Sunday 19 May 2013
Picnic Day at School
Workshops, Einsteins, Craft, Montessori
Mindstein School,
Picnic
Hand Printed Lion Mane! Mindstein Thematic Art and Craft
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Art N' Craft,
Mindstein Activity Centre
Sand Play at Mindstein!
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Children at Work,
Mindstein School,
Workshops
Thursday 9 May 2013
Dr. Maria Montessori
Workshops, Einsteins, Craft, Montessori
Mindstein School,
Montessori
Learn Origami At Mindstein Activity Centre!
Workshops, Einsteins, Craft, Montessori
Origami,
Summer Camp,
Workshops
Listening is an Important Parenting Tool
Give them a chance to express themselves. You'll often discover little nuggets of precious information that may actually be helpful to understand your child better.
Keeping the communication doors open is crucial in this day and age. Kids should feel that they can talk to their parents about anything and not be judged or reprimanded for it. Doing that will just instil a fear in them and drive them further away from you.
A few tips:
1. Listen attentively.
2. If there is something your child has done that you don't approve of but still shared that information with you, don't flare up and shout. Although its almost a trigger response for most people. "How could you! or how dare you" our go to words. Don't use them. Stay calm.
3. If you lose your cool you are just sending a message to your child that next time he has done something wrong or is in trouble, he/she shouldn't share it with parents because it will land them in more trouble.
4. Interact with your child and ask him what would he have done differently. Provide probable suggestions or solutions. Discuss possible outcomes.
5. Express your disappointment at this point in a calm and matter to fact way. And tell them the next time they should apply some of the suggestions mentioned above.
6. Remember they are just kids and are bound to make mistakes. It's up to us as parents to make them learn from them.
7. Most importantly, BE THERE.
The Key To Confident Young Children
As parents we often do things, routine things, for our children. Things that children can most often do for themselves. From picking up after them to wiping their mouth during and after meals.
It's important to realise that children need to be shown what's to be done and how it should be done, rather than completing the task yourself.
When children do things themselves, there is true pride and joy in them as they have succeeded in doing their ultimate. Imitating the Adult. It makes them feel like an adult because they are responsible for that particular task and don't need any assistance.
The KEY to confident young children is teaching them to do things for themselves.
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Chidren,
Confidence
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