The 1 Yr Old Toy Thrower

[daycare]

ah, I let them throw balls inside. Haha, even I throw balls inside. My play space is set up that it is okay to throw them inside.

you sound like me.....we even play baseball and soccer in the house...

[Unregistered]

That does make it more difficult.

You can try giving him wadded up newspaper and a basket to throw it in. The same can be done with socks, etc. The whole idea is to teach him that he cannot throw toys, which may hurt himself or others, but he can throw some things. He NEEDS to be able to throw. It is a normal part of his gross motor development, as well as hand-eye coordination.

I am not a fan of the superyard and have never isolated a child inside of one, however I can see the benefits when needed. In the end, how do you feel the parents will respond to knowing their child is being isolated for a normal developmental process?

My daycare parents are awesome! and it's not like he's been placed there everyday all day long. We play outside for hours. He was placed there because the things he is throwing is hurting others. I have to keep everyone safe. Yes, maybe normal developmental process but I can't have him throwing hard things at others... he left a mark on the other child's forehead this morning. I know he has to learn what is right and wrong things to throw but when I can't be right next to him, he's going to have to be placed where he'll keep other children safe. He was super happy playing in there.

[Crystal]

My daycare parents are awesome! and it's not like he's been placed there everyday all day long. We play outside for hours. He was placed there because the things he is throwing is hurting others. I have to keep everyone safe. Yes, maybe normal developmental process but I can't have him throwing hard things at others... he left a mark on the other child's forehead this morning. I know he has to learn what is right and wrong things to throw but when I can't be right next to him, he's going to have to be placed where he'll keep other children safe. He was super happy playing in there.

That's great that the parents will be understanding! FWIW....I wasn't criticizing you, just throwing out the possibility that they may not like it and for ME, that would matter a lot.

[daycare]

I was just talking to one of my asst. about this situation with one of our DCB age 17 months.

She is quite young and is learning how to work with the kids under my wing.

I told her that we need to be sure to create a YES environment for DCB. NO he cannot play with the older kids sensory bin, but YES he can play with the one that I made for his age group. (a nothing in the mouth type sensory bin)

She would tell him no, no and no over and over again. I always talk in a joking way and said NO, you can't use the bathroom, No you can't sit there, No you can't stand there....She finally says what are you getting at. I ask her are you frustrated with me or annoyed with me.....YES she says.....I tell her, I bet DCB feels the same way with you, because all he hears is you telling him what he can't do. Instead lets tell him what he CAN do. AND now we see him acting out his frustrations my screaming or hitting.......

She got it right away and felt really bad, but I reminded her.....you are still learning and it will take time. Lets go practice showing him what he CAN do. after that conversation our hour of play went so much better........

Hopefully I got the point across????

[Familycare71]

I think a play yard is fine - it really is just controlling his environment not isolating because he is still with the group
I don't let kids throw balls inside- that is for outside- develope it there!::
I did buy juggling clothes- the float really slowly - they can throw this in the air inside- there is no way they would hurt anyone-

[Heidi]

I was just talking to one of my asst. about this situation with one of our DCB age 17 months.

She is quite young and is learning how to work with the kids under my wing.

I told her that we need to be sure to create a YES environment for DCB. NO he cannot play with the older kids sensory bin, but YES he can play with the one that I made for his age group. (a nothing in the mouth type sensory bin)

She would tell him no, no and no over and over again. I always talk in a joking way and said NO, you can't use the bathroom, No you can't sit there, No you can't stand there....She finally says what are you getting at. I ask her are you frustrated with me or annoyed with me.....YES she says.....I tell her, I bet DCB feels the same way with you, because all he hears is you telling him what he can't do. Instead lets tell him what he CAN do. AND now we see him acting out his frustrations my screaming or hitting.......

She got it right away and felt really bad, but I reminded her.....you are still learning and it will take time. Lets go practice showing him what he CAN do. after that conversation our hour of play went so much better........

Hopefully I got the point across????

I try to be realistic, and sometimes, the answer is just "no". But, if I can come up with an alternative, I try to use it.

Since I also do childcare in my home (no separate dc space), I understand keeping throwing games to a minimum. I don't want to teach children that it's ok to throw things in other's homes.

So, I would maybe get a few buckets and throw the balls INTO the buckets. It would be something like "oh, you want to throw? Ok, we can throw THESE BALLS into THIS bucket here". (clap clap...)"yeah"....make it a game.

I think with toddlers especially, making it into a battle gives it much more power than it should have. If you redirect the energy, they tend to forget that go-to behavior pretty quickly. If you feed it with negativity, it escalates.

[nannyde]

I don't do any throwing in the playrooms but they can toss to their little hearts content in the play yards. I have it filled with toys that can be tossed, chewed, and abused. The playrooms don't have anything that can withstand throwing.

If they need to get their toss on they can have their own area and have at it. Once they are out in the general population they can't.

I don't do the “this" can be tossed and “this" can't. It's you can throw things HERE but you can't HERE.

I don't do indoor balls.

[Cradle2crayons]

I don't do the “this" can be tossed and “this" can't. It's you can throw things HERE but you can't HERE.

I don't do indoor balls.

This right here.