The concept of time

In article . com,
" wrote:

How do you teach the concept of running-out-of-time to a 4 year old?

You don't. You manage them.

My DD (4) understands the concept of time as in if she's not in school
by 8am she'll be late. What she doesn't understand is if she doesn't
brush her teeth by 6:15, we won't be at school by 8. She has a very
active gag-reflex. I think brushing kinda repels her. I do buy very
pretty toothbrush and yummy toothpaste.

IOW there is a problem with cleaning her teeth, not with time management?

She knows how a timer works because I use the oven timer for timeouts.
I don't know if getting a timer for tooth-brushing is an overkill or
common practice. What else do you do to get the kids moving in the
morning?

A list of things to do, in order. (Though it needs tweaking.)

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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In article s_Q%h.5753$XZ2.2025@trndny01,
"deja.blues" wrote:

If you make her brush before she eats breakfast, that might be a turn-off.
Some kids can't stomach the strong flavors of toothpaste (even the mildest
ones can be overpowering to a little kid) on an empty stomach, and food
tastes weird after you brush your teeth.

And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

wrote in message
How do you teach the concept of running-out-of-time to a 4 year old?

I'm not sure that you are going to. One of our teachers says that the
concept of time is really hard for kids and they really don't grasp it until
4th grade or so, some may do it earlier, some later, but this is an average.
At this age, everything is routine and you keeping after them to get things
done. Get things ready as much as you can the night before and wake up a few
minutes earlier and go from there. You can say, we need to leave when the
big hand gets on whatever, but it's really not going to mean much.

Sue

Chookie wrote:
In article s_Q%h.5753$XZ2.2025@trndny01,
"deja.blues" wrote:


If you make her brush before she eats breakfast, that might be a turn-off.
Some kids can't stomach the strong flavors of toothpaste (even the mildest
ones can be overpowering to a little kid) on an empty stomach, and food
tastes weird after you brush your teeth.


And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?


My dentist recommends brushing before breakfast, rather then afterwards.

Basically, all the nasty bacteria have been multiplying overnight, and
brushing gets rid of them. So if you brush before breakfast, you only
have a few bacteria in your mouth to cause decay.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

On May 9, 11:41 am, Penny Gaines wrote:
Chookie wrote:
In article s_Q%h.5753$XZ2.2025@trndny01,
"deja.blues" wrote:

If you make her brush before she eats breakfast, that might be a turn-off.
Some kids can't stomach the strong flavors of toothpaste (even the mildest
ones can be overpowering to a little kid) on an empty stomach, and food
tastes weird after you brush your teeth.

And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?

My dentist recommends brushing before breakfast, rather then afterwards.

Basically, all the nasty bacteria have been multiplying overnight, and
brushing gets rid of them. So if you brush before breakfast, you only
have a few bacteria in your mouth to cause decay.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

See this is what puzzles me. When I was growing up we always brushed
teeth first thing in the morning before breakfast. Now here in the US
I hear "brush after breakfast and before bedtime". I personally can't
eat or drink anything before I brush my teeth. May be it's a cultural
thing to eat before or after brushing?

On 9 May 2007 11:37:47 -0700, wrote:

See this is what puzzles me. When I was growing up we always brushed
teeth first thing in the morning before breakfast. Now here in the US
I hear "brush after breakfast and before bedtime". I personally can't
eat or drink anything before I brush my teeth. May be it's a cultural
thing to eat before or after brushing?

I think it's supposed to "kill two birds with one stone." I also was
raised to brush teeth before breakfast. I can't even think of eating when
my mouth tastes so yucky in the morning.

"toypup" wrote in message
I think it's supposed to "kill two birds with one stone." I also was
raised to brush teeth before breakfast. I can't even think of eating when
my mouth tastes so yucky in the morning.

That's what coffee is for. It kills the bad tastes. ;o)

I can't brush my teeth until I have something to eat.

Sue

Penny Gaines wrote:
Chookie wrote:

In article s_Q%h.5753$XZ2.2025@trndny01,
"deja.blues" wrote:


If you make her brush before she eats breakfast, that might be a
turn-off. Some kids can't stomach the strong flavors of toothpaste
(even the mildest ones can be overpowering to a little kid) on an
empty stomach, and food tastes weird after you brush your teeth.



And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?


My dentist recommends brushing before breakfast, rather then afterwards.

Basically, all the nasty bacteria have been multiplying overnight, and
brushing gets rid of them. So if you brush before breakfast, you only
have a few bacteria in your mouth to cause decay.


But if you brush after breakfast, you'll have even fewer.

I get that people might want to brush before breakfast to make the mouth
taste better, but it seems to me you should brush after
breakfast also. I can get rid of a bad taste in my mouth with about 10
seconds of brushing - WAY less time than I'd spend on the real morning
brushing takes.

Clisby

Clisby wrote:
Penny Gaines wrote:
Chookie wrote:

In article s_Q%h.5753$XZ2.2025@trndny01,
"deja.blues" wrote:

If you make her brush before she eats breakfast, that might be a
turn-off. Some kids can't stomach the strong flavors of toothpaste
(even the mildest ones can be overpowering to a little kid) on an
empty stomach, and food tastes weird after you brush your teeth.

And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?

My dentist recommends brushing before breakfast, rather then afterwards.

Basically, all the nasty bacteria have been multiplying overnight, and
brushing gets rid of them. So if you brush before breakfast, you only
have a few bacteria in your mouth to cause decay.

But if you brush after breakfast, you'll have even fewer.

I get that people might want to brush before breakfast to make the mouth
taste better, but it seems to me you should brush after
breakfast also. I can get rid of a bad taste in my mouth with about 10
seconds of brushing - WAY less time than I'd spend on the real morning
brushing takes.

There's no rule that says you can only brush once in the morning

I just brush briefly with water when I get up, and save the real
brushing for after eating. That gets rid of the nasty taste, keeps me
from gagging on the toothpaste before I've eaten, and then gets rid of
the sugar after breakfast.

To the OP - I would suggest that the tooth brushing sticking point
might be that she doesn't want to brush with toothpaste before she
eats. Find out, and then modify accordingly.

Instead of trying to fit her to your schedule, find one that works for
her.

In article , Penny Gaines wrote:

And why would anyone do something so pointless anyway?


My dentist recommends brushing before breakfast, rather then afterwards.

Basically, all the nasty bacteria have been multiplying overnight, and
brushing gets rid of them.

Um, I brush after dinner so they *aren't* multiplying overnight. They need
something to eat in order to multiply.

So if you brush before breakfast, you only
have a few bacteria in your mouth to cause decay.

And after breakfast, they'll have plenty of food to eat and turn into *lots*
of bacteria. My dentists have always said to brush as soon after a meal as
you can.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue