Helping children to love themselves and others
As a teacher, you have one of the world's most important job. You help children feel strong, able and loveable. Your positive, caring attitude is catching. As caregivers, your job is to encourage children to thinl about how people are alike and different, to ask all kind of questions, and to find answers they can understand. Your words and attitude tell children that differences are wonderful.
From birth, children begin to learn to love themselves and others. Infanats and toddlers start to see differences between people. they notice skin colors, hair colors and textures, eye shapes, and other features of race and ethnic background. Toddlers may teach out to feel each other's hair. Older 2 years olds may stare or say things such as "What's that ?"
Three year olds figure out how to recognize boys and girls. Preschoolers are curious too. Will skin colors wash off ? Eye shape and color is of great interest. Unfamiliar languages puzzle them. Even elementary age children seem "old". Preschoolers also notice that people have different physical and mental abilities. Children often make comments that embarrass us.
By age four, children are very much tuned in to our attitudes. they sense how we feel about them and other people. many children grow up feeling good about who they are. "Here, let me do it," they volunteer. Most children feel comfortable being around other people, too. They are eager to have fun together. "let's play firefighter !"
Many other younf children already have negative ideas about themselves. "I can't." they said. Or you overhear them mutter, "I never do anything right." They may not know how to get along well with other children. Such children may seem quit and shy, or they may be bullies.
Preschoolers may even believe some common biases and stereotypes about other people. Thry hear put-downs on TV. They see holiday decorations that poke fun. They are indeed aware of what is happening around them and between people.
How do you help children love themselves and others ? First, look at your own attitudes, values, and baahaviors. then, include activities to help children appreciate each others's differences, develop a sense of fairness, and learn to stand up for themselves and others.
mr. Rogers said, we are all different in many ways, but sometimes children are afraid to be different because they want to be like thepeople they love. Some children may even come to feel there's something wrong with being different. That's why grown-ups need to help children learn that being different is part of wehat makes them special to the people who love them.
When you help children notice and accept, in fact, celebrate, differnces, you pave the way to prevent prejudice and promote compassionate, tolerance and understanding
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What is Montesosri
The philosophy - Montessori education is a method of teaching that is founded by Dr. maria Montessori. It combines a philosophy of freedom and self development using a prctical hands-on approach.
The Environment - Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's belief that all children have an intrinsic desire to learn, the Montessori classroom is carefully planned and prepared to invite children to engage in these learning activities of their own individual choice.
The Teachers - Montessori teachers are trained to observe their students carefully and respond to their individual needs. With a small student-teacher ratio in the school, each child's individual needs will be met and catered to.
The Children - Students in the Montessori classroom are encouraged to perform task independently to gain a sense of joy and self-achievement with each completed task.
The Programme - In the Montessori program, children are given the opportunity to develop important life skills. Practical life exerccises include pouring from jugs, threading and working on dressing frames, to practicing buttoning and zipping.
Sensorial exercises refine the senses through sorting, matching and comparing of objects. These early sensory impressions boost children's power of observation and discrimination
Language is based on a carefully structured multi-sensory phonic approach to writing and reading
Montessori's Mathematics materials enable children toprogress from concrete to the abstract stages using self-correcting apparatus.
Cultural studies include topics such as geography, zoology, history and botany
The Environment - Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's belief that all children have an intrinsic desire to learn, the Montessori classroom is carefully planned and prepared to invite children to engage in these learning activities of their own individual choice.
The Teachers - Montessori teachers are trained to observe their students carefully and respond to their individual needs. With a small student-teacher ratio in the school, each child's individual needs will be met and catered to.
The Children - Students in the Montessori classroom are encouraged to perform task independently to gain a sense of joy and self-achievement with each completed task.
The Programme - In the Montessori program, children are given the opportunity to develop important life skills. Practical life exerccises include pouring from jugs, threading and working on dressing frames, to practicing buttoning and zipping.
Sensorial exercises refine the senses through sorting, matching and comparing of objects. These early sensory impressions boost children's power of observation and discrimination
Language is based on a carefully structured multi-sensory phonic approach to writing and reading
Montessori's Mathematics materials enable children toprogress from concrete to the abstract stages using self-correcting apparatus.
Cultural studies include topics such as geography, zoology, history and botany
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tips on preparing breakfast that your children will like to eat
breakfast improve your child's concentration. Jazz up these basics for a more nutritious meal.
1. CEREAL - add your child's favourite fruits
2. BREAD - add mashed bananas and raisuns on top of just butter or jam
3. PORRIDGE - add minced meat, and top with some floss or roassted seaweed
4. SAUSAGES AND EGGS - grill rather than fry the sausages, and add lightly fried
tomatoes or mashrooms and eggs.
5. FRIED BEE HOON - add mixed vegetables like peas, carrots and sweetcorn
1. CEREAL - add your child's favourite fruits
2. BREAD - add mashed bananas and raisuns on top of just butter or jam
3. PORRIDGE - add minced meat, and top with some floss or roassted seaweed
4. SAUSAGES AND EGGS - grill rather than fry the sausages, and add lightly fried
tomatoes or mashrooms and eggs.
5. FRIED BEE HOON - add mixed vegetables like peas, carrots and sweetcorn
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Parenting Tips Of The Day
1. Take a walk instead of driving your child everywhere and you will notice things you never seen before.
2. Read to your child today and you will help them concentrate and perform better in school tomorrow.
3. The example you set is the greatest teacher of all.
2. Read to your child today and you will help them concentrate and perform better in school tomorrow.
3. The example you set is the greatest teacher of all.
25 Ways To raise Kids Who Love To Read
1. Talk to your child from the day of birth. early language experience builds the foundation of reading success
2. Read aloud to your child
3. Young children learn best through direct experience with their environment. Allow exploration. Set aside a corner of the house just for this purpose.
4. Write down what your child says and read it bacck to him. Your child will soon discover that reading is a logical extention of speech
5. Encourage your child to keep a journal
6. Go for a walk in the park and collect some leaves of different shapes and sizes. Have your child arrange them according.
7. make cookies, cakes with your child. Let your child realise that there are steps that need to follow. read the instructions step by step and have your child follow the instruction steps. This provide practice in listening and follow oral directions.
8. Encourage your child to write a family newspaper
9. For the beginning reader, lebel objects around the house.
10. Encourage your child to interview family members and write their biographies.
11. Ask your child to count items (eg. eggs in the tray, apples in the fridge, cans on the shelf)
12. Read along with your child aloud to provide a model for expression and fluency
13. Write some messages that required written answers.
14. provide a book shelf for his collection of books
15. Take your child to nearby library as often as you can
16. Conduct an oral scanvanger hunt. ask your child to find all the objects in the kitchen tha begins with a specific sound; example "f" - finsh, fan, fork, fridge,
17. Ask your child to locate items in the cupboard by saying it is "next to", "in front of", "beside", "under", "above", etc :-
18. Have your child write words that are intersting or meaningful on an index card. File in a special word file box. Your child can use these words to write stories.
19. Layt different shaped crackers in a row to create a pattern. have your child try to reprodduce trhe pattern.
20. Do not expect your young child to spend long period of time at homework. Change the activities often to make it interesting for him.
21. Let your child measure ingredients when you cook or bake.
22. Ask more "why" questions, instead of questions that required only a "yes / No" answer.
23. Prepare a shopping list wit your child. read it together while shopping
24. Have your child make a scrapbook with a beginning letter sound for every page.
25. establish a message cnetre on a bulletin board. leave messages for your child.
2. Read aloud to your child
3. Young children learn best through direct experience with their environment. Allow exploration. Set aside a corner of the house just for this purpose.
4. Write down what your child says and read it bacck to him. Your child will soon discover that reading is a logical extention of speech
5. Encourage your child to keep a journal
6. Go for a walk in the park and collect some leaves of different shapes and sizes. Have your child arrange them according.
7. make cookies, cakes with your child. Let your child realise that there are steps that need to follow. read the instructions step by step and have your child follow the instruction steps. This provide practice in listening and follow oral directions.
8. Encourage your child to write a family newspaper
9. For the beginning reader, lebel objects around the house.
10. Encourage your child to interview family members and write their biographies.
11. Ask your child to count items (eg. eggs in the tray, apples in the fridge, cans on the shelf)
12. Read along with your child aloud to provide a model for expression and fluency
13. Write some messages that required written answers.
14. provide a book shelf for his collection of books
15. Take your child to nearby library as often as you can
16. Conduct an oral scanvanger hunt. ask your child to find all the objects in the kitchen tha begins with a specific sound; example "f" - finsh, fan, fork, fridge,
17. Ask your child to locate items in the cupboard by saying it is "next to", "in front of", "beside", "under", "above", etc :-
18. Have your child write words that are intersting or meaningful on an index card. File in a special word file box. Your child can use these words to write stories.
19. Layt different shaped crackers in a row to create a pattern. have your child try to reprodduce trhe pattern.
20. Do not expect your young child to spend long period of time at homework. Change the activities often to make it interesting for him.
21. Let your child measure ingredients when you cook or bake.
22. Ask more "why" questions, instead of questions that required only a "yes / No" answer.
23. Prepare a shopping list wit your child. read it together while shopping
24. Have your child make a scrapbook with a beginning letter sound for every page.
25. establish a message cnetre on a bulletin board. leave messages for your child.
The Power Of Positive Parenting
There are several things parents can do to facilitate their children's success in school. As parents you cannot drag your children off to Kindergarten and expect to pick them up 15 years later ready for college, careers and for the rest of their lives. Inshorts, parents must actively involved.
There are six things parents should do at home to enhance their children's success in school :-
1. TALKING TO CHILDREN, AND USING THE PROPER LANGUAGE.
Parents are encourgae to speak intelligently and in complete sentences, using the correct language of choice. Parents shoul talk to their children daily about matters of substance, such as current events, great ideas and the accomplishment of great people.
2. ENCOURAGE TO LEARN
Children are encouraged to leaarn, and respect the learning environment. Introduce your children to great people, livind and dead. Read the biographic of these people. help them to find honest-to-goodness heroes. Visit to museums, attendance at cultural events and trip to the librariesare just a few virtually cost free experiences that can enrich children's lives and point them to the right directions.
3. RAED TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHILD DAILY
It has proveb beyond any doubts that reading to childrenfor about 15 to 20 minutes a day has a remarkably profound and positive effect on how well they succeed in school. Research has found out that the best way to encourage children to read and to help them become a good reader, is to read with the children everyday for at least 15 to 20 minutes, It will make a tremendous difference in the child's later reading success.
4. SHARING OF PARENTAL ASPIRATION
Children need to know that their parents expect them to succeed. Declear your aspiration in language that stroke the child. For example "I want you to do well in school because I want you to be happy and able to obtain the things you want in your life."
5. PROVIDING DIRECT HELP WITH STUDIES
studies have shown that if parents spend as little as 30 minutes a day with a child in drill and practice exercise alone, academic cachievement increase dramatically and significantly. Learning is achieved an hour at a time, a day at a time. If parents are unable to help. they should find someone who can help.
6. ORGANISING TIME AND SPACE FOR SYUDY AND HOMEWORK
It is a rare student who is sufficientyly self-motivated to go directly home from school to a predetermined place in the house and complete his / her homework. gettinghomework done is almost always a function of direct and consistent parental influence and supervision. When we talk about organising time and space for study and homework we do not need to think in terms of an elaborate setting arrangement. A kitchen table is a very good study area. It is better if te television is not switch on or radio is not blasting away.
There are six things parents should do at home to enhance their children's success in school :-
1. TALKING TO CHILDREN, AND USING THE PROPER LANGUAGE.
Parents are encourgae to speak intelligently and in complete sentences, using the correct language of choice. Parents shoul talk to their children daily about matters of substance, such as current events, great ideas and the accomplishment of great people.
2. ENCOURAGE TO LEARN
Children are encouraged to leaarn, and respect the learning environment. Introduce your children to great people, livind and dead. Read the biographic of these people. help them to find honest-to-goodness heroes. Visit to museums, attendance at cultural events and trip to the librariesare just a few virtually cost free experiences that can enrich children's lives and point them to the right directions.
3. RAED TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHILD DAILY
It has proveb beyond any doubts that reading to childrenfor about 15 to 20 minutes a day has a remarkably profound and positive effect on how well they succeed in school. Research has found out that the best way to encourage children to read and to help them become a good reader, is to read with the children everyday for at least 15 to 20 minutes, It will make a tremendous difference in the child's later reading success.
4. SHARING OF PARENTAL ASPIRATION
Children need to know that their parents expect them to succeed. Declear your aspiration in language that stroke the child. For example "I want you to do well in school because I want you to be happy and able to obtain the things you want in your life."
5. PROVIDING DIRECT HELP WITH STUDIES
studies have shown that if parents spend as little as 30 minutes a day with a child in drill and practice exercise alone, academic cachievement increase dramatically and significantly. Learning is achieved an hour at a time, a day at a time. If parents are unable to help. they should find someone who can help.
6. ORGANISING TIME AND SPACE FOR SYUDY AND HOMEWORK
It is a rare student who is sufficientyly self-motivated to go directly home from school to a predetermined place in the house and complete his / her homework. gettinghomework done is almost always a function of direct and consistent parental influence and supervision. When we talk about organising time and space for study and homework we do not need to think in terms of an elaborate setting arrangement. A kitchen table is a very good study area. It is better if te television is not switch on or radio is not blasting away.
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