat is eating.




The conversation might not go like this cos of her limited speech but that's how vocabulary is built using books.
From a single picture she'll learn a noun, an adjective and a verb.
We got the coloring book for Atinuke and I was still skeptical about her ability to use it judiciously so today we didn't color, instead we looked at the pictures.

zaynie:
Just got back from the bookstore.

I'm always finding something new to buy.
Okay so we're starting a new habit of one book per week and workbooks to support. when my son said "I don't like books" I almost had an heart attack and my mind flew to Blank and her kids immediately .

They also do jolly phonics training for parents every month for 10k
They have books on everything and are reasonably priced.
They have very colorful educational and moral charts too.
I don't think they have the write and wipe and sandpaper letters ,I'll check another place later this week. But sand trays can be made at home.

This bookstore is Chelis Bookazine at 12 Johnson Street of Eric Moore, Bode Thomas Surulere Lagos.
All the below was about 4k.

blank:

Stop laughing joor.
Give me tips.
Are they bookaholics now? This one grunts and swells when it's time to read to me.....but he enjoys me reading to him....

zaynie:



Stop laughing joor.
Give me tips.
Are they bookaholics now? This one grunts and swells when it's time to read to me.....but he enjoys me reading to him....

A wise woman once told me:

zaynie:




Hold the TV, bring out the books and see what happens.
The books should be something popular from TV and then print book review sheets online and encourage them to fill it. When they know they have to review the book, they will concentrate and focus on the book. You could let them watch one hour of TV for every 100 pages of book read. So they have to read 4 -25 page books....or 2-50 page books or one 100 and something page book.
Right now in my house, TV is on hiatus, that was when we became puzzle pros.

It actually worked for one but didn't work for the older one. My 2nd son seems to have inherited my love for books. Even if it's newspaper, he will read. He always has a book with him even when going to play ball. But the first one, hmmm that one na real work. To even sit down and read to him is a problem but he wants me to make up stories about giants, Spiderman, etc but doesn't want to be read to at all. My baby no even send me. I have enough board books to set up a mini bookstore but he is totally uninterested. Just interested in chewing on them and using them to test his aim.

I have stepped up especially for this holiday. They are on a tight schedule. Just that they will travel this weekend and i know their grandparents will scatter everything. They must read and then summarise to me everyday. When i read my first son's summary, i had to laugh. He just told the stories from the pictures, obviously didn't read the book and used the worst handwriting i have ever seen (maybe to confuse me).

It has reached praying levels o. They must love to read. It is non-negotiable.

blank:


A wise woman once told me:

Choi!


See my life for outside so

blank:
It actually worked for one but didn't work for the older one. My 2nd son seems to have inherited my love for books. Even if it's newspaper, he will read. He always has a book with him even when going to play ball. But the first one, hmmm that one na real work. To even sit down and read to him is a problem but he wants me to make up stories about giants, Spiderman, etc but doesn't want to be read to at all. My baby no even send me. I have enough board books to set up a mini bookstore but he is totally uninterested. Just interested in chewing on them and using them to test his aim.

I have stepped up especially for this holiday. They are on a tight schedule. Just that they will travel this weekend and i know their grandparents will scatter everything. They must read and then summarise to me everyday. When i read my first son's summary, i had to laugh. He just told the stories from the pictures, obviously didn't read the book and used the worst handwriting i have ever seen (maybe to confuse me).

It has reached praying levels o. They must love to read. It is non-negotiable.

Is nor easy

blank:
It actually worked for one but didn't work for the older one. My 2nd son seems to have inherited my love for books. Even if it's newspaper, he will read. He always has a book with him even when going to play ball. But the first one, hmmm that one na real work. To even sit down and read to him is a problem but he wants me to make up stories about giants, Spiderman, etc but doesn't want to be read to at all. My baby no even send me. I have enough board books to set up a mini bookstore but he is totally uninterested. Just interested in chewing on them and using them to test his aim.

I have stepped up especially for this holiday. They are on a tight schedule. Just that they will travel this weekend and i know their grandparents will scatter everything. They must read and then summarise to me everyday. When i read my first son's summary, i had to laugh. He just told the stories from the pictures, obviously didn't read the book and used the worst handwriting i have ever seen (maybe to confuse me).

It has reached praying levels o. They must love to read. It is non-negotiable.

For the second bold, who did they inherit the non love for books from?. .

picks race.

NL1960:


For the second bold, who did they inherit the non love for books from?. .

picks race.

Lol.

My husband actually loves to read and is quite an avid reader. He just loves particular genres and doesn't care much about novels. Maybe that's the key? I need to find the genres that appeal to him and not expect him to like all books. Or he might like other media and not print. Will see how I can develop this further.

Well done Zaynie. God bless you

Hello Zaynie,

My son is almost 3 years and is through with kg 1 but can't write nothing probably only number 2. Can't even identify numbers and letters. Dh is out searching for a school.

He saw one and I went to check it, just one teacher per class and they don't teach alphabet with sound but with letter.
Somebody said it doesn't really matter that children still learn with letters.

I stay on the mainland, one can hardly find preschool here.



Pls kindly advise on what to look out for. Thank you

Who knows any good school around igando-isheri axis?

Rezzy,perhaps you can teach him what you want him to know from home.
My son's school is like the one you describe.

I promise to update more from next week.
So at least you know what he should know at that age.

zaynie:
Rezzy,perhaps you can teach him what you want him to know from home.
My son's school is like the one you describe.

I promise to update more from next week.
So at least you know what he should know at that age.

OK, Thanks ma

Following with keen interest. Well done mama zaynie

Teaching is a lucrative job.

How's Moyo,Atinuke, dad and business? i 'm certain great.
Please I don't know if you have treated this:-
DS is starting school in September
.......biko what do I look out for?
All advises will be super appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

dunasy:



How's Moyo,Atinuke, dad and business? i 'm certain great.

Please I don't know if you have treated this:-

DS is starting school in September

.......biko what do I look out for?

All advises will be super appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Oya goan read back from page 5 joor

zaynie:


Oya goan read back from page 5 joor

OK maami, thanks for prompt response

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Please help a mother in distress. My son is giving me a lot of trouble. He is hyper active, he doesn't obey instructions, he can't just sit at a place unless he is sleeping which is also by force. where ever he is people must notice his presence due to his restlessness. he plays a lot of rough play even with his five months old brother(though am always watchful once he is close to him). Sometimes when I yell at him, he says mom shot up and runs away. some other times he just keep quiet but not up to five minutes. Sometimes I just cry, sometimes I talk to him, sometimes I flog hell out of him. I also pray for a change in his behavior.
I love him very much. sometimes when he sees me crying he keeps quiet, hug me and say mom stop crying, I love you, I will buy biscuit for you.
His teachers complain too, but always says he is a brilliant boy, that he picks easily when he pays attention.
He is in nursery 1 and they are learning to write. he traces the letters and numbers very well and I want to teach him copying, but he hates it and wants me to write it out for him to trace. How do I make him copy?
Please don't read and pass. I need advice on how to change him.
cc: Zaynie, and any other parent or teacher who has had similar experience.
Thanks

MumJJJ:
Please help a mother in distress. My son is giving me a lot of trouble. He is hyper active, he doesn't obey instructions, he can't just sit at a place unless he is sleeping which is also by force. where ever he is people must notice his presence due to his restlessness. he plays a lot of rough play even with his five months old brother(though am always watchful once he is close to him). Sometimes when I yell at him, he says mom shot up and runs away. some other times he just keep quiet but not up to five minutes. Sometimes I just cry, sometimes I talk to him, sometimes I flog hell out of him. I also pray for a change in his behavior.
I love him very much. sometimes when he sees me crying he keeps quiet, hug me and say mom stop crying, I love you, I will buy biscuit for you.
His teachers complain too, but always says he is a brilliant boy, that he picks easily when he pays attention.
He is in nursery 1 and they are learning to write. he traces the letters and numbers very well and I want to teach him copying, but he hates it and wants me to write it out for him to trace. How do I make him copy?
Please don't read and pass. I need advice on how to change him.
cc: Zaynie, and any other parent or teacher who has had similar experience.
Thanks

Okay to start with, how old is he?

zaynie:


Okay to start with, how old is he?

he is 3years plus 2months

MumJJJ:

he is 3years plus 2months

He is being a toddler but that isn't excuse for bad behavior. Can I attend to this by Monday? I have a lot on my plate for now.
Please just give me a mention by Monday and I'll be able to reply you.

zaynie:




He is being a toddler but that isn't excuse for bad behavior. Can I attend to this by Monday? I have a lot on my plate for now.
Please just give me a mention by Monday and I'll be able to reply you.

Thanks Sis, I will

MumJJJ.
Your boy is an active child and would require some firmness from you in order to be able to learn all you can teach him.
At 3 years old,he's past his terrible twos and I suspect that you cast a blind eye to all the tantrums and naughtiness of terrible twos which flowed into 3.
At this age,your child knows the difference between good and bad behavior, that is why he'll glance at you or quickly say sorry when you nab him doing something wrong. And why he'll want to show off when he gets something right. So the first thing is to stop excusing his bad behavior to being a baby. At 3, he is no longer a baby and he is gradually moving out of the toddler range.

Number 2: There is no excuse for bad behavior. No "you made me do this".

This is what I do with my pupils, first week of schools is all about introducing the class rules. If you break even the littlest one, I'm not looking over it. That's the only way they can take me.serious.
For my kids, we talk about it constantly. For example, my daughter likes playing the daring game. When I say sit down, she waits for me to actually walk towards her before she sits. Now that can be exhausting as I have to leave what I'm doing to walk towards her so I coined the phrase " when mama says something, you have to obey" . I say it constantly while holding her firmly so that she knows I'm serious. When I give an instruction and she's waiting for me to reinforce, I simply say " when mama says something, you......." She completes it with "obey".
When we're outside, all I have to say is " obey". This is because she as linked the words with firmness.

Talking through with toddlers still remains your best option. Most moms say it doesn't work but I want to assume they concluded after trying for just once. No. It should be constant . talking to them not only corrects their behavior but also expands their vocabulary.




Will be back to modify.
Low battery

zaynie:
MumJJJ.
Your boy is an active child and would require some firmness from you in order to be able to learn all you can teach him.
At 3 years old,he's past his terrible twos and I suspect that you cast a blind eye to all the tantrums and naughtiness of terrible twos which flowed into 3.
At this age,your child knows the difference between good and bad behavior, that is why he'll glance at you or quickly say sorry when you nab him doing something wrong. And why he'll want to show off when he gets something right. So the first thing is to stop excusing his bad behavior to being a baby. At 3, he is no longer a baby and he is gradually moving out of the toddler range.

Number 2: There is no excuse for bad behavior. No "you made me do this".

This is what I do with my pupils, first week of schools is all about introducing the class rules. If you break even the littlest one, I'm not looking over it. That's the only way they can take me.serious.
For my kids, we talk about it constantly. For example, my daughter likes playing the daring game. When I say sit down, she waits for me to actually walk towards her before she sits. Now that can be exhausting as I have to leave what I'm doing to walk towards her so I coined the phrase " when mama says something, you have to obey" . I say it constantly while holding her firmly so that she knows I'm serious. When I give an instruction and she's waiting for me to reinforce, I simply say " when mama says something, you......." She completes it with "obey".
When we're outside, all I have to say is " obey". This is because she as linked the words with firmness.

Talking through with toddlers still remains your best option. Most moms say it doesn't work but I want to assume they concluded after trying for just once. No. It should be constant . talking to them not only corrects their behavior but also expands their vocabulary.




Will be back to modify.
Low battery

Thanks a lot Sis. I have actually been ignoring some of his daring behaviors. sometimes he pretends not to hear me when I shout at him to stop. Also it's like my yelling doesn't get to him again.
Oh God! am the quiet type. My son is just my opposite.

MumJJJ:

Thanks a lot Sis. I have actually been ignoring some of his daring behaviors. sometimes he pretends not to hear me when I shout at him to stop. Also it's like my yelling doesn't get to him again.
Oh God! am the quiet type. My son is just my opposite.

Pele ma. I'm also in your shoes. My 3 years 1 months old son is driving me nuts.

@zaynie, will surely try that obey rule from tomorrow , I pray God gives me enough patience. Thanks ma.

@MumJJJ/@rezzy,

You can also try telling him that you will deny him watching his favourite cartoons if he does not obey or if he misbehaves. You know kids and love for cartoons is something else.

NL1960:
@MumJJJ/@rezzy,

You can also try telling him that you will deny him watching his favourite cartoons if he does not obey or if he misbehaves. You know kids and love for cartoons is something else.

Thanks a lot.
I actually tried it now. He doesn't like eating, the only food he takes well now is fried egg and potato. So he was trying to open the window net, I told him to stop he ignored me. I said " I won't fry egg and potato for you again" immediately, he left the net and came closer smiling and saying mommy fry egg. Lol

rezzy:


Pele ma. I'm also in your shoes. My 3 years 1 months old son is driving me nuts.

@zaynie, will surely try that obey rule from tomorrow , I pray God gives me enough patience. Thanks ma.

Thanks Sis, I read your diary last night.
My son is exactly kaka's twin. I thought I was in this alone. It is well with us.