was: [unschoolingbasics] "slave" labor Re: throwing things ?for Ren
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Ren
How did you help him fill his need to throw things. My nephew 3.5 is just
like this. He can throw things hard and with great accuracy(ouch!):) He is
being raised by my parents and they tend to yell alot when he looks like he
might just throw something. I would like to give them a positive suggestion
for something to do other than yell.
Cheryl
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How did you help him fill his need to throw things. My nephew 3.5 is just
like this. He can throw things hard and with great accuracy(ouch!):) He is
being raised by my parents and they tend to yell alot when he looks like he
might just throw something. I would like to give them a positive suggestion
for something to do other than yell.
Cheryl
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In a message dated 7/13/2004 8:23:11 AM Central Standard Time,
Luckiebyrd@... writes:
How did you help him fill his need to throw things. My nephew 3.5 is just
like this. He can throw things hard and with great accuracy(ouch!):) He
is
being raised by my parents and they tend to yell alot when he looks like he
might just throw something. I would like to give them a positive
suggestion
for something to do other than yell.
~~~
Play lots of catch in the living room? We used hacky-sacks from Putt-Putt
(not the serious hackysacks but the knock-offs you buy with tickets from the
arcade games). Will was so into baseball at 2 and 3 and 4 and he hit those
hackysacks with a small plastic bat and we never broke anything. We did it in
the living room because I'm only going to do it outside for so long before I
get too tired or bored or whatever. But in the living room I could watch TV
and we didn't have to worry about weather or darkness. You know how
obsessive 2 yos can be! At that age he was still willing to shag his own balls, so I
didn't even have to get up! lol.
We also made sock balls covered in duct tape for indoor baseball practice
not too long ago. Will and I spent a couple of hours watching Spongebob and
throwing one of those back and forth yesterday. He's still so into baseball,
and there was an article in the paper about his pitching last Sunday.
Perhaps you can turn your nephew's desire to throw into something positive
by giving him something that's *actually for* throwing!
Karen
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Luckiebyrd@... writes:
How did you help him fill his need to throw things. My nephew 3.5 is just
like this. He can throw things hard and with great accuracy(ouch!):) He
is
being raised by my parents and they tend to yell alot when he looks like he
might just throw something. I would like to give them a positive
suggestion
for something to do other than yell.
~~~
Play lots of catch in the living room? We used hacky-sacks from Putt-Putt
(not the serious hackysacks but the knock-offs you buy with tickets from the
arcade games). Will was so into baseball at 2 and 3 and 4 and he hit those
hackysacks with a small plastic bat and we never broke anything. We did it in
the living room because I'm only going to do it outside for so long before I
get too tired or bored or whatever. But in the living room I could watch TV
and we didn't have to worry about weather or darkness. You know how
obsessive 2 yos can be! At that age he was still willing to shag his own balls, so I
didn't even have to get up! lol.
We also made sock balls covered in duct tape for indoor baseball practice
not too long ago. Will and I spent a couple of hours watching Spongebob and
throwing one of those back and forth yesterday. He's still so into baseball,
and there was an article in the paper about his pitching last Sunday.
Perhaps you can turn your nephew's desire to throw into something positive
by giving him something that's *actually for* throwing!
Karen
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