I started reading an amazing book by Ellen Galinsky - "Mind in the making", 7 essential skills to teach your children, which are:
1. Focus and self control
2. Perspective taking (figuring out what others think)
3. Communicating (Understanding what to communicate and how the communication will be understood by others)
4. Making connections (Making unusual connections is at the core of creativity)
5. Critical thinking (Understanding cause and effect)
6. Taking on challenges
7. Self directed, engaged learning.
Immediately lots of ideas about the things I can do with my 8 y.o. and 3.5 y.o. to teach some of these things:
1. Focus and self control
- 8 y.o. - tournaments. Levi is playing in chess and tennis tournaments and these are really great to train focus and self control - just the fact that he can concentrate for hours during the tournament says a lot.
- 3.y.o. - one thing I can do is to have her calm down when hysterical. Tell her to calm down and then I'll talk to her.
2. Perspective taking
- 8.y.o - writing about characters in a book, how they feel
- 3.y.o. - picture book - describe how characters feel
Also, role playing - put up an improv or a play.
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Миша, интересно было бы узнать про турниры, особенно про теннисные.
Лио (8-лет) тоже занимается шахматами и теннисом. С шахматами более-менее понятно, так как я сам шахматист и в курсе как они организованы.
С теннисом наоборот, много непонятного. Лио ходит в довольно серьёзный клуб уже третий год. Какие-то элементы у него получаются, какие-то нет, но пока не вижу у него готовности к турнирной игре, более того в клубе тренеры мне говорят что турниры обычно начинаются лет с 10.
Миша Коганов ( мы несколько лет назад вместе отдыхали в ArrowHead Lakes)
usta.com - free membership for kids under 10, plenty of tournaments and playdates for kids under 10 y.o. as well. Just look for tournaments in a Junior tennis section (U10)
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