When I put this curriculum together for the South Florida schools, I was deeply concerned about children we work with and the sex predators near schools. I did several in-services with schools and one school had a sex predator…
Teaching Children Productive Thinking Sometimes we think our thoughts are just our thoughts with no room for change. You see as teachers and parents, we sometimes talk too much and we do not listen to what the child is trying to…
How Parents Can Help Their Child: The child's fears depend on his or her level of anxiety, past experience, and imagination. Sometimes, you can give the child more time to try to avoid those events and situations that trigger them.…
“Common Fears of Toddlers and Preschool Children:” Fear of separation: This fear was mentioned several times. Toddlers' anxiety about separation is an indication of growth. After the age of 2, the child worries about and is puzzled over a parent's…
Helping Kids Overcome Their Halloween Fears and Phobias I know I love the Halloween days when I was a child. I dressed up like Hopalong Cassidy with my friend and headed to collect candies by cutting through the cemetery near…
I was interested to add dreams to anxieties and fears in my training. I researched to understand, learn and be informed about dreams. I know when I was a child, I would have dreams like ghosts where in my life…
Looking at Phobias Robbin Koenig said from the last part: "anxiety is something that I have often seen in my early childhood classroom. Separation anxiety is the first one that I observe at the beginning of the school year. I…
Recognizing Signs of Anxiety: Even though childhood fears change with age, they will still include the fear of strangers, heights, darkness, animals, blood, insects and being left alone. Usually, an unpleasant experience can lead to a fear such as a cat…
Introduction to Anxieties and Fears: We as teachers and parents try hard to teach our children to be fearful and cautious of specific dangers like fire, touching the hot stove or crossing the road. These kind of things are ways…
9. Story Time is designed to help children develop an appreciation and enjoyment of literature through music, while reading activities enhance children's vocabulary and comprehension skills and also expands their knowledge base. I have always enjoyed doing: I’VE GOT…