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Teaching Children to Collaborate
Important Steps and Tips for Teaching Children One of the Critical Skills of the 21st Century!
"What am I to do with the child? When everyone is playing in the sandbox and building something, he doesn't want to participate. When I call him to eat, he flatly refuses. When I ask to collect toys in the room, hysteria begins. When will the child learn to cooperate? one of the parents asks us.
The skill of cooperation means that a person understands their needs and desires, and can act in balance with the needs and desires of the other person. Many people mistakenly believe that the skill of cooperation is simply doing what the adult asks. In fact, cooperation is a concerted action between people, as a result of which a set goal is achieved.
Cooperation is a skill that needs to be learned. Unfortunately, many teachers note that when children come to school, they cannot work together to complete an assignment. But everyone knows that in large companies, people who know how to work in teams and carry out projects are extremely important.That is why teaching this skill is very important at The Apple Tree International School.
We want to share with you important information that will help you teach your children this important skill:
Ability to act in turn
From the age of 6 months, children can learn to act one at a time. If you have a child who is not even a year old, you can play: start doing something, and then ask the child to do the same. For example: you can throw a toy in the basket and then give the toy to the child and ask him to do the same.For older children, a game where you need to roll a ball to each other is well suited.
For children from two years old, it is extremely important to learn to play alternately: children who cannot share a toy are a great opportunity to teach this! Tell the child who first took the toy: Michael, you are playing with this toy right now. Timur also wants to play with her. When you finish playing, please tell Timur that it is his turn now.
Articulate the rules in advance.
From the age of two, children can understand simple explanations. When you tell your child about the rules, give a simple explanation: Please step away from the stove. She's hot and you can burn yourself.
Articulate the rules in advance.
Very often you can hear: He hit me, this one offended me, she does not play with me ... It is with your help that children from the age of three can learn to solve their problems ..
Here's one technique:
1. Ask your child to name the problem. For example: I see that you two have a problem. What's this?
2. Ask the child to suggest a solution to the problem by saying, "What can we do?"
3. Make sure both children agree with the decision.
Offer a choice.
By asking your child to choose, you help him feel his strength and importance. Do you want porridge with milk, or not? Do you want to listen to the story, or go paint? Any of the suggested choices are good for the child. Avoid situations where there is really no choice. For example: do you want to go to sleep? (if you want the child to go to bed, then this question does not give him an alternative. But if you asked it, and the child said: no, I want to play, then you will have to agree).
Offer ideas, don't give directions.
From the age of two, children learn to be independent. They like to feel in control of their lives. When you say: finish your porridge, you still have something left in your plate, you automatically give grounds for a power struggle. Try to speak differently: it seems that you have already finished eating. Have you had enough? Are you full yet? - after all, in this way, you give the child the opportunity to choose whether to eat more or not
Let's have more positive comments:
Make it a rule to talk about what went well and why good is important. For example: Sasha and Masha, you are so great that you put away the toys together. Meruert, well done for putting her shoes back on her own. You helped me too, and no one will step or stumble now!
WE WISH YOU SUCCESS IN UPBRINGING!
"What am I to do with the child? When everyone is playing in the sandbox and building something, he doesn't want to participate. When I call him to eat, he flatly refuses. When I ask to collect toys in the room, hysteria begins. When will the child learn to cooperate? one of the parents asks us.
The skill of cooperation means that a person understands their needs and desires, and can act in balance with the needs and desires of the other person. Many people mistakenly believe that the skill of cooperation is simply doing what the adult asks. In fact, cooperation is a concerted action between people, as a result of which a set goal is achieved.
Cooperation is a skill that needs to be learned. Unfortunately, many teachers note that when children come to school, they cannot work together to complete an assignment. But everyone knows that in large companies, people who know how to work in teams and carry out projects are extremely important.That is why teaching this skill is very important at The Apple Tree International School.
We want to share with you important information that will help you teach your children this important skill:
Ability to act in turn
From the age of 6 months, children can learn to act one at a time. If you have a child who is not even a year old, you can play: start doing something, and then ask the child to do the same. For example: you can throw a toy in the basket and then give the toy to the child and ask him to do the same.For older children, a game where you need to roll a ball to each other is well suited.
For children from two years old, it is extremely important to learn to play alternately: children who cannot share a toy are a great opportunity to teach this! Tell the child who first took the toy: Michael, you are playing with this toy right now. Timur also wants to play with her. When you finish playing, please tell Timur that it is his turn now.
Articulate the rules in advance.
From the age of two, children can understand simple explanations. When you tell your child about the rules, give a simple explanation: Please step away from the stove. She's hot and you can burn yourself.
Articulate the rules in advance.
Very often you can hear: He hit me, this one offended me, she does not play with me ... It is with your help that children from the age of three can learn to solve their problems ..
Here's one technique:
1. Ask your child to name the problem. For example: I see that you two have a problem. What's this?
2. Ask the child to suggest a solution to the problem by saying, "What can we do?"
3. Make sure both children agree with the decision.
Offer a choice.
By asking your child to choose, you help him feel his strength and importance. Do you want porridge with milk, or not? Do you want to listen to the story, or go paint? Any of the suggested choices are good for the child. Avoid situations where there is really no choice. For example: do you want to go to sleep? (if you want the child to go to bed, then this question does not give him an alternative. But if you asked it, and the child said: no, I want to play, then you will have to agree).
Offer ideas, don't give directions.
From the age of two, children learn to be independent. They like to feel in control of their lives. When you say: finish your porridge, you still have something left in your plate, you automatically give grounds for a power struggle. Try to speak differently: it seems that you have already finished eating. Have you had enough? Are you full yet? - after all, in this way, you give the child the opportunity to choose whether to eat more or not
Let's have more positive comments:
Make it a rule to talk about what went well and why good is important. For example: Sasha and Masha, you are so great that you put away the toys together. Meruert, well done for putting her shoes back on her own. You helped me too, and no one will step or stumble now!
WE WISH YOU SUCCESS IN UPBRINGING!