Children will imitate a person's behavior, so we need to make it a positive, pro social one.
Some examples of pro social behaviors are accepting and respecting others' feelings, verbally and physically comforting others, expressing strong emotions in acceptable ways, helping others, and showing affection. One scenario of this would be a kid dropping his pencil and another kid picking it up for him. The kid who dropped his pencil would show great affection towards the kid who picked the pencil up for him by telling him thank you and being very nice towards him.
Direct guidance involves nonverbal and verbal actions. Nonverbal actions include facial gestures such as eye contact, a smile, or a surprised look. These gestures can express many feelings ranging from sadness and disapproval to approval and reassurance. One scenario of direct guidance through nonverbal actions is somebody doing something mean to somebody else and the other person glaring at him and making a certain hand gesture.
Indirect guidance involves outside factors that influence the behavior of a person. A scenario of this would be a company that has many machines working well, and many people working well, makes the facility easier to supervise and control.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Brain Food Recipie-Trail Mix
Trail Mix
Ingredients
- 1 cup combination diced dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pears and apples
- 1/2 cup raisins and/or dried cherries or cranberries
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts (or honey-roasted peanuts, chopped walnuts or unsalted almonds)
Directions
- Mix all. Makes 4 cups.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Top 10 Family Activities to Strengthen the Family
1. Take time out of the day to just spend time together and talk about your day.
2. Go outside and sit by a fire together and roast marshmallows.
3. Eat dinner together as a family and not individually.
4. Take a short trip together such as to Norfolk and just hang out and eat or shop.
5. Go hunting and fishing with dad and siblings.
6. Go skiing or snowboarding together in South Dakota or Colorado.
7. Have your parents help you study for tests or help you out with assignments.
8. Have planned activities to go out and do.
9. Play board games with your family.
10. Make sure you're together with family at sometime during the holidays or a birthday.
2. Go outside and sit by a fire together and roast marshmallows. 3. Eat dinner together as a family and not individually.
4. Take a short trip together such as to Norfolk and just hang out and eat or shop.
5. Go hunting and fishing with dad and siblings.
6. Go skiing or snowboarding together in South Dakota or Colorado.
7. Have your parents help you study for tests or help you out with assignments.
8. Have planned activities to go out and do.
9. Play board games with your family.
10. Make sure you're together with family at sometime during the holidays or a birthday.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Dec. 13-17 Weekly Writing
If I was in this situation, I would not tell my kid that Santa is not real. When i found out, my parents weren't the ones who told me, I just kind of figured it out. When I did figure it out and asked my mom, then she told me, and I wasn't upset. I just hope that my kid would be the same way.
Describing Dillon-Activities
1. He is very energetic and athletic. He likes to wrestle with his dad.
2. He is coordinated and likes to play catch with a football.
3. He enjoys playing with his little brother. Doing anything and everything.
4. He is very sociable, enjoys interacting with friends and relatives.
5. He likes to play with little toy cars.
6. Dillon and his sister get along pretty well. Sometimes he plays house with her.
7. He likes to play the board game candy land.
8. Beings he likes cars, he likes to ride in the car.
9. He likes to go to school to hang out with friends.
10. He loves to see family and be with them at gatherings.
2. He is coordinated and likes to play catch with a football.
3. He enjoys playing with his little brother. Doing anything and everything.
4. He is very sociable, enjoys interacting with friends and relatives.
5. He likes to play with little toy cars.
6. Dillon and his sister get along pretty well. Sometimes he plays house with her.
7. He likes to play the board game candy land.
8. Beings he likes cars, he likes to ride in the car.
9. He likes to go to school to hang out with friends.
10. He loves to see family and be with them at gatherings.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Middle Childhood-School Age Kidlets
I. Physical Development
A. Height
1. Boys are usually slightly taller than girls at the beginning of this stage.
2. Typical six year old is almost four feet tall.
B. Weight
1. At age six an average child weighs about 47 pounds.
2. By age 12 this wight may double
C. Gross-Motor Skills
1. Changes in height and weight help with coordination.
2. As they grow older their gross-motor skills improve greatly.
D. Fine-Motor Skills
1. Have better control of the small muscles including fingers and hands
2. Visual perception and handwriting improves.
II. Health Concerns
A. Hearing
1. Usually very well developed by middle childhood.
2. Ear infections could be a health problem, but for most children ear infections decrease.
B. Vision
1. By age six, most children are able to read
2. Nearsightedness is the most common in middle childhood
C. Teeth
1. Begin losing their primary "baby" teeth
2. May have a psychological affect on some children-they may become self-conscience
D. Obesity
1. Obese children are often teased and ridiculed by their peers.
2. May have fewer friends and be picked last in social groups or athletic events.
3. Research shows that obese children are often obese adults.
III. Cognitive Development
1. Begin to use logical thinking, instead of perception
A. Attention and Memory
1. Memory becomes more controlled than during early childhood.
2. To remember information they will often use rehearsal.
B. Mental Operations
1. Use logic that is based on what they have experienced or seen.
2. Includes conservation and classification
C. Language
1. Ability to communicate increases
2. Use humor and jokes for language play
IV. Social-Emotional Development
1. Social relationships become more complex
A. Self-Concept
1. Begin to make social comparisons
2. Also use a lot of self-description
B. Understanding Others
1. They develop empathy and compassion
2. Can describe another person's feelings/emotions
C. Friendships
1. Choosing friends becomes more of a selective process
2. Without friendships the child does not receive important benefits
C. Peer Group Activities
1. Group activities play and important role in the social development of the children
2. Informal groups are often single-sex groups
D. Games With Rules
1. Games are important for children development
2. Without the children will not be as physically fit.
E. Team Sports
1. Both girls and boys enjoy participating in team sports
2. Learn teamwork skills
V. Moral Development
1. Moral Development is the process acquiring the standards of behavior that is acceptable by society
2. Learn moral behavior by interacting with others
3. Some behaviors will bring rewards such as attention
A. Height
1. Boys are usually slightly taller than girls at the beginning of this stage.
2. Typical six year old is almost four feet tall.
B. Weight
1. At age six an average child weighs about 47 pounds.
2. By age 12 this wight may double
C. Gross-Motor Skills
1. Changes in height and weight help with coordination.
2. As they grow older their gross-motor skills improve greatly.
D. Fine-Motor Skills
1. Have better control of the small muscles including fingers and hands
2. Visual perception and handwriting improves.
II. Health Concerns
A. Hearing
1. Usually very well developed by middle childhood.
2. Ear infections could be a health problem, but for most children ear infections decrease.
B. Vision
1. By age six, most children are able to read
2. Nearsightedness is the most common in middle childhood
C. Teeth
1. Begin losing their primary "baby" teeth
2. May have a psychological affect on some children-they may become self-conscience
D. Obesity
1. Obese children are often teased and ridiculed by their peers.
2. May have fewer friends and be picked last in social groups or athletic events.
3. Research shows that obese children are often obese adults.
III. Cognitive Development
1. Begin to use logical thinking, instead of perception
A. Attention and Memory
1. Memory becomes more controlled than during early childhood.
2. To remember information they will often use rehearsal.
B. Mental Operations
1. Use logic that is based on what they have experienced or seen.
2. Includes conservation and classification
C. Language
1. Ability to communicate increases
2. Use humor and jokes for language play
IV. Social-Emotional Development
1. Social relationships become more complex
A. Self-Concept
1. Begin to make social comparisons
2. Also use a lot of self-description
B. Understanding Others
1. They develop empathy and compassion
2. Can describe another person's feelings/emotions
C. Friendships
1. Choosing friends becomes more of a selective process
2. Without friendships the child does not receive important benefits
C. Peer Group Activities
1. Group activities play and important role in the social development of the children
2. Informal groups are often single-sex groups
D. Games With Rules
1. Games are important for children development
2. Without the children will not be as physically fit.
E. Team Sports
1. Both girls and boys enjoy participating in team sports
2. Learn teamwork skills
V. Moral Development
1. Moral Development is the process acquiring the standards of behavior that is acceptable by society
2. Learn moral behavior by interacting with others
3. Some behaviors will bring rewards such as attention
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Dec. 6-10, 2010
The things i enjoyed most in my elementary days were probably P.E. for war ball and both recesses. I enjoyed the first because we could do whatever we wanted to, and the second because of soccer baseball. We created a lot of games as kids, but many of them were banned because of violence or kids getting hurt.
The least enjoyable things for me were probably just doing the work that we had to do and that is about it.
I think elementary kids should have homework, but not very much. I think they should have some homework in order to get used to having it in later years, but not an overwhelming amount.
The least enjoyable things for me were probably just doing the work that we had to do and that is about it.
I think elementary kids should have homework, but not very much. I think they should have some homework in order to get used to having it in later years, but not an overwhelming amount.
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