My almost 2.5 year old loves his Tonka 2 wheeler with training wheels but he's a madman and wouldn't stop within his set riding limits. We live a friendly safe court where I wanted him (and me!) to feel confident enough with him to go around the court (6 houses) all within perfect viewing from my driveway and back.
Except, he never stopped at the 6th house to turn around.
Then I would be chasing. Which meant yelling STOP! DANGER! Which meant trouble and we'd have to come inside. Lots of tears. And it happened every time.
How to make him buy in? We made stop signs.
Literally a 5 minute art project. I cut out 2 octagons with construction paper and gave each kid one to colour. We taped wooden spoons to the back (sticks would make more sense if you had them) and VOILA - a stop sign to stick into the ground!
Proud as punch he stuck his signs in the beginning and end of the "track" and now he understands his limits!!
Now, we all enjoy that Tonka bike so much more!
3 comments:
That's a genius idea! I'll have to keep it in mind for when my little one gets a wee bit older. :)
thanks Nicole! gotta say had a good mama moment that day!
Defining limits... such a simple concept, but how to inform wee not so simple. Thanks for reminding us to be simple. How often do you say while driving, "Oh the light is red we must stop, now the the light is green we can go" Why not transfer that for our children and their "cars" or Tonka 2 wheelers. Simply Brillant!!!
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