{"id":202902,"date":"2020-01-03T22:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T03:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/?p=202902"},"modified":"2020-01-07T20:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T01:52:08","slug":"5-super-easy-communication-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/03\/5-super-easy-communication-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Super Easy Communication Tips To Teach Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Communicated By: Chanel Fyffe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have all been there at some point in\nour lives and probably still to this day. We pick up our child(ren) from school\nor daycare then we ask \u201cHow was your day?\u201d We, then pause and mouth at the same\ntime, while rolling our eyes as they say, \u201cGood.\u201d Then we ask \u201cJust good?\u201d And\nthey respond, \u201cYes or ye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to deal with this numerous times\nbefore I finally realized that I had to teach my child how to communicate. If I\nwanted him to say more then I had to ask the question another way. I think that\nI had just become so used to asking the generic question that I didn\u2019t realize\nI could fix it. So, then I decided okay, remember Chanel he is learning from\nyou. You are teaching him. So, what do you want him to learn? I began to ask\nquestions that were more specifically based on his interests. Such as, \u201cWhat\ndid you build in the block centre? What did you enjoy eating for lunch? Who did\nyou play with? What games did you play? This created a better relationship for\nus because I wanted him to feel comfortable talking about the little things. As\na young boy, I want him to know that communication is pivotal in life. The\nlittle seed of communication has been planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some days I would ask the generic\nquestion \u201cHow was your day?\u201d but then I would say to him there are so many\nother words that you can use to describe your day. Then, I would begin to list\ndifferent words and he would question what they meant. As time went on, he\nbegan to use different words to describe his day with a smile. He sometimes\nstill says good but then he reminds himself that he can use a different word. He\neven would elaborate on what he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I think we always have to remind ourselves\nthat we are constantly teaching our child(ren)and we cannot expect them\nto know how to communicate if we don\u2019t show them. Also, remember that sometimes\nchildren can be just as exhausted as you may be and they don’t want to talk\nabout their day just as they are picked up. Although you are just being a\ncaring, loving parent sometimes they may just want a hug, high five, or however\nit is that you greet each other. It does not make you any less of a parent if\nyou don’t know exactly how their day was right away. Keep in mind that timing\nis important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will always remember when I asked my\nson, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you listen?\u201d his response at the age of 5 was, \u201cNobody taught\nme how to listen.\u201d I was shocked and I didn\u2019t know how to respond because in\nactuality he was right. It is a skill that we are expected to learn via life\nexperiences. That moment stretched me as a parent to realize I am who he needs\nto grow into a valuable contributor of society. I have listed a few techniques\nto try that I have also done myself. Please cater them according to your\nchild’s level. I have actually done these with my son who is now 6 turning 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Super Easy Communication\nTips Listed (with pictures)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Create a shaped sandwich or fruit or\nvegetable in your child\u2019s lunch. Then when you talk in the morning or right\nbefore drop off. Say to your child(ren) I bet you cannot guess what shape I put\nin your lunch today? I did this with my son and he looked forward to solving\nthe mystery. It is also a great conversation starter after school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heart Shaped Banana Bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2) Encourage your child to use\nvarious words that could describe how their day was whether it was on the high\nside or low side. This allows them to add words to their vocabulary meanwhile\nletting them know that you want to hear the positives and negatives of their day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) I am sure a lot of parents do this\nalready but writing notes in your child’s lunch is also a great way engage in\ncommunication as well. I have done a dry erase insert in my child\u2019s lunch bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DIY Dry Erase Message Board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4) Mystery drink in their water\nbottle. My son enjoys lemon or lime water with honey but I do not give it to\nhim often so when I do. I do not tell him. This also let’s me know if he is\ndrinking his water during the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Tell your child(ren) how your day\nwas. You don’t have to give a detailed run thorough of all the madness you may\nhave dealt with. A small dose of something good or not so pleasant is\nsufficient. This has helped my son to ask sometimes not often how was my day.\nThis then leads you to be able ask about their day as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Communicated By: Chanel Fyffe We have all been there at some point in our lives and probably still to this day. We pick up our child(ren) from school or daycare then we ask \u201cHow was your day?\u201d We, then pause and mouth at the same time, while rolling our eyes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202902"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202909,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202902\/revisions\/202909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}