I was thinking something similiar. My oldest 3 would have been fine with that plan. And not because I trained them to be zombies, but because they would happily sit and do whatever was there in front of them. I don't think the baby (when she gets that age) will be capable of sitting still very long. She's more interested in being with the big kids. How long is the class??
I have never had a child that would sit still for anything until they were about 3ish and then it was only through 15 minutes of a movie or tv show. They were always into EVERYTHING! I had many close friends comment that if hollywood knew all the things my kids got into and did they would make a sitcom out of it. I have never had kids that sit quietly and do what I wanted them to do especially when they were young and wanted to be doing whatever everyone else is doing. Micah is normal.
:lol: Okay, I take that back. None of my kids would have been able to be sit still and entertained without my help at that age. Maybe it would work for an hour, but no way would 3 hours work.
You know what? Those other moms are LIARS if they tell you their little ones will sit and entertain themselves for that long!!!
None of my 5 would have sat quietly at that age. Been into everything? Yep! Screamed and yelled, while trying to get my attention? Yep! After the first 3, I was hoping I would get a nice quiet play by yourself child. But all of my guys are active, curious and into stuff. I do finally have one that will sit and play by himself, but he has to have the right toys (CARS, cars from the Pixar movie) and he is rarely quiet. He makes loud noises and chatters the entire time he plays. I've learned not to judge other people's kids by my own. Sure my kid could do XYZ at 2 but other kids can't and vise-versa. (There kids can do ABC and mine could care less.) It is like potty training. My guys can't do it until they are at least 3. They don't get it until then. I have family members who kids were trained at two. Though they did wear pull-ups at naps and nights. And once my kids are trained, they are trained. We have very few accidents.
3 hours at that age is too long even for the most subdued child My daughter would easily amuse herself on the floor with books or toys or tv (sesame street she loved at that age) but my son on the other hand was always moving (thus the adhd :lol and no way would he have wanted to sit in a corner and play with toys or other toddlers for longer than 5 minutes. Your child is NOT wierd...that's not a reasonalbe amount of time for ANY toddler to sit and play with toys in a corner :lol:
One of my kids would do that, the other wouldn't- it just depends on the personality of the child! On a side note: Do they not have a toddler/nursery for the younger kids? Our campus does and I was under the impression that all of them did. Also, CC tries very hard to emphasize that the parent is the TEACHER and the tutors are there to model to the parent how to teach classically at home. That is why they want parents in the room!
Ems would have sat still. She wasn't a very active youngster. My middle daughter on the other hand; she had to be in the middle of the action. Very adventurous girl to say the least.
Nope. No toddler/nursery area at this particular location (or any of them that were represented in the conversation.. at least three that I remember). It was made very clear that the little ones were to be entertained with toys, etc, while mom devoted her attention to her youngest school-aged child.
My oldest son would sit quietly and play with toys or color but the other four no way! Not at that age anyway.
For me this would be a sign that I would need to politely decline, explaining that it's just not going to work for us at this time.
And I did. I'm not honestly able to make the time investment of Classical educating right now anyhow. I found another, similar but far more relaxed (and cheaper) group that does projects for SOTW. I'm considering switching to SOTW for history next year anyhow, so we'll see....
My daughter could sit and entertain herself, often for hours at a time at that age. I was assured by every parent I knew that she was a total freak though. So, if they expect parents with toddlers who can do that, they need to market to the parents of freaks. Of course, I think my freaky daughter is totally cool, so I learned not to worry about what the other parents said. LOL Your son sounds like a great little scientist - the way toddlers should be, exploring and learning.
You are not alone! My son is 23 months now, but even at 16 months there was NO WAY that he would sit still and watch tv, or color quietly. Even now when we go to MOPS he rarely sits and does the craft or coloring with the older kids. He just prefers to explore everything! He is never still at home, and as a result if the room can't be baby proofed then the door is kept closed. I can't be where he is all day long, but I can know that if he's in a room with an open door he is safe. I personally don't like Logan watching any TV, but if he does it's with us as a family, or he watching his brothers play video games. Now, I do know a few people who entertain children as young as mine with TV for extended periods, and that's their prerogative as a parent, it's just not for me.
I would say that all three of my older kids had pretty good attentions spans, the older two loved toys, and could play independently with them at home, not so much with child #3. But at 16 mos. they would just have wanted to explore everything in a situation like that. Not one of them would have been happy sitting in the corner with a toy. No way! For that matter, my third child, now 2 3/4 yrs. old would do everything in his power to gain my attention and weasle his way into the class activity.
OK, I talked to my friend Diane whose son does CC. She says that they do NOT do it that way! Moms take turns in the nursery. She says to try and find another one, agreeing that it is unreasonable to expect a child that age to sit like that.
