Does your 2 yr old do projects?

amother

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:32 am

My 2 yr old didn’t come home with any projects this week though my 3 yr old in the same daycare came home with a bunch.
My kid does lots of projects at home and I was so excited to see what he’d come home with. Is this the norm?
He’s younger two for reference.

Goody2shoes

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:36 am

They should be doing projects at this age.
My 18 month old came home with 2 projects that he colored this week.
Maybe ask the morah about it?

amother

Linen

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:42 am

My 22 month old came home with just a newsletter this week and I’m totally fine with that. It’s just the beginning, kids are still crying and getting used to the morah. I’m sure they’ll start sending home projects soon.

tichellady

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:44 am

They do very simple stuff like painting. They do a lot of sensory play that they don’t take home because it’s not projects but is great for them

amother

Wisteria

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:45 am

When I taught that age we did projects for yom tov
But not weekly

amother

Mauve

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:49 am

Yes but it’s mostly just coloring. And sometimes the morah adds some staples to make it into something.

teachkids

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 11:58 am

Yes, but not till the 3rd week of school IME. also they do a lot more big things that are only sent home at the end or are used to decorate the classrooms vs a small colorimy page.

amother

Cyan

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 12:20 pm

amother Wisteria wrote:

When I taught that age we did projects for yom tov
But not weekly

This. They will send them all home before Rosh Hashana

Hashem_Yaazor

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:03 pm

Many places will have these be optional (as they should be!) and it's possible they did offer and your child preferred to play... Give it a little time and you'll probably start seeing some masterpieces.

amother

Tomato

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:03 pm

My kid in younger 2s made 3 projects that he brought home this week.

amother

Violet

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:22 pm

My three year old came home with a project but no newsletter! Thought a newsletter was standard. Would love to know how the Morah is tracking things so I could discuss it with him.

amother

Turquoise

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 2:34 pm

I'm a morah for younger 2yr old group.
Although I do projects regularly during year (I really don't like to!) This week my job was to keep the kids happy! Unless r"h comes out on the first week of school, I wait until kids are settled and there are no crying kids to do projects!

amother

Khaki

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 3:27 pm

Is your child happy?
Well taken Care of?

amother

Papayawhip

Sat, Sep 14 2024, 6:29 pm

My kid was at a new Morah last year so hardly came with projects. But in an established daycare I’d expect projects. How many days did they have though?

amother

Beige

Sat, Sep 14 2024, 6:44 pm

Mine doesn't and I don't care at all. She is happy there and they have tonnzzz of toys. Why does she need to bring home projects?! (That the morah made during time she could have played with them)

amother

DarkOrange

Sat, Sep 14 2024, 7:47 pm

On the first day My two year old colored a paper hat said I love school and morah made it into a necklace. My friends same aged kid colored something that said I survived my first day and made it into a hat.
My two year old didn’t make any other projects last week

Over the summer she made projects (ie colored stuff, fruit loop necklace) pretty often.

EstyEF

Sat, Sep 14 2024, 7:53 pm

Agree with the layers saying to give it a few weeks! The kids might still be crying a lot and Morah’s is trying to adjust them to routine!

My kid does but I
have an older two, almost three and that year really makes a big difference in development

As a morah for twos though, if a kid really doesn’t want to do projects I do t force them to do a ton. Maybe just every so often. This happens sometimes with the more high energy boys