Rewording your requests with phrases that show interest and promote involvement
will encourage children to cooperate more. It helps children feel listened to,
and in time they will start listening too.
In our busy lives it often seems quicker and easier to give children
instructions and replies of ‘Because I said so’ or ‘Do it now!', but check out our suggested phrases to help encourage parent-child cooperation.
Have a look at our other child development articles too!
They need your help!
Early Learning Lab (ELLA) at the University of Auckland is looking for participants for their new study into Exploring the roots of cooperation, sharing & helping in
infancy.
If you have a baby less than 11 months old, you're eligible to sign up and take part.
This study will be using a range of activities to look at the development of
prosocial behaviours. For example infants will be asked to play fun, game-like
activities, watch a series of videos of people completing various actions, or
they might even be asked to play with you!
Your infant will receive a prize, you
will be entered in draws for $50 gift vouchers, and of course, we have parking
covered.
For more information visit the Under 5s website.
Families and caregivers play an essential part in teaching early childhood
literacy skills.
Being able to read is a vital life skill, so make the early stages of learning
the alphabet as fun as possible for your little ones. Young children learn and
develop best through using their whole body, all of their senses and their
natural environments. You’ll find that most children begin to recognise letters
when they’re about 2-3 years old, and are able to identify a large number of
letters between 4 and 5 years old.
When teaching a child a new letter of the alphabet, ensure
that the child can:
- HEAR the letter
- SEE the letter
- SAY the letter
- TOUCH the letter
- CREATE the letter
- READ the letter
For the full article head over to the Under 5s website and check out our other articles too!
