Perhaps you volunteer in your child’s classroom as I do and are helping plan the annual Halloween party. Maybe you are a teacher looking for ways to both entertain, celebrate, and build skills on the holiday. Or you could be planning a costume party for family and friends. Whatever your role or goal, the following …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Active listening, classroom cooperative games, Collaboration, Collaborative games, Creative thinking, Empathy, halloween cooperative games, halloween games, halloween party, Negotiation, Nonverbal communication, Perspective taking, Problem solving, Social awareness
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. – Roger Lewin Coaching can be a powerful way to help our children become more self-aware, understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices. It can also give them valuable practice in problem-solving and responsible decision making. Similar …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Active listening, coaching as parenting tool, Coaching with kids, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, leadership coaching, Parent coaching, parents facilitating problem-solving, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Sibling conflicts
The coming of Valentine’s Day seemed an ideal time to write about one of the greatest, most enduring loves that has ever existed. No, I am not writing about Romeo and Juliet. This is about our love for our children and how we express it. There are moments in our lives when we feel like …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Active listening, Deep listening, Empathy, Expressing love, Expressing love to kids, Feeling words, Language of love, Language with children, Love and misbehavior, Metaphors and feelings, Parents expressing love, Parents love kids, Valentine's Day
– a formal discussion between people who are trying to reach an agreement. 1 About negotiation: Children begin to develop some of the foundational skills for effective negotiation early. Typically, they are able to articulate a compelling, heart-felt argument as to why they should be the one to receive one more cookie. They are practicing …
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Category: About, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Active listening, Children, Empathy, Motivation, Negotiation, Paraphrase, perspective, Perspective taking, Problem solving, Robert Selman's Stages of Perspective Taking, Social perspective taking, thoughts and feelings, Win-win negotiation, Win-win solution
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen. – Stephen Covey Most parents, particularly with young children, may feel like they are listening all day long. Because children are exploring the world around them, they may have many …
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Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Active listening, Building trust, Communication skills, Empathy, Listening, Listening games, Listening skills, Paraphrasing, Questions and Comments with Empathy, Seeking clarification, Wait time
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Posted on May 21, 2014 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen. – Stephen Covey Most parents, particularly with young children, may feel like they are listening all day long. Because children are exploring the world around them, they may have many …
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Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Active listening, Building trust, Communication skills, Empathy, Listening, Listening games, Listening skills, Paraphrasing, Questions and Comments with Empathy, Seeking clarification, Wait time