Teaching?

It's been three years since I started working in nurseries and private houses. My profession, as i said in my previous story, changed a lot. I actually never imagine myself working with kids, also, kids from 6 month to 5 years old (in nurseries).

My beginning in a private house was a lot of help for me, to get into the world of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Which is also part of the education system created by the government for this group of age children.

This is where I want to focus my stories. I want to share what I have been learning and maybe to get to some parents who may need help around.

Creating activities for their children and how, sometimes, in nurseries we deal with tantrums, bad behaviour, fast leaning, kids with special needs and kids that find leaning as a challenge.

The good, the bad and the evil, right!

This time i will start with what I consider the first step for proper learning. I'm talking about child behaviour. Wherever the child behaves or not, this is what in nursery we consider a challenge.

I'll give you two examples and in other stories i will share everyday activities and challenges for both parents and kids.

Examples:

The child is a good listener but not a good speaker.

This is very common. The child can actually listen and execute actions related to activities, but, is not a good speaker, between the age of 2 and 5 (where my age group is at work) the kid should be able to give some kind of feedback, this can be on sounds or better words. Is where we find the child's interest, how he engages and how he responded.

I found, in some kids, that doesn't happen. Later we found that the parents know and they also make that happen.

Parent should know that we teach and educate, but all this is possible if the parent are also involve in the process. You have to remember your role, you are the person of trust for your child. He or she will look at you for answers, words, character, behaviour. That later he or she will take outside, to the nursery, to grandma house, or even the park, to interact with others.

So be consistent with the talks, make words, play roles are the best for this. It take a lot of compromise, but will also bring your child up for stimulation and interaction, building self confidence towards their peers.

My child is not listening to me at home but is well behaved at nursery!

This one, 100% is our daily issue, when parents are looking for help, to also fix some things at home.

This is a normal behaviour, a hundred percent normal, even to the point that the child is a angle every day in the nursery, but turns into your own personal earthquake at home.

Remember, in the nursery we are the teachers, we also are mandated to build a special relationship with the kids, to be able to get to their level of trust and engage with them. Still, we draw and keep the line, we go to their levels and explain when a bad action has been committed. We do not let them go away with their behavior. They know, their is consequences and they know better to behave properly. They understand very well so don't be afraid to tell them off.

Show control, peace, and confidence. Remember they know nothing about the world, we both are here to teach, to learn, to guide. Always ready to explain how things happen and why.

And I'm telling you, for every 10, 1 or 2 behave like this. Their some cases where the kid is our little earthquake at nursery and the most peaceful angel at home. That’s the hard one.

Driving this little story to the end, I invite you to follow me on Instagram, where i create a space to learn and stimulate both parents and kids for new days activities: TheLondonManny.

And keep in touch for more stories full of fun and activities.