Silvia's education blog

"My children need help in the household." Time and again I hear this sentence, which is usually announced by proud mothers. What bothers me personally about this sentence is the word "shall". Why is she so proud to force others to something that they do not want to seem? Lend a hand in the household is of course desirable and necessary, but if it would happen largely voluntary, it would be much better, right?

Small children love to help with anything, what do you do during the day in her presence. My 1.5-year-old godson, for example, runs quite often with a rag around the house and make everything clean and my 4-year-old nephew loves to clean the windows. Drying, re-sort in cabinets sweeping, cutting, stirring the pot, watering flowers ... Small children will love all of these duties, they are meticulously and comply with dedication to the cause.

And right now, it is important to encourage it. What they need is a sense of achievement. This means that you press to praise the children and sometimes even both eyes when the results seen for themselves are far from optimal. In any case, you should now point to correct the deficiencies or unsettled issue, then optimize. While it may work but sometimes betray tricks that the whole process even better.

If we now shows patience, benefited you later. Initially, for example, cooking with Tim has lasted almost twice as long now (now Tim is 12 years), he cooks with a passion rather than out of duty alone, often have lunch or we cook together. Since then, he has discovered his love for the scraps and cutting with high-quality knives, he also makes sure that they are always perfectly polished.

Even among many other things he is now a real help. Overall, we have concluded that we prefer to do most work with fun rather than to split them as duties.

Posted on 10th October 2009 under general education, personality development, Misc. Tags: maid service, education, pedagogy, role model. Comments: None

NeuenVorlesebuch) When searching for one for Tim (then 1.5 years old, I am on the following rowohlt Paperback pushed out of the publishing house: "Bobo Dormouse: Picture Stories for very little." It was recommended to me from the mothers and toddlers group which already had older children. Then they were gone all super excited, I moved straight into the city and bought it. I personally would have never chosen this book without this tip on the way home and was still fairly skeptical. It was a normal paperback, was only weakly colored pictures, at first glance really is no blockbuster. But no one can be deceived ....

This book is really absolutely the best read-aloud book that has fallen into my hands. Tim was enthusiastic from the beginning. We have him read the stories of the Seven Bobo certainly over a hundred times. Night after night. And as excited as Tim had other children, which I read over the years from this book or that I have given this book. And the nice thing, I like guys and girls alike.

Kids love exactly what makes this book seem at first glance it unspektaklär. The more than 200 pictures are kept very simple. In general, there are 4 pictures on a double page, each of which will be described with one or two clear, simple sentences. And the stories are all taken from the infant life the 2-4 year olds. Overall, the book has 7 stories: Bobo's home, while shopping, the zoo, on the playground, Bobo is sick in the garden with pool and Bobo's birthday. All things that the children themselves have already experienced. The length of each story is also ideal for very young children. Particularly well illustrated Tim liked the way the index. This is what we always had to strike first, so he then could choose a story. As Bobo falls asleep on the way, the end of each story, the stories are particularly suitable as bedtime stories.

Mittlerweilen there are several follow-volumes, which touched but not in my opinion, the quality of the first volume. All books are available mitlerweile Bobo as a hardcover edition. I myself give away only the hardcover edition of the first Bobo Dormouse book because the book is thicker through the pages and hard cover much more stable. In addition, the images of the bound edition are colorful.

Quite a lot of fun while reading!

Further comments and information about this book directly from Amazon:

Posted on 10th October 2009 under education universal, promoting, Misc. Tags: picture books, reading aloud to learn,. Comments: None

Anyone who believes that we as parents can not control whether our children to develop allergies, you are wrong. The only question is: how do we counteract possible allergies? Many of my friends think hygiene is particularly important in the context. In extreme cases, some mothers even wipe all the floors daily. The pacifiers of infants is continually boiled, clothing and bedding is constantly washed. The older children are encouraged to wash their hands frequently, do not take anything into their mouths to eat with a fork, even chips and eat food in any case falling down too.

I have to thank God from the beginning, seen everything a bit easier, I'm with the wisdom of life "dirt cleans the stomach." Grew up. My mother regularly told the story of a woman from her home village, which was given after a series of daughters finally the so ardently desired son. On these they concentrated their whole attention was constantly worried about his health and always cleaned everything with disinfectant. Then the boy fell ill with a viral infection and died. Ever since my mother was convinced that dirt strengthens the immune system. From today's perspective, I am my mother's very grateful for this healthy attitude, because their view has proved correct and it has been found even that contact with dirt helps to prevent potential allergies.

In fact, most experts now accept that due to the increase in allergies is an increasing cleanliness and hygiene.

A study conducted in Leipzig, for example, has shown that increased hay fever, skin allergies and asthma, while the environment clean in the new federal states from year to year. Scientists believe that the immune system of children is simply unchallenged. The lack of dirt, parasites and other external stimuli, so that throws the immune system to combat otherwise unnoticed stimuli (eg, pollen, animal hair).

Actually quite handy: you can now on his children again with the best of my knowledge and belief in the dirt digging and let yourself win a lot of free time by eliminating excessive purges.

Well, how about a knight's meal times at home.

Posted on 13th September 2009 under Health, Misc. Tags: allergies, skin problems, hygiene. Comments: 1

Today's is in a bit of feng shui to be more specific. How can the work area (desk, shelves, etc. of my child) with the best design? (applies also for their own jobs!)

It is important to make the desktop and its location can also be concentrated work over a longer period. Feng Shui can give us parents doing useful tips. Well I personally think that you can feel the effect of the changes immediately. Children are often very sensitive and this should be strictly in the process of optimizing its operating range to be included.

Let's go!

- First, the writing should necessarily be aligned so that one has a good view of the door. This provides an optimal overview and will therefore provide a sense of security - a relic from the Stone Age days.

- The desk should not in the "Energy-threading" position. What does it mean? Imagine, energy would flow along logical paths around the window-in, the room through the door and back out again, or vice versa. Is the desk in such a path, energy is carried away here ". It is better if it takes place outside of such a course is available or is protected by another piece of furniture. The energy can be slowed, for example, by a curtain. You can see the way these matters esoteric or imagine themselves as scientifically determined, it is this or that.

- It has to be noted that the areas of learning / working and sleeping should be clearly separated. If the child behind his desk always looks at his bed, is a feeling of tiredness and exhaustion is not enough.

- Also, a focused work will naturally be more difficult if the eye is constantly distracted, for example, by a lot of toys, many different posters on the walls, a television ...

So better not

- Chaos on the desktop also makes effective working hard. First of lack of sufficient space and then there is there always so much to discover, this is perhaps interressantes than the homework. The textbooks and exercise books really need a secure place outside of the barrel, not on your desk or even on the floor.

- Together with their child, you should regularly go through the school stuff and sort out the superfluous, such as books from last school year, full magazines, old workbooks. Things that are not needed at present, no longer belong to the workplace. I am not afraid to get some directly into the waste paper container.

- "Hidden Darts" are another reason for discomfort. By this we mean everything's great, or Sharp, which shows to us, or if in our direction. This can be dangerous corners of a prominent shelf, pointed leaves as a Yukkapalme, but also to the inside edge of the area lying. Look closely at all, according to what one might get hurt. How to find these arrows automatically. Keep in mind that it's not all about the risk of injury, but also the subconscious feeling in the vicinity of such places.

Posted on 13th May 2009 under relaxation, promotion, school, Miscellaneous. Tags: Cleaning, Feng Shui, promotion, children's, school. Comments: 1