parenting – Page 6 – Kinderpillar

June 20,2013

Emotional Abuse in Children

In the heat and frustration of the moment, it is easy to yell at children. Often, parents find themselves getting very angry at their kids. When does this yelling cross the line into emotional abuse? When parents consistently belittle a child and make the child feel bad, this behavior has crosse

June 14,2013

It’s Summer: Time to Read Books and Build Literacy Skills! – Ellen Booth Church

“Children are made readers on the laps of their Parents.”- Emilie Buchwald Your young child is at a stage of development where she is exploring the world around her with all of her senses. This is a good thing because those senses are essential for building the literacy skills she will

May 29,2013

How to Help Children Become Self-Sufficient

Many times without realizing it, parents do tasks for their children when the child is perfectly capable of doing it himself. Often, parents do not think their child is capable of a task or they do not have the patience for the child to complete it. However, children are almost always more capab

May 28,2013

“Time-out” -To Address the Challenging Behaviour of Preschool Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / Classroom Management / parenting
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discipline

One of the most effective forms of discipline in reducing challenging behaviour in young children is “Time-out”. This term is taken from “time out from positive reinforcement”. It works on a simple strategy of selectively ignoring the disruptive behaviour. In this process, children are remov

May 13,2013

A Comprehensive, Positive Approach to Behavior Support for Preschool Children

There are various challenging social behaviours that may benefit from time-out, such as, aggression towards peers and adults,non-compliance and destructive behaviour. A comprehensive and positive approach should include the following- 1. Building Positive RelationshipsA warm and caring relationsh

May 08,2013

Freedom and Discipline

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / parenting
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Freedom of a child From the time children are born, they are constantly being told what to do by adults. “Don’t do this..don’t do that…” There are so many rules and regulations from adults and teachers. If children are so focused on what not to do (do not touch here, do not w

May 03,2013

The Importance of Letting Children Make Their Own Choices

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / parenting / school readiness
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Children should be free to choose what they want to do, within reason. Obviously children cannot be totally independent from adults, especially for safety reasons. However, children can still feel like they have control over their lives. Things should not be forced on a child. Providing choices for

April 17,2013

How Your Child’s Writing and Art Changes Over Time

By Arvinder Kaur
Classroom Management / exploration time / parenting / school readiness / Thinking
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Creativity is considered as a bridge to learning. When your child is curious and creative, he/she can come up with the solutions to the problems which she encounters in every day. Creativity helps your child to become inquisitive, thoughtful and a confident learner in her later years of schooling.An

April 04,2013

Importance of Music In Preschool Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / music / parenting
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early childhood education, preschool

“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them — a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” — Gerald Ford, form

March 22,2013

How Does a Preschooler Think?

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / literacy / parenting / Thinking
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Young children can come up with some very strange ideas but that’s all considered to be a part of their growing up. It is really important for the parents or care givers to understand the capabilities of a child so that they can expect some reasonable behaviour Every child has her own growth pa