My dd1 who is almost 3 is bright and I'm looking for different ways to keep her stimulated
Say today we went to an indoor soft play
Came how did some painting then read a book and I let her watch cbeebies for an hour while I did other stuff around he house.
She is very good with self and imaginary play.
I often feel like I neglect her for various reasons like I have been ill with a horrid cold for the past few months and sleep deprecation so havnt had the energy to devote to her.
Anyway, anyone have suggestions on what I can do with her?
We also cook, bake, do preschool, playgroup, babygym, arts and crafts.
Thanks in advance
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Stimulate a bright almost 3 year old
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lovemy2babies · 12/01/2011 20:30
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notnowbernard ·
12/01/2011 20:35
I think I'd do the same with a 'bright' 3yr old as I'd do with a 'normal' 3yr old tbh
What you're doing sounds fine
Throw in some outdoor stuff and you're away 
Wigeon ·
12/01/2011 21:02
My PFB is also exceptionally amazingly wonderful, highly intelligent and generally an all round genius (she's 2.5). We do actually think she is the cleverest, best toddler who ever lived but also aware that we may be slightly biased 
. DH, my mum and I share her care and I really think that she gets a lot from, for example:
Going to groups and spending time with other children - there is loads to be learnt about how we interact with other children.
Visiting other mum friends with children. As above.
Going to the supermarket with me. We chat when I'm not knackered and/or she's not being a pain in the neck about all sorts of things: what we are buying, what colour everything is, what we are doing later, she's even started spotting letters of the alphabet on the big signs saying "fruit and vegetables", "milk" etc.
Going for a walk anywhere (the local street, the park, a wood). Loads to talk about - the types of cars, the birds, the trees, anything at all which she notices.
As others have said, helping with things around the house - DD loves baking, cleaning 
, attempting to wash up - anything really.
I do try to answer her questions as accurately as possible whilst keeping the answers appropriate to her level of understanding. You can usually find some sort of answer to any question. Although it's often "let's look that up on the computer" when I don't know! We've looked at all sorts of interesting things that way (eg the sound of a kookaburra, what owls look like, etc).
If you're talking about more "formal" learning things like counting, the alphabet etc - it's very very easy to build that kind of thing into anything you are doing (eg DD spotting letters on supermarket signs, or car number plates, or spotting road signs which are circles as we drive along, or spotting the next red car, or counting anything at all). And there is so much which you can teach her beyond this, about how we are kind and polite, and how we cross the road, and how we share, or deal with other people, or deal with our own frustration or anger.
jonicomelately ·
12/01/2011 21:06
Give her a cardboard box and tell her to play with it. It'll have been all manner of things within a few hours
Wigeon ·
12/01/2011 21:15
Oh yes, playing - DH (who looks after her 2 days a week) does a fantastic line in making dens, completely getting into imaginative play, making up silly stories and completely involving DD in them, generally messing about, to the extent that when I get home from work I wonder if he and DD have spent any time in the "real" world that day! . DD LOVES it. I think DH is very in touch with his inner child .
SoH - lovely way of describing it. I'm looking forward to my DD turning 3 in the summer.
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