“Positive Parenting Tips” newsletter March

Inspiring Parenting Quotes:

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off. (Ralph Bus)

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. (Bob Phillips)

Kids Activities:

Acrobatics

Invite the children to perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, head stands, back bends, bridges, rocking horses, etc.

Be sure to put down a gym mat, or arrange a field trip to a gym. Consider sponsoring a gymnastics meet.

Airplanes

Make paper airplanes and fly them around, or line up chairs in 2 rows and pretend it's the inside of an airplane.

Make up your own tickets, provide flags for someone to wave when the runway is clear.

I know my Address!

Encourage each child to memorize his or her address. Draw and cut out a large construction paper house to place on a bulletin board.

Then, as the children memorize their addresses, invite them to pin his or her name and address on the house shape.

A good way to help children remember their address is to have them sing it to the tune of a simple song such as "Rain, rain go away."

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Easy Kids Recipe:

4 Shredded wheat biscuits crumbled
3/4 c Peanut Butter
3/4 c Butterscotch chips

Mix peanut butter and chips over low heat or place in microwave until melted.

Add shredded wheat.

Cool slightly, then mold into baskets

Wonderfully yucky!

Try shaping over back of bowl.

Place baskets in 'fridge to set.

Fill nests with Easter eggs and/or candy.

Little nests filled with jellybeans are delightful.

Child Arts & Crafts Activities:

You and the kids can create beautiful keepsakes for all special occasions like birthdays, mother & fathers day, Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc etc etc. Keep them for your annual decorations, or give them away as special keepsake gifts.

Salt Dough Celebration Ornaments

For the salt dough Christmas tree ornaments the materials needed are 1-Cup flour, 1/4 C salt, 1/4 C hot tap water, a nice ribbon about 1m of it, varnish, paint, and paintbrushes.

First combine the water with the salt mixing it well until you can't see the salt kernels, then add it to the flour and knead it together well for about 5-10min.

Then put the dough into a zip-lock freezer bag and let it rest for 24 hours. (Not essential to rest it). Then roll out the dough for the wanted thickness and use cookie cutters to cut out the shapes wanted.

At the top center of the shape punch in a hole with a toothpick or the back of the paintbrush and place the 'cookies' on a baking sheet. Then the salt dough can be baked in the oven at 100 C for about 2-3 hours.

The dough should be hard and a bit brown at the bottom of the form when it is done. Now let the shapes cool completely before continuing.

Let your child paint their forms and let it dry again completely. Then the shape can be varnished with a clear varnish and should be given 2 - 3 coats.

Then the ribbon can be threaded through the hole and then tied together, and there is the beautiful homemade celebration ornament.

Positive Parenting Resources:

“DEMANDING FREEDOM…”

As your child grows, you may find you need to bring out the safety net to protect your one year old who believes he is in total control of the world around him. Allow him to go only as far as you think is safe.

Put him to the test by checking his level of responsibilities , start with a simple job like asking him to check if the mail man has been, this will give you a good indication for future freedom.

Don’t give him responsibilities to advanced for him, plan little chores or jobs within his limits that allow more freedom that he can safely handle.

Set The Limits And Have Them Clearly Understood…

Your child needs to be aware of the limits before he can be expected to know what to do or what you want him to do. Even at the innocent age of one-year-old your child should be told of the “Right,” and excepted rules, to prevent as many “wrong” unacceptable action occurring in the future.

Tell Your Child The Times He Can Step Over The Mark….

Minimize the doom and gloom of a few don’ts by showing and talking to your child about how he is able to do what he wants without getting into trouble for it. For instance, say “you want to go to the park, you must walk with me.”

Give More Freedom As Your Child Shows He Is Safely Using It…

If your child is doing the right thing and being responsible, it’s a good idea to extend his freedom a little bit more, tell your child why you are changing them. Make him feel pretty good about the change, tell him, “ because he has shown a great deal of responsibility by respecting the limits, you have earned more freedom.”

Solving The Problem…

For times your child has respected the limits of his freedom reward him for his actions. Tell him, “I’m so pleased you are in our yard playing instead of going next door to play. For staying in this yard, I would like to kick the footy around with you for a bit.”

Consequences For Breaking The Limits…

Your child needs to understand testing your limits puts a stop to his fun. Say to him, “I’m sorry to do this, but you left our yard. For doing this you must now stay in the house for the rest of the day.”

Constantly Remind…

Make sure you go through with the consequences whenever your child has broken the rules. This helps him learn you do mean what you say. And has an effect on his own actions when he is away from you, knowing very well what you expect from him.

Must Not…

Raising your hand to hit your child will only encourage a bad situation to turn worse when he hides from you, making matters harder to get back on track, so its best not to add to the problem.

Slapping your child will bring out many actions, like when your back is turned, and doing things on the sly.

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In summer it is usually quite busy as you might imagine, however a visit off peak would be worth while.

You will find out about amenities such as these from your local council.

How to live a happy and rewarding life:

Take time to smell the roses.

Take a nap on Sunday afternoon.

Drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Never deprive someone of hope. It might be all they have.

Be thankful for every meal.

Don't be afraid to say I'm sorry.

Don't take your health for granted.

Improve your performance by improving your attitude.

Listen to your children.

Leave everything a little better than you found it.

Keep it simple.

Keep good company.

Keep your promise.

Be kinder than necessary.

Take good care of those you love.

Make it a habit to do nice things.

Wear outrageous underwear.

Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health and love.

Be a good loser.

Be a good winner.

Be romantic.

Live so that when you your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.

Enjoy real maple syrup.

Never refuse homemade brownies.

Remember other people's birthdays.

Sing in the shower.

Don't nag.

Don't gossip.

Don't tailgate.

Don't expect money to bring you happiness.

Be forgiving of yourself and others.

Never give up on anyone. Miracles happen every day.

Say thank you a lot.

Say please a lot.

Take your dog to obedience school. You'll both learn a lot.

Slow dance.

Don't rain on other people's parades.

Don't postpone joy.

Don’t blame others.

Take responsibility for every area of your life.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

Count your blessings.

Whistle.

Marry only for love.

Do more than is expected.

Be there when others need you.

Never sell yourself short.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

Never be ashamed of honest tears.

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