We’ve been starting to teach Katherine to tell time.
Nothing systematic or major, mind you. The goal is, in fact, rather selfish: to get her to not come in and wake us (or Margie) up at 5:30 a.m.
She knows the clock in her room. And she knows her numbers from 1-10, at least.
So we put a big “7” next to the hours part of her clock. When the number on her clock is a “7,” like that, she can come in and wake us up. If it’s an “8,” sing Hallelujah and come on in. If it’s a “6,” go back to sleep, or play quietly, or read.
There was a bit of confusion at first, having to do with whether she could come back downstairs in the evening when it said “7” then, too. But we got over that.
IM from Margie this morning:
Margie says:
Kitten slept in until 7:15
Margie says:
She proudly showed me it was 7 on my clock, your clock, her clock, and the clocks in the guest room…
Huzzah!
The proof of the pudding will come tomorrow (Saturday) morning, of course …
When my friends tried that with their four year old, the little guy climbed up on his dresser and changed the hands on his kiddie clock to bring an early end to naptime.
The funniest part? His father was wearing a T-shirt full of hacker slogans.
I absolutely have to laugh at this one. Since I have a 6yo, 2yo, and a 5mo. I must say I never really sleep so if they come in or don’t come in that is another matter. If I’m asleep I just mumble bug me later. That wasn’t too much of a problem with #1. But #2 is a whole other story. #2 is bottled natural disaster. I have found that kids will learn anything you teach them with some amount of eagerness and joy it just takes time and a lot of instruction. I sure wish you the best of luck on the time thing and hopefully you will get to sleep in tomorrow.
PS Great pictures and what a cute kid!
Dave, wait until her teenaged years. Then you’ll be wondering if she’s *ever* going to get up.
Hey, as long as I get to sleep in, it’s tough to figure out the down side there.
Though I’m sure there will turn out to be one. 🙂