It's back to school time of the year again, and I would like to share some favourite articles to help parents to help their children with this transition. 1.How to get your family out the door in the morning in a good moodThis article by Dr Laura Markham gives some wonderful tips on how to have a peaceful morning so that everyone can start their morning on a good footing. Read Dr Markham's tips here 2.How to get your child to talk about their day at schoolIt is so frustrating when we ask are children how their day at school was, and they give us the typical one word answer "fine", or simply say "nothing" when we ask what they did. This article contains some excellent tips on how to open the gates of communication, with lots of specific examples of after school conversation starters 3.A beautiful story to help young children say goodbye to their parent in the morning without tearsThe Kissing Hand is a beautiful story which helps children to feel their parent's love, and take it along with them to give them confidence when they go to gan or school 4.Understanding children's challenging behaviours at schoolIn this article, author Mona Delahooke explains how childrens' misbehaviour signifies something deeper that is going on with the child. Rather than simply disciplining, we need to address what is going on for the child beneath the surface, in order to solve the problem.This is the underlying approach that guides my work with children and parents in my play therapy clinic. If you would like to read more about how play therapy and parent counselling can help a child with challenging behaviours, you are welcome to read about how play therapy works, on my website here 5.Self care tips for parentsIn this article, my colleague Liba Lurie from the Motherhood in the Making Community shares valuable tips for moms to remember to take care of themselves too, when their kids transition back to school.
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August,2017 Here I share some excellent favourite articles which contain some great tips and playful techniques to transition your kids back to school and gan. 1.Managing back to school anxietyIn this article, anxiety expert Lynn Lyons explains how instead of spending time reassuring our anxious children about every possibility of what can go wrong when they go to school, we should take a different approach. Instead we should help our children to expect and deal with uncertainty, by teaching them problem solving skills. This will increase their resilience and reduce their anxiety. She includes a simple playful game, called "What I know, and What I don't know" Learn tips for how to do this in the full article here 2. How to make your mornings less chaotic and frustratingIn this article Dayna Abraham gives 5 revolutionary tips to make mornings with kids less chaotic and frustrating. She gives practical tips on how to be prepared . She teaches you how to make a playful hands on velcro "What's next task chart", using visually clear pictures , and how to break down tasks in fun ways. Read how here 3. Tips to help your child adjust to school Here, psychologist and parenting expert Laura Markham gives 10 tips to help your child adjust to school.Included are fun games to giggle out anxieties.Get the ten tips here 4. Be Present for your childAlthough this article does not talk specifically about going back to school, this favourite timeless piece is applicable to helping our children flourish in all situations. Rachel Mary Stafford teaches that when we as parents become more positive, present and peace filled people, this can have a profound impact on our children. In other words, the work begins with changing ourselves before we try to change our children Enjoy this touching article "The day my child lost her joy- and what I did to revive it." 5. Remember the importance of playAs your child goes back to school or gan, remember to make time for free play, Research has shown the amazing benefits of play, including the development of problem solving skills, social co-operation, resiliency, and creativity .Read more about the importance of play here.
If your child is having a specific more serious emotional difficulty adjusting to school or gan, you may want to consider play therapy for your child. Read more about play therapy here. |
AuthorAndy Berg is a Registered Psychologist , and Registered Play Therapist.She works as a play therapist in Beit Shemesh, Israel ArchivesCategories |