Milestone chart: 13 to 18 months, taken from http://www.babycenter.com/0_milestone-chart-13-to-18-months_1496589.bc
Came across this milestone chart online and did a casual assessment. The items in blue are those that Dominic can do well. The ones in orange are items that he can do, but not consistently nor very well. The ones in red are items that I want to work with him on!
I realise that Dominic has not been exposed to activities like sorting, matching, and taught simple instructions. These are activities that playgroups often cover. I think I should work on these with him at home. Some activities to carry out are sorting cards or items of the same colour together, sorting items from big to small, arranging items in a row, matching containers with their covers, matching shapes, and teaching him some instructions like "take one piece" and "put it back". Dominic doesn't like to be restricted and has a short attention span, so I think I will face some resistance - he'd throw cards and caps sooner than you can tell him what to do with them! And he can hardly sit still. I'd have to find a way to slowly make him understand. He does well with books, so I will have to incorporate books into the lessons.
I also want to introduce more sensorial learning. For example, teaching colours by using coloured water. Hopefully these lessons will make a deeper impact on him. I hope he does learn something rather than play with the teaching tools!
Finally, I'd like to introduce some simple art and craft projects.
I'm excited about this; it should be fun coming up with lessons and sourcing around for material.
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