Jennifer shows how easily one can slip bits of learning into everyday routines:
When I toilet trained my kids, I started singing the ABC's with them while they washed their hands. By the time toilet training was done, so was learning the alphabet!
Tags: Parenting, Potty training
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If someone could come up with a hack for the reverse, then we'd really have something.
Posted by: John | 26 June 2006 at 01:17 PM
I do this with teeth brushing and it works like a charm. My daughter actually looks forward to it.
Posted by: Jamie | 26 June 2006 at 01:25 PM
Another benefit to singing the ABC's while hand washing is that by the time the song is sung "germs" are washed away.
Posted by: Liz Remus | 05 September 2008 at 09:26 AM