Live Love Mom

by: Stephanie McEndree

I saw this image circulating around facebook lately. For teens, this is the perfect post. Now with me having young children, I had to shake my head at this. However wonderful ideas these are, it’s very hard to teach these things to my three-year-old. So I started to think….what are some things I could do to teach my young children some life skills? What are some age-appropriate lessons that young school-aged kids can’t learn at school? Well, here is what I came up with.

Babies

How to feed themselves with utensils (6 months +)

How to walk

How to build a tower with blocks

How to play patty-cake, miss mary mack

Teach to hum nursery rhymes

Teach how to use toys (shake the rattle, etc)

Toddlers

How to wipe up spîlls

How to wash their hands

How to brush their teeth

Potty training

How to put puzzels together

Teach about consent

Teach small patterns (blue, yellow, blue, yellow)

Teach nursery rhymes

Preschoolers

How to play jump-rope

Learn their address

Learn their phone number

Learn about the seasons

Teach emergency strategy (such as hands and knees during a fire)

Teach stop, drop and roll

Teach to set the table

Teach to wipe tables or counters

Teach to put dirty clothes in the hamper

Teach to wash themselves

School-aged kids

Learn which country they’re in

Learn which province or state they’re in

Learn which city they’re in

Teach the food groups

Teach the food pyramid

Teach to knit

Teach to crochet

Teach about patterns

Teach light math (addition and subtraction)

Teach to load dishwasher

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