This is a video from the “ASK ME ANYTHING” session with Charlotte Snyder, from September 20th, 2026.
Thank you to everyone who shared their questions!
In this video
Charlotte Snyder's September 2026 live Q&A is about what young children do with the activities on their shelf at home, for parents of toddlers and 3-year-olds. Questions include a child who skips a step when pouring, a nearly three-year-old who repeats the same thing again and again, and a three-and-a-half-year-old who does an activity once and walks away. The session ends with a 19-month-old who bites when upset, and how much to shield children from frustration.
Chapters
- 0:00 Skipping a step when pouring may mean they've mastered it
- 7:01 Move on to real pouring, or ask to take a turn and show it
- 12:44 Lots of repetition at nearly three, and how OCD is different
- 15:28 One and done at three and a half: make the work harder
- 21:28 Extensions and a big goal that keeps them practicing
- 25:30 A 19-month-old bites when upset: show safe ways to be mad
- 31:16 Why not to prevent all frustration, and what to say instead
