What 19 months old babies are capable of ?
Nelson is 19 months old, I used to babysit him in the afternoon for a couple of hours whenever his mother needed to run errands. Now, he comes two mornings in a week as his mother plans to place him at my preschool next year.
He can “pull” the pegs, doesn’t know how to put them back yet as not strong enough with his pitcher grip, he could do it pretty well if you help him to press a little.
He can screw and unscrew the plastic pipes.
He knows how to roll out a mat, take “work” from the shelves and put them on a mat. But, he won’t put back to the original place or roll up the mat. :-)
He can also put the knobbed cylinders back to the holes when they are in order.
He can also
1) Pour kidney beans from one cup to another cup, seldom spill now.
2) Transfer wooden buttons from one basket to another.
3) Put a screw driver in and out of a bottle, pour it out, put it in again, pour it out,….. you got the idea..:-).
4) Go to the cubicle, take his water bottle, press the button, drink through the sippy or if I pour him a drink in a short glass, he can also take the drink from the cup without spilling it.
5) If you give him a piece of toufu or cake cut into cubes, he can finish them, clean his mouth and hands with wipes all by himself, no feeding needed.
He can pretty freely walk and wonder around in the classrooms without much attention from me. I presented the “work” to him whenever opportunity arose and he was able to quietly observe . I have to give him a bottle of milk around 10-11 a.m and occasionally change his diaper.
The other children like to guide him how to handle things with care and gave him a hand whenever he wanted to take breakables. He did mess things up a little sometime, but other children usually helped him to pick them up voluntarily and/or upon my suggestion.
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Never underestimate what a child can do. :) It’s us, the mothers who are quite protective and don’t allow them to explore.
Your school looks really nice with full equipment. Can I visit one day?
Yeah, his mother is first time mother, find it taxing to jaga him, couldn’t even cook without him wailing beside her.
I shared with her about changing the environment at home to allow him to explore and experiment, i.e. have a matress on the floor that allowed him to go to asleep when he is tired instead of forcing him to sleep when she wants to do some work
Now she finds herself leaving him the pots and pans to play while she cooks and he is able to play alone for a long hour while she does work beside him.
Sure, you are welcomed to visit. NS is not that far from Melaka, I am sure you can make it a weekend trip.
There is a book called ÈMontessori from the startÈ by Paula Polk Lillard which explains a montessori method from birth to age three.