(Resources) ** Establish “One-Way” Communication. One-way communication occurs when someone informs another person of something (Sussna Klein & Miller, 2002). A teacher informing a child of appropriate behavior is an example of one-way communication. Two key components to clearer one-way communication are keep the message short and avoid overusing the word “no.” When children hear long, lengthy commands they often “tune out.” In addition the word “no” is so overused that it is rarely effective. Instead of “no running,” for example, the child hears “running.” Thus, the expectation is more clear when the desired behavior is accentuated. So instead of saying “no running” say “walk.” **Turn Chores into Games. Activities, such as clean-up, can invite misbehavior. Instead of saying, “You need to clean-up before we go outside,” use your imagination. Four examples of turning chores into games are: -Listen to the sound that bristle blocks make when you put them into the basket. -Are you going to put away the square or round blocks? -You’re in charge of driving the trucks back to the parking spaces in the box over there. - Please put the doll babies down for their nap. **Give Choices. Giving choices will help solve conflicts. This only works, however, when you keep in mind that too many choices are confusing. The younger the child, the fewer the options he can handle. Instead of asking a three-year-old, “What do you want for breakfast?” you may ask, “Do you want eggs or cereal?” In addition, it is important to make sure the choices you provide are ones you can live with. For instance, if you ask, “What do you want for breakfast?” and the child says, “A blueberry muffin” (which, of course, is not available), you have not really provided the child with a viable choice. Making choices is one of the best ways for a child to develop a sense of autonomy (Crosser, 2003). Furthermore, toddlers are told there are so many things they may not do (e.g., because of safety issues) that having opportunities to make a choice gives these young children a chance to be independent and helps their need to have a feeling of control (Crosser, 2003) ~ECE news, Reading Centre Some of these techniques work well to build rapport with children :) Children try harder to work with you if they see you are willing to work on them as far as problem-solving, trying to get things done, or even learning new ideas/routines. A child picks up on our behaviours too along with their peers. So what we role-model so does a child. My own parenting style is geared toward a daycare/classroom style because thats where I started working as a teen. ~Simi :) earlychildhoodnews/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=578
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:17:21 +0000
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