Bright Scholars Academy

Day 170 Dua🤲🏼

Happy New Year from Bright Scholars Academy!

This year we hope to be more in tune with how our children our feeling. Observe and label your child's feelings to help them develop self-regulation skills.

"How a child is feeling determines how they behave. That's why we should pay more attention to their feelings than we do to their behaviour." - Bridgett Miller

What can you do to help your child deal with their feelings?

Happy Canada Day! We are so lucky to live in a society that emphasizes the importance of the early years.

This summer, many of us are often busy with social commitments, outdoor activities, and gatherings. The inconsistency of this go-go-go season can occasionally make for cranky behaviour from your little one AND you. Here are a few helpful phrases when you're ready to lose your patience

Wondering what the best way to interact with your child is? It's simple! Follow the child.

Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child echoes the Montessori sentiment of following the child with "serve and return".

Take a moment to watch this video to see how this simple technique works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNrnZag17Ek

Spread the word!

5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return Did you know that you can help build a child’s brain - starting even before babies can talk? Simple “serve and return” interactions between adults and young ...

Child's Mental Health

"Did you know?

Once their basic needs are met, young children are motivated intrinsically by exploration, active involvement in play, and achieving mastery or success in a task." - (Center of the Developing Child, Harvard University)

What can we do?

Practice restraint. For example, the next time you feel ready to jump in when your child is buttoning their shirt, stop yourself. Each micro triumph will add up to a higher sense of accomplishment, which turns into stronger self-esteem, and ultimately, intrinsic motivation.

Our children want our presence, not our presents. This holiday season, be mindful of how present you are when you’re physically with your little ones. “The good news in this research is that these features of a parent’s working life are, at least to some degree, under their control and can be changed.”

How Our Careers Affect Our Children It’s the quality of time parents spend with their children, not the quantity.