After a foundation is laid, you will need to add a strong structure to fortify their growth.
Enjoy the bi-weekly articles below.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not restricted to that age group. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Enjoy the bi-weekly articles below.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not restricted to that age group. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Answers to Your Questions -- Help for Struggling Parents
Your children are continuing to challenge you. Don't be frazzled or give up. Your children need you more than ever as they try to figure things out. They also may be lacking some necessary learning skills.
This week, I am going to keep it brief and offer you some websites that I often refer to as I write my weekly newspaper columns. These websites not only provide you with advice, but suggest activities, games, and methods you may want to use to grow or reinforce weak or missing skills, or to alter your children's behavior.
anna@themeasuredmom.com
becky@thisreadingmama.com
anthony@mashupmath.com
alexandra@biglifejournal.com
sumitha@afineparent.com
Understood -- info@email.understood.org
If you have discovered other websites, please share them (bettemroz@gmail.com). There are so many wonderful resources available now since much research is being done to find out how children learn best that was not available to parents years ago.
"The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are out of a job."
SELF CONTROL AIDS LEARNING
A significant skill to teach your children of all ages must be self-control. Self-control is the thinking skill that helps children learn to control their feelings and behavior in order to make good decisions, reducing impulsive actions, and dealing effectively with frustrations (learningworksforkids.com/skills/self-control/)
Children learn by imitation, too. Your children will develop more responsibility if you explain things rationally and kindly rather than yelling and screaming at them. Counting to ten or allowing time to pass before you discipline your children goes a long way toward helping them to learn self-control as they see you control your actions.
Tell your children they must practice self-control and remind them, once they know what self-control is. Support your children telling them why their present undesirable behavior does not work or is not acceptable. Give them control to fix their behavior. If you give your children the power to choose and understand what control looks like, it will develop a life-long necessity.
The more self-control children develop, the more true the fact they "become healthier, richer, less likely to be single parents, and less likely to be convicted of a crime as adults taking into account their social class and IQ."
Brookings Institute Study
The website kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/self-control.html teaches self-control by ages which might be a helpful guide for your family of different age children.
FULL STEAM AHEAD!
Do you know what STEAM stands for in your children's learning? Do you know why this acronym is so important? Do you know what you can do to help your children succeed in STEAM studies?
Parents can learn ways to help their children learn through STEAM.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. These subjects are important because 16% of the jobs in the United States between 2014 and 2024 will need the skills taught through these subject areas (leftbraincraftbrain.com)
STEAM provides an integrated approach to learning that encourages students to think more broadly about real world problems that they will need to solve. It is an approach involving two or more academic, scientific or artistic areas of study to help encourage and create innovation--new and original ways to look at problems in our present and future world.
This approach to learning helps students to ask questions, "connect dots," problem solve and think creatively.
Art has been added because it helps students create ideas through sketches or designs to
solve problems. It focuses on a process which helps drive original ideas and teaches the
power of observation of people, their surroundings, and devices used to make something
happen. It creates a "what if..." mentality. It helps to sharpen spatial awareness and math concepts like geometry.
STEAM Kids: 50+ Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Math Hands-On Projects for Kids is a paperback book by MIT engineer Anne Carey available through Amazon that provides a year's worth of activities that will fascinate children and hopefully, prevent their boredom with education. It teaches children to "question like a scientist, design like a technologist, build like an engineer, create like an artist, and deduce like a mathematician and, most importantly, play like a kid." Such projects as color changing play dough, circuit bugs, and candy mazes encourage children ages 4-10 to explore and become enthusiastic about learning as they participate in fascinating activities. Motivation to want to know more keeps their interest and leads to further exploration.
Too often we give children the answers to remember rather than a problem to solve. Roger Lewin
https:leftbraincraftbrain.com is a website which provides a list of STEM/STEAM activities that helps to feed children's senses while they play and learn. Pinterest also suggests many areas which challenge kids to learn through experiments, projects, and crafts. Parents can encourage children's curiosity about how things work through such activities. Children just may think up new ways to use ordinary devices and utensils to make gadgets that can be used in other ways. You may find that your child is a genius, a creative genius. This might be a fascinating discovery for parents!
https://steamklidsbooks.com suggests inexpensive ebooks, coloring books, cards and book bundles for parents to purchase.
The multiple issues that we face in the 21st Century revolve around aspects of STEM. These issues can only be resolved with a STEM-EDUCATED WORKFORCE. Oregon State University Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, 2013.
Your children are continuing to challenge you. Don't be frazzled or give up. Your children need you more than ever as they try to figure things out. They also may be lacking some necessary learning skills.
This week, I am going to keep it brief and offer you some websites that I often refer to as I write my weekly newspaper columns. These websites not only provide you with advice, but suggest activities, games, and methods you may want to use to grow or reinforce weak or missing skills, or to alter your children's behavior.
anna@themeasuredmom.com
becky@thisreadingmama.com
anthony@mashupmath.com
alexandra@biglifejournal.com
sumitha@afineparent.com
Understood -- info@email.understood.org
If you have discovered other websites, please share them (bettemroz@gmail.com). There are so many wonderful resources available now since much research is being done to find out how children learn best that was not available to parents years ago.
"The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are out of a job."
SELF CONTROL AIDS LEARNING
A significant skill to teach your children of all ages must be self-control. Self-control is the thinking skill that helps children learn to control their feelings and behavior in order to make good decisions, reducing impulsive actions, and dealing effectively with frustrations (learningworksforkids.com/skills/self-control/)
Children learn by imitation, too. Your children will develop more responsibility if you explain things rationally and kindly rather than yelling and screaming at them. Counting to ten or allowing time to pass before you discipline your children goes a long way toward helping them to learn self-control as they see you control your actions.
Tell your children they must practice self-control and remind them, once they know what self-control is. Support your children telling them why their present undesirable behavior does not work or is not acceptable. Give them control to fix their behavior. If you give your children the power to choose and understand what control looks like, it will develop a life-long necessity.
The more self-control children develop, the more true the fact they "become healthier, richer, less likely to be single parents, and less likely to be convicted of a crime as adults taking into account their social class and IQ."
Brookings Institute Study
The website kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/self-control.html teaches self-control by ages which might be a helpful guide for your family of different age children.
FULL STEAM AHEAD!
Do you know what STEAM stands for in your children's learning? Do you know why this acronym is so important? Do you know what you can do to help your children succeed in STEAM studies?
Parents can learn ways to help their children learn through STEAM.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. These subjects are important because 16% of the jobs in the United States between 2014 and 2024 will need the skills taught through these subject areas (leftbraincraftbrain.com)
STEAM provides an integrated approach to learning that encourages students to think more broadly about real world problems that they will need to solve. It is an approach involving two or more academic, scientific or artistic areas of study to help encourage and create innovation--new and original ways to look at problems in our present and future world.
This approach to learning helps students to ask questions, "connect dots," problem solve and think creatively.
Art has been added because it helps students create ideas through sketches or designs to
solve problems. It focuses on a process which helps drive original ideas and teaches the
power of observation of people, their surroundings, and devices used to make something
happen. It creates a "what if..." mentality. It helps to sharpen spatial awareness and math concepts like geometry.
STEAM Kids: 50+ Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Math Hands-On Projects for Kids is a paperback book by MIT engineer Anne Carey available through Amazon that provides a year's worth of activities that will fascinate children and hopefully, prevent their boredom with education. It teaches children to "question like a scientist, design like a technologist, build like an engineer, create like an artist, and deduce like a mathematician and, most importantly, play like a kid." Such projects as color changing play dough, circuit bugs, and candy mazes encourage children ages 4-10 to explore and become enthusiastic about learning as they participate in fascinating activities. Motivation to want to know more keeps their interest and leads to further exploration.
Too often we give children the answers to remember rather than a problem to solve. Roger Lewin
https:leftbraincraftbrain.com is a website which provides a list of STEM/STEAM activities that helps to feed children's senses while they play and learn. Pinterest also suggests many areas which challenge kids to learn through experiments, projects, and crafts. Parents can encourage children's curiosity about how things work through such activities. Children just may think up new ways to use ordinary devices and utensils to make gadgets that can be used in other ways. You may find that your child is a genius, a creative genius. This might be a fascinating discovery for parents!
https://steamklidsbooks.com suggests inexpensive ebooks, coloring books, cards and book bundles for parents to purchase.
The multiple issues that we face in the 21st Century revolve around aspects of STEM. These issues can only be resolved with a STEM-EDUCATED WORKFORCE. Oregon State University Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, 2013.