I am glad to announce that my first children's book is coming soon. Dedicated to all my little ones. This first story not only is funny but also try to open the door to talk about fears, ways to face them, friendship, empathy and dealing with younger siblings. I hope that you like it. Click the picture to know more.
0 Comments
![]() Over-praising kids does more harm than good. As a parent and as a teacher, I think that is important, overpraising kids, so common in this time, In my opinion because we are so afraid, to hurt our kids' self esteem, that we overprotected and overpraise our children. This imaginary shield does more harm than good because as this article mention we are created a false self that will crash with reality. Is better let the children try the times necessary, encourage them, support them, until they reach competence. On the other hand competence is not built in one day and also is not built lower others in our way, or blaming others for the children's failures. The children will reach competence when they try over and over again, that means they face and own their failures in the process and overcome them. Self-esteem comes from feeling loved and secure, and from developing competence, Taylor says, and although parents often shower their kids with the first two ingredients, to be competent —takes time and effort. “As much as we may want to, we can’t praise our kids into competence,” he says. In fact, by over-praising kids, we’re doing more harm than good. “We’re lowering the bar for them,” Taylor says. “If you keep telling your child she is already doing a fantastic job, you’re saying she no longer needs to push herself. But confidence comes from doing, from trying and failing and trying again. Our job as parent and as educators is to support them, to encourage them My experience as an educator coincide with what in the article Samantha MacLeod, who has four boys, ages one to nine, believes constant complimenting can actually erode self-esteem. Either kids start thinking they’re perfect and they do not need to do anything else to improve or they or they try to be perfecto or the time, also an impossible standard. An excessive or inaccurate praise confuses them. The praise must be specific and accurate. Plus, Taylor adds, telling your child he’s the best, the smartest or the most talented is setting him up for some very bad news down the road. sooner or later, he’ll discover he’s not all that after all, and will be devastated. AAt emmasplace.ca you can find free Easter worksheets, recommended books for Easter, songs and ideas. Here some of the free material. Spring is here the days will start warming up that means more time outside. There are plenty of things to do with children while outside, explore, motivate their curiosity , learn and most important have fun. Here are some ideas:
According to research in Canada and USA, as well of the recommendations of the OMS, infants should not be exposed to any electronic screen. Children between 2 and 4 years old, should not exceed of one hour of sedentary screen each day children older than 5 y ears old, should have not more than two hours of recreational screen time. Older toddlers and preschoolers if expose to screen time this should be mostly educational material, and music to reinforce some educational activity provided for an educator or a parent. So, What parents and caregivers can do? Limited especially cartoons and movies, always watch with them the program, especially the new ones, and be special vigilant for the ads. Remember that young children has short attention span so do not expose to long movies even if they are PG rated. Encourage outdoor activities and play, exploring, wondering, listening to music and stories and encourage play. Daily Physical activity is very important for their development, so Reinforce exercise, sports, yoga. How to tell when is too much screen time? When you notice your child nervous, lonely, overly tired, fearful, isolated from friends, angry, and with difficulty to concentrate. Younger children learn for the interaction in the real world and exploring it. ![]() Hand paint is a good sensory experience for younger children, allows them to use their imagination and creativity. You can visit .ART ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN - EMMA'S PLACE ![]() This week we celebrated Pink shirt day in my daycare. Why is this important and what does it mean? For me it is important, especially nowadays that being selfish and expressing rudeness without showing any consideration for other's feelings is so common. We adults even laugh and justify a bully in different ways and on a daily basis. All of this affects our children because parents and teachers are the ones that model their behaviour and how they will behave in the future. So, teaching children how to behave with each other is a way to also remind the parents about respect, empathy, solidarity and cooperation. Every week we will talk a little about this. The Pink Shirt Day, a movement started in 2007 when a group of children organized a high school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a grade 9 boy who was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. This act of kindness inspired to help other youth affected by bullying. |
Archives
July 2024
Categories
All
|