{"id":4285,"date":"2015-12-04T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2016-11-26T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T22:31:55","slug":"podcast-notes-for-how-to-utilize-room-time-with-toddlers-preschoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-notes-for-how-to-utilize-room-time-with-toddlers-preschoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Notes for &#8220;How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &#038; Preschoolers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-notes-for-how-to-utilize-room-time-with-toddlers-preschoolers\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5662\/23151182619_92828063e7_z.jpg\" alt=\"How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers\" width=\"564\" height=\"564\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon it was time for Jakie to play in his play pen, so Josiah and I got to play together. Next thing I knew, we were in trouble! Mommy came into the room and said that it looked like a tornado went through. We did it again! We got too many things out at one time. We had stuff all over the living room: Legos, cars and trucks, Duplo people, books, and stuffed animals. It took us FOREVER to clean it up\u2014even with Kara\u2019s help. Josiah and I had to each do an extra fifteen minute chore with Mommy because we forgot the rule about getting out too many things at one time. \u201c<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What Is Room Time?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Concentrated time of play and activity for young children in which they learn focusing skills, independence, problem solving, initiative, resourcefulness, deference and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Room Time<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Increase in Focusing Skills\u2014studies show children who watch television over independent activities and\/or what large amounts of television have more trouble with concentration, impulsiveness, and restlessness<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Builds many preschool skills naturally<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Provides small amount of time for Mom to get something done<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>General How To\u2019s<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Set up a closet or area off limits normally in which you house the room time activities<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Build the child\u2019s curiosity each day or week by describing what he can do that day\/letting him peek in the closet\/hiding (but showing!) new things you got for room time, etc. (Be sure he never sees it as punishment.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Tell him ahead of time you will be starting it next week or whenever (if it is new to him&#8230;and especially if playing alone is new to him)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Choose second most time-intensive time of day for Mom (when she is needed elsewhere second to the most)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Set a timer or have some other mechanism in place so he knows when it ends (make it super short at first)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong> Give him a five minute warning for clean up<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)<\/strong> Have him clean up<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Room Time Activities Suggestions<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Closet or several tubs somewhere<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Not something he normally gets to play with<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Something you have already done with him\/that he has mastered and can do alone easily<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nothing too difficult or that he would need help for (he should grow into those things)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Age appropriate\/size appropriate<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Non electronics<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Imagination-driven<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP for Character Ink Press\/Raising Kids With Character <a href=\"https:\/\/app.convertkit.com\/landing_pages\/114073?v=6\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter&nbsp;<\/a> and receive an annotated list of suggested activities for room time for preschoolers and toddlers in our December 2015 Freebie Friday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.convertkit.com\/landing_pages\/114073?v=6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5290\" src=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toddler-and-Preschool-Activities-List-FREE-download.jpg\" alt=\"toddler-and-preschool-activities-list-free-download\" width=\"478\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toddler-and-Preschool-Activities-List-FREE-download.jpg 600w, https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toddler-and-Preschool-Activities-List-FREE-download-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toddler-and-Preschool-Activities-List-FREE-download-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Potential Problems and Solutions<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Bored\u2014children often get bored with \u201cregular\u201d things when they have too many thrills (electronics, etc.) Don\u2019t let room time take the place of those (or he could resent it), but try to reduce the thrills in other ways\/at other times<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bored\u2014try to really tap into your child\u2019s interests and get activities geared towards those<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Won\u2019t stay in room time\u2014at first let him come out or call out one time, but then he can\u2019t unless it is an emergency (don\u2019t make it so long that he feels trapped and feels like he has to come out)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Can\u2019t fill the entire time\u2014if you are increasing time and want him to play longer, try switching toys halfway through, helping him play or come up with activities\/suggestions and then leave again<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p>Podcast:<a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-solving-common-preschool-behavior-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Solving Common Preschool Behaviors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast:<a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-turning-unusually-high-need-preschoolers-into-the-darling-angels-they-were-meant-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Turning Unusually High Need Preschoolers Into the Darling Angels They Were Meant to Be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blog Post:<a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/q-story-time-toddlers-preschoolers-olders\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Story Time With Toddlers and Preschoolers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-podcast-story-time-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Story Time With Littles &amp; Very Littles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blog Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/character-training-for-toddlers-and-preschoolers-boundaries-simple-tastes-and-more-partial-reprint\/\" target=\"_blank\">Character Training for Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers &#8211; Boundaries, Simple Tastes &amp; More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-what-should-i-do-with-a-kindergartener\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Should I Do With a Kindergartner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-podcast-how-do-i-prepare-my-child-to-learn-to-read\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Prepare My Child to Learn to Read<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-podcast-what-to-do-about-toddler-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\">What to Do About Toddler Trouble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-q-a-what-to-do-with-a-wonderful-one-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">What to Do With a Wonderful One-Year-Old<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-clep-testing-for-college-credit-andor-a-college-degree\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3787\" src=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/play.png\" alt=\"play\" data-wp-pid=\"3787\" width=\"48\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/play.png 194w, https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/play-150x150.png 150w, 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to play in his play pen, so Josiah and I got to play together. Next thing I knew, we were in trouble! Mommy came into the room and said that it looked like a tornado went through. We did it again! We got too many things out at one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,308],"tags":[962,965,963,867,55,960,54,964],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podcast Notes for &quot;How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers&quot; - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-notes-for-how-to-utilize-room-time-with-toddlers-preschoolers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast Notes for &quot;How to Utilize Room Time With Toddlers &amp; Preschoolers&quot; - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cSoon it was time for Jakie to play in his play pen, so Josiah and I got to play together. 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