Teaching toddlers with a listening center
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Published: Oct 02, 2013
Updated: Feb 05, 2019
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Teaching toddlers with a listening center
If you have a toddler, then you probably understand how excited they are about books! As parents, it is our job to foster that excitement and nurture a love for reading! There are several ways that you can promote learning and literacy at home! Not sure what literacy is? Check out my YouTube video where I break it down for you. Today we are going to dig in a little deeper and discuss strategies for teaching a toddler with a literacy center. Centers are designated areas, usually seen in Pre-K through 3rd grade classrooms, that provide specific small-group activities. Whether you have one toddler or more, it is still possible to create an effective listening center at home!
My daughter would love the candy purple!
We recently discovered books on tape at our library and my kids LOVE them. I like the red or blue headphones!
These are great! Love the candy green!
I like the candy purple
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I love the Candy Blue most.
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
She is lovely. I want the Candy Purple one.
amy [at] utry [dot] it
i like the Candy Red headphones
The blue or green pair would be awesome.
I like the Candy Purple
Candy Tangerine for sure!!!
i love the blue
Candy Blue…Love the info Thank you! Great idea for my 4 yr. old son.
Candy Purple!!
Awesome idea! I would love to do this in our home!
The Green headphone are Really cool
The purple is so pretty, but I love the green too! A home listening center sounds like fun for my Gracie!
We’d choose the green!
My son handles a daily obligation of a dual diagnosis of high functioning ASD with major sensory problems alongside with combined ADHD- my son listens to everything from books to educational podcasts, anything that allows him to remain in his amazing world and these incredible headphones would cancel out background noise unlike many many others that have failed, leaving him distracted ending in tantrum 🙁 He LOVES Candy Red – his tablet case matches his entire room is already that same red- it’s calming as he tells me 🙂 EMBRACE EACH DAY- especially for those with the immense duty of a child. Allow me if nobody else has told you today, You are gifted and amazing Keep it up and GOod Luck and Thank you for this opportunity!
What a great idea! And thanks for the chance to win the head phones. My daughter would love to listen to her Leo the Lightening Bug audiobook in the purple ones! Great book by the way…you should check it out for your little one! Courtenay
What a great idea! As a retired first grade teacher, setting up a listening center at home is great training for the classroom. I am going to set one up at my house for my grandsons, ages 18 months and 2. I would love a blue and orange one for our Detroit Tigers and Denver Broncos! Thanks so much for considering us.
My boys love the blue pair. These would be perfect for our homeschool room.
Thank you for the wonderful post! So excited to start a listening center for my kids. Thank you for the tip about getting audio books at the library too. We love RED at our house!
Wonderful tips! The blue headphones would be a great addition to our home school reading area.
I really like the Candy Blue! Thanks for the chance
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Love the green! What excellent tips in this post. Thank you so much!
Candy Blue!!!
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Thanks for the giveaway!
My son would love the green ones!
Fabulous idea. I loved listening to books when I was little. All of the colors are wonderful, but red or green are my favorites.
Thanks for all the great ideas! 🙂 my 4 yr old loves books and trips to the library! We’ll definitely need to check out some audio books 🙂 she would love the red ones if they’re still available.
The green are great, my littles favorite color.
My favorite is the candy green! And I know my daughter would love them!
I love the idea and my daughter has such a center in her play room where she loves to listen to her stories. She is not a toddler any more, but she enjoys this a lot after school, to sit (or lie) on her couch and listen to the stories. I would recommend to limit the time she listens with the headphones on, because at home it really doesn’t make any sense when she can as well listen to the stories without the headphones as well. And if she puts on the volume too loud this can damage her hearing severely. I would also give her some big pillow or mat or something to sit on. You are absolutely right about the library, my daughter loves to go there and choose some new books.
Jule
Informative! Great ideas. I like the blue. 🙂
I’m a sucker for green. Always. I’d love to win a pair for our listening center at home!
i like the candy blue
Great idea!
Purple please 🙂
oooh! my spunky baby boy and my lovely girls would absolutely love the CANDY RED!
Love it in red!
We would love any color, these look so nice ! Theys would be perfect. Hope I win !
I love them all! But probably orange so both my kids would use them 🙂 thanks!
ANY COLOR!!!! Green is beautiful but I would just be thrilled to win any. This would be a perfect addition to my dream school room!!!!
I’ve been wanting to create a listening center for my almost 2 year old daughter. The candy purple headphones would be perfect!
My kiddos would love purple!
Red for my 11 yr old and blue for my 9 yr old. They look great!!!
Wow – Great post, very clear and informative. Such a cute model too!!!
Candy green, please! Good post. thank you.
Any color would be fabulous! I have a three and a half year old that is pretty respectful with her things but durable is always good with kids! Thanks for considering us!
Awesome idea! I would love to do this in our home!
I would definitely need blue for my 4 yo and green for my 2 yo. These headphones look great! 🙂
ooh i just love the orange!!!