One thing that often makes it difficult for children to work effectively is parents and teachers expecting them to interact with the job like an adult. The truth is that adults have learned to work at a task whether they are enjoying themselves or not. We have learned to break things down into smaller chunks in order to accomplish them, and we have learned how to work efficiently and effectively. Children don’t know these things unless we teach them, and they often don’t know how to implement our explanations without guidance.
Think about this: You say “Johnny, go clean up your
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by John Godsey
by Carolyn Haywood
by Carolyn Haywood
Ugh, #10 is the hardest! Housekeeping is not my forte and I see it in my kids, too!
Your tips are great! Thank you!
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Housekeeping is definitely not my preference either. I’m not naturally tidy and can always find something distracting to do. The truth is though that if I want the children to grow up to be good workers I need to model it for them…and I try to remind myself of that whenever my natural motivation fails….maybe that should be my next Top Ten Post!…K
This is funny because I do pretty much the exact same thing. I’ve been
doing this thing with L that really helps when he’s having a bad
attitude. “Run and put these away and come back. Now do a somersault.
Now put these away. Now jump as high as you can 3 times etc.” He Loves
it and pretty soon everything’s done and he’s happy. I have to remind
myself not to always hit the ‘bad’ stuff head on.
Not “hitting the “bad” stuff head on is important. It’s not always bad, but sometimes we just think so because we don’t quite get what’s running through our child’s head…K