my daughter is turning 2. she got a new toddler bed (espresso colored wood), tinker bell bedding, a tinker bell chair, the little tinker bell couch. so the crib and all the baby toys and decor are going. she’s almost at the age where i’m going to introduce letters, numbers, shapes, etc. would buying stuff like alphabet borders, number posters, education stuff be beneficial or should i just let it be her play room? if it doesnt make a difference then i wont bother, but if it does help i think i will include education in the design.
I found the educational decorations in the room were beneficial for my kids. However if I didn’t have them it wouldn’t of made much of a difference. I think the decorations more/less helped re-enforce what I had already taught them. It became part of their daily routine when we walked through their room. I guess it made it easy as I didn’t actually have to sit down and do it. I could teach them as I was going to get their clothes out of their closet or making their beds.
Here are some things that I have done with my kids for letters, numbers shapes:
1. Painted them on their bedroom walls (like a border around their rooms).
2. Wooden letters/numbers/shapes painted and placed around the room (you can buy them cheap at craft stores/dollar stores and sometimes they come painted)
3. Wall Stickers – they do not stick to your walls with an adhesive but with more of a static. They come in all colors, letters, numbers, and shapes. When your kids are done with them you can take them down
4. Chalk Board Paint – You can paint a chalk board on your child’s wall or door and draw them on yourself. The fun thing is that this can grow with them as they get older and they can gradually use it for other purposes.
5. Chalk Board – you can buy these fairly cheap at most office stores hang them in the child’s bedroom. The nice thing about chalk is it comes off the walls nicely
These are some things that I have done in my kids bedrooms. My personal favorites have been the chalk board, chalk board paint and the static cling wall stickers. The wall stickers were easy to take down or move if you change the room around. The chalkboard was not just fun for letters but for the kids to play with as well. =)
It would be cool if you found an educational border which matched the new theme of the room! if it doesnt, maybe just keep it in the playroom. but if not a border, if you find a cute educational poster which is fairy themed, you could frame it and put it in the bedroom…
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I think it can be a great teaching tool. I’m not doing a border but I am going to do abc & 123 poster or stick ons of some kind "my son is 2 as well"…I figure I can point to the letters & show him what a is what b is etc…
We’ve already been introducing letters, numbers, shapes. We do it in everyday life and playing with toys. We sit and do a shape sorter and I’ll say where does the circle go? He will put it in the circle whole & yaay! I say 1 he is saying 2 & 3…Same with Abc…’
He also has an easel "Dry Erase Board on one side & Chalk on the other"…When he is wanting to draw I will sit with him & Write A…B…C to show him what they look like…same with 1 2 3 & then shapes. He can draw a circle line & an almost square.
So Yes, I think Including a little education decor in your daughters room will benefit her, I think they can be a great learning tool. We have a learning center around here that sells All sorts of stuff like abc, 123, shape posters & stick ons so this is what we are going to do. Pick a wall in his Spogebob themed room & that will be his sort of "learning wall" I guess lol
Good Luck!
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Mom to 2yr old Noah.
We have all sorts of alphabet stuff (as far as wall stick-ons, magnets, big cut out wooden letters etc) and number stuff in our son’s playroom. To be honest, having the stuff there isn’t really going to help. We just redid his room when we put in his toddler bed (Disney’s Cars theme) and we didn’t worry about the educational stuff in his bedroom. We dont’ spend a great deal of time in there during the day. He plays in there sometimes, but usually we’re downstairs in his playroom or in other rooms of the house.
The introduction of letters and numbers come easier when its through playand conversation, not so much decor. So I wouldn’t worry about decorating with letters, numbers, and shapes. If you want to do a little girl’s Tinkerbell Room, then I say go with that. It’ll be your little girl’s sanctuary after she knows her letters and numbers, and that means you don’t have to redecorate again
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Mother of a 2 year old son, and a preschool teacher
You could also incorporate education in her Tinkerbell items. Such as counting how many Tinkerbell’s are in her room or pointing out stars and other shapes that are already Incorporated in her room.
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I think its helpful if you don’t just let it sit around. My son is 4 and really smart. I have and abc and 123 poster in his room. I point to a letter or number and he says its name, what sound it makes and shows me on his fingers how much its worth. stuff like that is very helpful.
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Having letters and numbers on the wall unfortunately won’t help educate your child. For the same amount of money I would buy some early reading flash cards, beginning reading books, Cuisenaire rods, etc. and make time to use them with your child.
Learning to read is a long, slow process and cannot be achieved just by seeing letters on a wall. I have been teaching my four-year-old to read almost every day since age two. Now he can read at an advanced level, but I don’t think this would have happened if not for the constant lessons.
Another tip: teach your child the lower-case alphabet first. Almost all text your child will read is in lower case. It can be confusing to learn the upper-case alphabet first– that will only enable kids to start sounding out upper-case titles and signs. There is a toy on the market (by Leapfrog IIRC) that is meant for the fridge, and has plug-in letters. Something like that might empower your child (she could check sounds made by letters on her own, and there is even a model with three spaces for short words), but you have to make sure you get the lower-case letters.
Another idea is to use the same money for some art posters: we prefer Kandinsky, Miro, etc. for the strong shapes and sense of whimsy. I believe strongly in the Montessori principle of making sure your child is surrounded with interesting things. I just don’t think a few letters will do much good for intellectual development.
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Sure that would be fun. Walmart.com also sells alphabet bed sets too. Totally cute!
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I think including education things into the design is a good idea.
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I would. then every day you can point out to her the letters and numbers…
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I found the educational decorations in the room were beneficial for my kids. However if I didn’t have them it wouldn’t of made much of a difference. I think the decorations more/less helped re-enforce what I had already taught them. It became part of their daily routine when we walked through their room. I guess it made it easy as I didn’t actually have to sit down and do it. I could teach them as I was going to get their clothes out of their closet or making their beds.
Here are some things that I have done with my kids for letters, numbers shapes:
1. Painted them on their bedroom walls (like a border around their rooms).
2. Wooden letters/numbers/shapes painted and placed around the room (you can buy them cheap at craft stores/dollar stores and sometimes they come painted)
3. Wall Stickers – they do not stick to your walls with an adhesive but with more of a static. They come in all colors, letters, numbers, and shapes. When your kids are done with them you can take them down
4. Chalk Board Paint – You can paint a chalk board on your child’s wall or door and draw them on yourself. The fun thing is that this can grow with them as they get older and they can gradually use it for other purposes.
5. Chalk Board – you can buy these fairly cheap at most office stores hang them in the child’s bedroom. The nice thing about chalk is it comes off the walls nicely
These are some things that I have done in my kids bedrooms. My personal favorites have been the chalk board, chalk board paint and the static cling wall stickers. The wall stickers were easy to take down or move if you change the room around. The chalkboard was not just fun for letters but for the kids to play with as well. =)
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