The document discusses the importance of self-care activities to help children transitioning to primary school manage their emotions and stress. It recommends activities like music, dance, creative arts, outdoor play, and positive reinforcement to improve children's mental and physical well-being. The rest of the document provides examples of daily activities and projects for ages 3-4 to promote self-care, self-esteem, and cognitive development.
The document discusses the importance of self-care activities to help children transitioning to primary school manage their emotions and stress. It recommends activities like music, dance, creative arts, outdoor play, and positive reinforcement to improve children's mental and physical well-being. The rest of the document provides examples of daily activities and projects for ages 3-4 to promote self-care, self-esteem, and cognitive development.
The document discusses the importance of self-care activities to help children transitioning to primary school manage their emotions and stress. It recommends activities like music, dance, creative arts, outdoor play, and positive reinforcement to improve children's mental and physical well-being. The rest of the document provides examples of daily activities and projects for ages 3-4 to promote self-care, self-esteem, and cognitive development.
The document discusses the importance of self-care activities to help children transitioning to primary school manage their emotions and stress. It recommends activities like music, dance, creative arts, outdoor play, and positive reinforcement to improve children's mental and physical well-being. The rest of the document provides examples of daily activities and projects for ages 3-4 to promote self-care, self-esteem, and cognitive development.
Successful Transitions The Importance of Positive Reinforcement and Self-Care Activities “The transition to primary school is a critical phase in a child’s life. This phase marks a significant change a child’s everyday actions and social relations and can be challenging them, their parents and teachers. Children experience several emotions, including excited anticipation, curiosity and pride but also stress, insecurity and fear (Dockett and Perry, 2015). Therefore, this is a critical time for children to learn the importance of taking care of themselves by practicing self-care. Self-care is the practice of consciously doing things that preserve or improve ones mental or physical health. Self-care can help children of all ages become more thoughtful and aware of their physical and emotional needs. It can also prepare them to effectively handle future stressors. Even small acts of self-care and self-help can decrease stress, improve relationships, and Remote Learning Daily Schedule promote wellness of the body and mind. Time Activity Movement and creative activities can provide an emotional outlet and foster connection. Activities like painting, colouring, or moulding clay are less likely to feel like a chore. Personal Awareness 9:00 – 9:30 Music and dance can have huge positive effects impacts on your child’s Preparation for the day cognitive development, self-awareness, and physical health. As your child moves their body to music, their brain releases endorphins to promote Circle Time (Online) well-being and improve their mood. 9:30 – 10:00 Discussion about values: Consider playing background music to try to balance your child’s mood; if they are struggling with anxiety or frustration, play softer or more up Reading stories uplifting music. Don’t be afraid to get silly! Allow your child to be the expert and have them 10:00 – 10:15 Individual Activity (Online) teach you a new dance move. Sometimes families need to share a laugh together, play a game, make a pillow fort, watch a funny movie, or build a puzzle together. Try as much as possible to minimise or eliminate 10:15 – 10:30 Fruit Time distractions and truly be present during the joyful moments. Praise your child for trying something new on his/her own, even if it didn’t 10:30 – 11:00 Outdoor Play go as you had hoped! Though this might be more time-consuming than completing it for them, the energy you put into these activities will help your child feel more confident and prepared next time. 11:00 – 11:30 Stories/Rhymes Materials: Bristol board, construction paper, Lunch Prep brown bags, glue, markers, crayons, paint, small 11:30 – 12:30 pebbles, vermicelli, condensed & evaporated milk, Lunch Break & Clean up raisins, nuts, spices Recall - Discussions based 12:30 – 12:45 on the day’s activities May 10-May 14, 2021 — Week 5 Term 3, Page 2
Activities for three (3) and four (4) year olds—PART 1
Monday Physical Activity: My Child the Author Self Esteem Dice - Take advantage of your - Follow the picture to child’s interest in create the dice talking by writing a - Cut out, fold and glue book together together - Start out with something - Roll the dice and simple, like describing a fun day complete the sentences at a park or visiting friends shown - Staple a few pieces of paper together, and write out one or two of your child’s sentences on each page - Then, read the story to him/her and let him/her illustrate it - Be sure to add the author’s name and the illustrator’s name
Mini book project
Parent/ child chose a simple story (any story) Wednesday Read together Discuss My Garden of Create an artefact(s) from any part of the story Love - Collect rocks of varying sizes Tuesday - Place rocks on a flat Self-Esteem Sun surface either - Draw and cut out a circle and eight inside or outside triangles - Name each rock - Write the words “I am” on the circle after someone who - On each triangle, write one know who loves you descriptive word that best very much describes the child’s qualities - Stick triangles around the circle
Physical Activity: Recreation Time
Discuss different recreational activities with Physical Activity: My obstacle your child using pictures course: I can do it - Allow the child to go - Create an obstacle course for your outside and enjoy his favourite recreation child as seen in the picture or create (examples: going to the your own design play park, playing football/ cricket, walking your dog, playing catch, going to the beach, riding a bicycle) - Allow your child to draw a picture or paint their favourite recreational activity to touch the shadows May 10-May 14, 2021 — Week 5 Term 3, Page 3
Activities for three (3) and four (4) year olds—PART 2
Friday Thursday Making Sawine (vermicelli dessert) Brown paper bag Mosques - Assist child in reading the instructions to make the Sawine - Use Bristol board or - Child will measure the ingredients to make Sawine construction paper to cut - In a saucepan toast vermicelli until slightly brown out these shapes: - Boil water with spices, add vermicelli and continue boiling for semi-circle, crescent, stars, 8- 10 mins until soft rectangles - Add evaporated and condensed milk, almonds, raisins and - Create a mosque using cherries. Enjoy hot or cold brown paper bags and the shapes Ingredients
1 cup vermicelli 3 cups water 1 tin evaporated milk Physical Activity: Looking for the 1 tin condensed milk New Moon 4 cardamom pods, - Hide toilet paper 2 sticks cinnamon, rolls, glue, stars, Almonds, raisins, cherries string, crescent moon. - Give child clues of Physical Activity: Crescent where to find the moon and star salutation items. - Exhale and side bend to the -Help child assemble right and left for Crescent their binoculars as Pose shown in picture. - Breathe in and up - Child can lie on his/her backs or stand up - Create a side stretch on your straight tilting their heads back and looking into right and left side the sky to locate the crescent moon through - Inhale, straighten your knees, their hand-made binoculars and reach your arms straight out coming into Star
What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is an activity children complete using the Internet to get information on a specific topic. Select the link below and listen to a story entitled “Taking Care Of My Body” to learn about self-care. Self-care is anything you do to take care of yourself so you can stay physically, mentally, and emotionally well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afVm7H4eQV4
Select the link below to listen to a video entitled “All By Myself”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86F-da-MLxw
Select the link below to listen to a video entitled “5 Ways To Teach Your Kids To Take Care Of Themselves” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hawIHtUNzIQ
Following the videos create one of the activities from the video for your child. Allow the child to practice the activity so he/she can gain independence and practice self-care. May 10-May 14, 2021 — Week 5 Term 3, Page 4
