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Learning activities for 3YO

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Cindy1802 · 21/02/2024 14:24

Can anyone recommend any resources for how to start some active learning for a 3YO? He is very bright, endless energy, his vocabulary and memory is amazing.

He was due to move up to pre school in nursery this month which I was looking forward to - I really think he needs and is ready for a new challenge. However we have just been told the pre school room is full for a few more months, and so I would like to maybe start some learning at home on his days with me, but I don't know where to even begin.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to start?!

(Please no suggestions to take him out of this nursery and into a pre school that can have him now, we all love it there and they are going to make a plan for what they do for him in the interim as it does affect a few kids in the lower room)

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Beentherelivedthat · 21/02/2024 14:27

No ideas but following with interest for other people’s suggestions

Shivermetimbers13 · 21/02/2024 14:35

One of my children could read fluently at 3.

Jigsaw puzzles, Lego, pottery making ( there's a venue in most towns), baking - most household activities involve some kind of learning, it doesn't have to be formal.

Even helping you to fold laundry involves manual dexterity.

Your 3 year old is soaking up knowledge every single day, providing he is exposed to normal activities, and not stuck behind a screen. (Which I'm fairly sure he isn't).

Octavia64 · 21/02/2024 14:43

www.weareteachers.com/preschool-math-games/

Also - Lego for 3D shapes.
Shape sorting - same and different

Other games - shut the box

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Cindy1802 · 21/02/2024 15:24

@Shivermetimbers13 how did you teach yours to read? I'd love to get started on this.

He isn't stuck behind a screen at all, but that means I do struggle to entertain him at home as he bores easily - and I thought challenging his brain might actually help with that!

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Cindy1802 · 21/02/2024 15:26

@Octavia64 great thank you will take a look!

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Octavia64 · 21/02/2024 15:28

I started to teach mine to read using the letterland books.

Admittedly this was a long time ago and it was mainly because they were free from the library!

You might find alphablocks and number blocks good. They're on YouTube.

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