We went through 2 long years of this. We tried everything. We could not have a Christmas tree up (even at age 4) because of the decorations being thrown. The more he develops and learns play skills the less he throws. He hardly ever does this anymore. The only advice I can give you is time. The other posters are right, it does not go over well anywhere, even at relatives houses. I feel for you if you son throws toys as much as mine did. All of his toys usually ended up being broken.I have through the thrwing thing with my son and we put it on extinction.
Redirectin did not work. I will tell you where this may become a problem
should your son continue with this behavior. My son used to do it a year
ago in preschool during inside free play. It does not go over well in any
school situation. It does not go over well with playdates. May I suggest at
this point to only allow him to throw soft balls or other items which are to
be thrown. If you have other people, parachutes are great. (place items in
the middle like stuffed toys etc)
We had a throwing issue around age 3. We did two things.
We put out a plastic bin of very soft balls in the playroom and made a rule that these could be thrown.
We also put a large plastic bin up on a shelf and it was a "time out for toys" bin. Any toy that was thrown was immediately taken away and given a time out. It was kept timed out for the duration of the day. After kids were asleep we'd put all toys back in their proper homes. After a toy was taken away for throwing, we would then take one of the soft throwable items and engage C in a game of catch. If it was nice out we'd bring him outside for some catch with either balls or frisbees.
Now that he's older and knows better, if he throws a toy he gets a timeout and/or loses a privilidge.
We used a variety of sensory toys: whirlyrocket spin toy, trampoline, swings, body sox, therapy balls, beanbag chairs.
My son does the same thing and he has hit himself in the head. He is 2 yrs old. I figured he would stop but he has not. I'm thinking horse shoes and bean bag throw toys. If I can find them in the store. I tell him NO and pick him up but I have to be careful using NO. It makes him cry for 30 mins, I have to hold him or he'll flip out.Hi- Sometimes I find that Ryan gets wild and throws his toys. His OT has told us that he is trying to get sensory input and we should "meet" him in that state by doing some active play with him (ie throwing up onto the couch- playfully of course) and then, using techniques to calm him down.
We will be trying this and I was wondering if any of you have some good "sensory" tricks up your sleeve when you see your kid getting out of hand?