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Tip #3
Whenever possible, let them do it their way.
Whenever possible, pretend you don't even know HOW you'd do it. Maybe they don't know how exactly to tie their shoes, use scissors, or paint their face with facepaint. Everyone and their mom gets to tell them how to do things or do it for them. Give them a chance to do it for someone else for a change. "Forget" how to put on socks or shoes, or do it wrong (two feet in one sock, socks on hands, shoes on wrong foot, etc.), and ask the kiddo to show/tell you know it's supposed to go. Yes, the paper might get cut crooked. Yes, they may end up with more yogurt on their shirt than in their mouth. The important thing is that they're learning to "do it self".
JUST SAY "NO" TO HELICOPTERS.
Whenever possible, let them do it their way.
Whenever possible, pretend you don't even know HOW you'd do it. Maybe they don't know how exactly to tie their shoes, use scissors, or paint their face with facepaint. Everyone and their mom gets to tell them how to do things or do it for them. Give them a chance to do it for someone else for a change. "Forget" how to put on socks or shoes, or do it wrong (two feet in one sock, socks on hands, shoes on wrong foot, etc.), and ask the kiddo to show/tell you know it's supposed to go. Yes, the paper might get cut crooked. Yes, they may end up with more yogurt on their shirt than in their mouth. The important thing is that they're learning to "do it self".
JUST SAY "NO" TO HELICOPTERS.
