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Trying to Get Serious

by thunderbird
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So, I try to play educational videos for two-year-old (eg alphabet songs), but this is what he insists on:

  • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
    sounds like he is serious, you are the one having all the fun
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Simple T bird,

      All you have to do is set up a camcorder on a tripod, dress up in a lime green teddy bear costume, learn some hip dance moves, suck on some helium and sing him the ABC's rap style.

      Simply record it and play it back for him. :p

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    Yep - doesn't matter what age you are, sometimes ya just gotta do something just for fun sometimes.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Yep - doesn't matter what age you are, sometimes ya just gotta do something just for fun sometimes.
      My toddler is quite the expert at having fun, much of it demanding that I do something physical, like push him and his stuff-toy buddies in a box while he makes choo-choo train noises, carrying him in his Toy Story chair like he's some prince or something while he excitedly points to things and says what they are (house! Dog! Mask! Train!). Outdoors, he just loves to be pushed on a swing or go down a slide or play with kids older than him and mimic what they do (which often means that I have to run and stop him from doing something dangerous). Other times, at home, he will make do with lego, blocks, toy cars, and trains, but of course will do something that demands my intervention, like climbing on the window sill to drop his lego creations on the floor.
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  • Profile picture of the author Halcyon
    That's the beauty of being two - seriousness is optional.

    Perhaps those particular educational videos don't suit his fancy. All the parents I know just raved about the Baby Einstein series but my youngest couldn't stand them. My oldest son liked Sesame Street but other than that he wasn't fond of those vids either. So I taught them the old fashioned way; blocks, books, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by Halcyon View Post

      That's the beauty of being two - seriousness is optional.

      Perhaps those particular educational videos don't suit his fancy.
      They do for a while, then he just wants to move onto something else. When he likes something, he'll want to watch it over and over again then will drop it.


      All the parents I know just raved about the Baby Einstein series but my youngest couldn't stand them. <snip>
      My son enjoys Baby Einstein, especially one about modes of transportation and another about Old McDonald's farm. I had an initial resistance from accepting these videos because I found the brand name pretentious.

      He loves videos from a series called "Baby Learns Chinese":
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