Boredom Busters, Parenting Tips and Honest Advice for Moms Who Do It All
Parenting Tips · From the Classroom · Emotional Intelligence How to Calm a Crying Child Without Losing Your Mind in the Process By A Mom and a Job · 9 min read In this article: The moment I yelled stop and my daughter asked “do you need help finding it?” Why each…
Is it alive? Can it move? Want to be that successful teacher whom everyone admires and all the students love? Want to know what the favorite teacher trick is? You need to make your students excited to come to class to learn. Simple as that, you need to capture their interest. Capturing children’s interest is…
On the hard days I become an instruction machine. Clean that up. Did you do your homework. Put that away. One evening my daughter looked at me and said: Mommy, you are not listening to me. She was right.
Why teaching children to talk is so important: Did you talk to your child/ student today? The real talk, not the hi- how are you speech? Communication builds relationships! Yup, by simply talking to your child you are building your relationship with him/her. We communicate to connect with others, (whether it is verbal or non…
One of my children started flossing every night without being asked and without a chart. That is the difference between internal and external motivation and it changes everything about how we approach learning.
What is your first response to your child’s behavior? “You just spilled on the clean floor!” Whoa, wait a second, was that you yelling? It could have just about been any frustrated mom, dad or teacher! Unfortunately, our initial response is usually the first emotion we feel when children did something we do not like….
We all want children to behave, but do you know how to get them to do so? We can get them to behave in many ways- yet get them to behave in a positive way, happily. Yup, positive behavior done positively. Sounds easy? It is. If you follow these simple steps. Always remember sometimes some…
Does going to sleep late really affect kids? Yes! When I see a teacher having a hard day and some children not behaving accordingly, I usually ask what time did you go to sleep? Lack of sleep can make any sane adult grumpy and moody it does the same to a child. In addition, a…
Help, is it appropriate for my child to ask for… You want to give your 10 year old a cell phone or your 15 year old asked to learn how to drive. Your 9 year old student is still sucking his/ her thumb. You are unsure how to proceed and you are left with the…
Children keep us on our toes all the time- you thought it was tough until she just asked… Your day has been going on a roll the moment you woke up and your daughter just walked into the kitchen where you are trying to think about supper when she asked a question which made you…