Need Help Finding Something for My Daughter to Do!!!!!!

Hello,

I stay at home with my daughter, who is now 4 and does go to a preschool class in the AM. We needed to prepare for the seperation next year! But anyway, I buy a craft/curriculum kit from a web site http://www.chubbiecubbie.com/ and it is awesome! They have themes for each month, letter, numbers, books and crafts that come all cut out and prepared for you to do (you just add, glue, crayons...etc) it would cost around $30 a month and your Mom could do it with both your daughters! It will keep them busy most of the morning. Also we go to our local YMCA and they have Music and Movement and Reading groups for kids for free with membership. Just some ideas!
Goodluck!

I think that no matter how smart she is, she could do just fine with your mom and her little sis. BOTH of your daughters need constant stimulation and learning opportunities. At age three she needs to be treated like a little kid, play games, read books, etc. Don't think for a second that a school or learning center can teach her better than you or your mom. My son just started K at age 5 with no prior school/daycare etc and he is at the top of his class!!!!

You might think about a music class or body movement class. With as bright and busy as she is that might be a wonderful outlet and only further help her when she is ready to start school. Helping her learn an instrument or begin learning a school of dance will help her concentrate and developes her creativity. It also might give her the seperation from her sister that she needs for at least few hours a week.

As smart as she is, developmentally she is still 3, getting her into school this early may not be a good match- long term she would always be 2 years behind the other kids in her class and that brings with it all sorts of problems and issues later on in life.

One last thing is from my experience Headstart is usually a program to help kids be ready for school- those who qualify usually have developmental delays like in speech or motor skills. (My mom worked as an OT for Head start for years)
Good luck

I don't know if you qualify but Head-Start offers schooling partial days to 3 and 4 yr olds. So she could go this year and next year and then immediately to Kindergarten. Otherwise I would honestly try to send her to an in home day care like maybe 2 or 3 days a week so that she has her own space and time away from her sister. It's very stressful to not have any time alone with her grandma. Or send your other daughter to an in home daycare one or 2 days. Otherwise try picking her up for a special lunch date with mom when she has been a good girl at grandma's. I do run an in home dare care if you are in st cloud area.

Have you tried getting her into a preschool? Or you can buy all sorts of educational books at bookstores, even Wal-Mart. Maybe your mother could sit down with her and the books and have her practice letters, numbers, sorting, etc. Also, buy her something like a VSmile or a Leapster system. My 4-year old has a Leapster and loves it (all educational games) and my 2-year old loves to take it and play with it, so she's getting her own for Christmas. My son has been going to preschool since he was 3 and LOVES it. I cannot say enough good things about preschool.

Headstart is a wonderful program!

it's more of a social thing but search for a Moms Club in y our area.
http://www.momsclub.com/

or maybe a mops group at a church. your mom can take your daughters to these for social interaction with other kids.

other than that,,i'm not sure what you would have in your area.
there is a group called cafemom.com that has a group/board that is specifically for closely spaced siblings.(the group is called that.. closely spaced siblings) mine are 9 1/2 months apart and know your pain when it comes to the conflicts sometimes. good luck.i hope you find what you are looking for.
oh,, thought,, have you called the school district or anything yet like city or county related? maybe they have some organizations/avenues to suggest.

My 3 year old is also very bright, she will be 4 in march, and have thought about seeing if there is any way the school will let her into kinder early, because she is more then ready know, She is so bright that I sometimes have to remind myself that she is only 3 and other people too, but putting her in a learning center isn't going to give her that leg up, plus she is with someone who loves her and is giving her something more valuable then any school can. look into some extra activities things at the library, or dance classes those kind of things that both girls can do w/ grandma.

Know to the girls constant fighting my oldest 2 are 11 months and 20 days apart ( I never did them that close togather again) it is crazy and frustrating and I didn't know if they were going to survive thier toddlerhood LOL, or me for that matter, one thing I did find that helped was trying to cut out the competition they felt whether it was over a toy, a cup, who has more ectI can't remember how I did that it was 16 years ago, but I can tell you it does get better the older they get, and it was a lot of work early on, but well worth it, mine were a boy and girl, but girls tend to take a lot more work I have 4 boys and 3 girls and my girls still fight nonstop (they are 16,14,&3) but they will defend each other also, girls fight but they are also very close to each other, it just doesn't happen until they are a little older and sometimes not until they become adults, that was the case for me and my sister.