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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 160239" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Do you have your son ride the shopping cart? Even if he is too big for the kid seat, he can ride in the large part. I had my difficult child ride until he was about 7 years old because he was still small enough to. I told him to enjoy it while he could because when he got older he would be too big.</p><p> </p><p>Then involve your son in the shopping. Tell him what the item is that you are looking for and have him help you find it. Talk to him about the size and color of the item. If it is in his reach, ask him to take it off the shelf. Then he is the guard of the shopping cart items. </p><p> </p><p>While shopping, you can teach him letter recognition - choose one letter of the alphabet each day and he is to look for that letter while shopping. This works for color recognition also.</p><p> </p><p>I also would say out loud, "We can't open this yet - it isn't ours until I pay for it" or "As soon as I buy this, we are going to open it." Your son is too young to realize that you need to pay for things. Hearing these statements will help him learn.</p><p> </p><p>Do you go to garage sales? If you get anything for him, give him the money to pay for it. (this also works at other places). If he can pay for things, it will also help him learn that concept. Though be prepared that getting change back makes these young kids think that they are getting more money back than they gave. That lesson will come later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 160239, member: 5096"] Do you have your son ride the shopping cart? Even if he is too big for the kid seat, he can ride in the large part. I had my difficult child ride until he was about 7 years old because he was still small enough to. I told him to enjoy it while he could because when he got older he would be too big. Then involve your son in the shopping. Tell him what the item is that you are looking for and have him help you find it. Talk to him about the size and color of the item. If it is in his reach, ask him to take it off the shelf. Then he is the guard of the shopping cart items. While shopping, you can teach him letter recognition - choose one letter of the alphabet each day and he is to look for that letter while shopping. This works for color recognition also. I also would say out loud, "We can't open this yet - it isn't ours until I pay for it" or "As soon as I buy this, we are going to open it." Your son is too young to realize that you need to pay for things. Hearing these statements will help him learn. Do you go to garage sales? If you get anything for him, give him the money to pay for it. (this also works at other places). If he can pay for things, it will also help him learn that concept. Though be prepared that getting change back makes these young kids think that they are getting more money back than they gave. That lesson will come later. [/QUOTE]
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