Before a child is ready to tell time, it is important for a child to understand Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Before and After.
There are many ways to practice this vocabulary at home.
Routine Charts
I've always had a routine chart out for Bear.
Here is her most recent one.
It took forever to make because I looked on the internet for clipart to correspond to everything we do. But the most important part was that I separated the day in to Morning, Afternoon, and Evening to help Bear learn about the different parts of the day.
Conversation
Another, even easier way to teach your child Morning, Afternoon, and Evening is to include the words in everyday conversations!
What did we do this morning?
What did we do this afternoon?
What did we do before we ate lunch?
What will we do after lunch?
What do we do in the evening?
Is it morning or afternoon right now?
This occurs naturally as we recap our day at dinner or before bed.
Conversations is also a good way to help reinforce the concept of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
What did we play yesterday?
Where are we going today?
Who are we visiting tomorrow?
Pretty easy, isn't it?
We have telepathy or something because just last night I wrote a post on conversational math. It's as if you read my mind! :)
ReplyDeleteWe used to use a routine chart with photos of JC brushing teeth, eating breakfast, etc. She's always distinguished night and day and talked about it early. And she STILL asks about it daily..."Mommy, is it afternoon yet?" "What is evening?" We've gotten into AM and PM discussions and my husband has taken it even further about talking about time through the genealogy. It came up when talking about Independence Day and she asked if the people were still living. There's so much you can talk about time...
We also have a mini calendar where I taped a holiday photo for each month. And then there's the yearly photo album of JC every new year.
Well, gotta go...it's TIME for lunch with friends!
It's a very nice chart! We talk about time all the time, excuse the pun. Interestingly, Anna still thinks that whatever happened before her "quiet time" becomes yesterday and just now starts to get a better understanding when every day begins or ends. It always cracks me up when she makes outlandish remarks like, "I really slept! I slept for 10 pm hours!" after coming back down 5 minutes after we put her to bed. At least she is not measuring time in inches like before.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea and something I'd like to try with L. She is good with tomorrow but anything that happened in the recent past and not today happened yesterday. If it happened a really long time ago then it happened in her "old house".
ReplyDeleteHi there! Thanks for the idea! I've been trying to come up with our DAILY RHYTHM but still shaping my thoughts...
ReplyDeleteBTW, I just posted about the giveaway we won thanks to you. You could visit my blog to see a couple of things we did when the materials arrived.
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Great idea for teaching about time and also for establishing healthy routines! I featured your photo and post in my Montessori-Inspired Dental Health Unit at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/02/23/montessori-inspired-dental-health-unit/
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