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Please see attached a list of books to share with your child to help develop their sense of self12/20/2017
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Nurture your child's self-esteem. A child with a good sense of self is happier, more well-adjusted, and does better in school ("Edutopia," 2011). Strategies for fostering self-esteem include giving your child responsibilities, allowing her to make age-appropriate choices, and showing your appreciation for a job well done ("Edutopia," 2011). For additional information on children and self-esteem please visit the Canadian Mental Health Association website: http://www.cmha.ca/mental_health/children-and-self-esteem/#.Un7u6xxguFw Ways I encouraging industry in the classroom is by:
· Giving students free time in the classroom where they can decide what activities they wish to partake in. · Teaching students how to fix their mistakes. I allow children easy mistakes, telling them that it is ok to make them but also what they can do to fix them so they can learn. · Having children experience success. An example of this in the classroom is when the students and I play games without competition so everyone can win · Helping students feel confident so they can feel confident later in life promote industry- ability · Giving students a chance to set realistic goals. You can see this in the classroom for example when children are working on achieving the next reading level. · Giving students a chance to be independent and responsible. Every day two new classroom helpers are assigned responsibilities in the classroom which include: delivering the attendance to the office, clean up, distributing papers, stamping agendas etc. · Providing support, praise and attention to discouraged students 1.) Positive Message Game This is a great game to play with a group of kids. This game makes children smile because at the end of they game they get to read all the positive things their peers thinks about them. It’s easy to play and is a great game for children 2nd grade and up.Materials: index card, pens/pencils, box/bowl
2.) Me Tree Craft In this activity students will create a tree that represents positive things about themselves. After the students have finished their trees they are given the option if they would like to have their tree displayed in a classroom or they can take it home and display it. This craft helps to remind them about how special they are. Materials: 11×14 white paper, construction paper, crayons, markers, glue
3.) Dance Teacher This game will help students learn to work together. Working together helps students develop and improve important skills such as communication, cooperation and teamwork. Materials: Music Put the players into groups of 2-3 depending on amount of kids. Explain to the group that they are going to work together to create a new dance step. Give them a time period in which they must complete this task. Once time is up have the kids teach their dance step to the kids in the other groups. Optional: Take it up a notch Once all the groups had a chance to teach their dance step put all the steps together to create one dance. Put some music on and have a dance party! Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/ Feel Good Notebook
A feel good notebook is a great thing a child can have to help them focus on positive experiences they have each day. Often times we focus too much on the negative that we forget about the simple good things that happen throughout the day such as making someone laugh, having fun or even finding a good luck penny. Materials: notebook, pen or pencil Optional: Have your child decorate their notebook. Try using stickers, crayons, markers, glitter etc… to make their notebook a reflection of them and what makes them happy. Activity: Each night have child sit at the table and write 5 good things that happen that day. It can be as simple as I had fun at recess or I made Sammy laugh in class today. If the child likes to draw encourage them to draw a picture of one of the things they listed. Optional: Instead of asking your child to write 5 good things down, you can have them tell you what good things happened to them that day or have them just draw a picture and tell you about it. When they are done writing in their notebook have them share what they wrote with you. The key to this activity is consistency. This is a daily writing exercise. 2.) All About Me Collage A collage is a form of art where various pictures are arranged and glued to paper. In this activity children make a collage that represents the things they like. Ask kids what makes you, you? Let them tell you through art. Follow the simple directions below to make an All About Me Collage. Materials: a sturdy piece of paper, magazines, scissors, glue and markers
Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/ Dear Parents and caregivers, As a teacher, it is my responsibility to join you to in helping your child build upon their identity, and sense of self which includes their self-concept, feelings of self esteem and self efficacy. Here is some information I have gathered in order to support you in learning how you can help build your child’s sense of self. Erik Erikson According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, children from the ages of six to twelve are said to be in the industry vs inferiority stage (Cherry, n.d.). In this stage children: · Must dedicate themselves to education (Cherry, n.d.) · Must learn new skills including basic social skills society requires of them (Cherry, n.d.) · Must learn that there is pleasure not only in conceiving a plan but in carrying it out (Cherry, n.d.) · Must learn the feeling of success, whether academic or social (Cherry, n.d.) · Need to learn how to cope with new social (friends, extra curricular activities) and academic demands (school) (Cherry, n.d.) This stage is vital in the development of self-confidence, according to Erik Erikson (Cherry, n.d.). If this stage is mastered it leads children to a sense of competence (Cherry, n.d.). Children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities through social interactions, they have the ability to cope with social and academic demands and feel they have the ability to be successful (Cherry, n.d.). Failure of mastering this stage results in feelings of inferiority, the feeling of being beneath another (Cherry, n.d.). |
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