Ways to Inspire Your Child Towards …

Parents, are you ready to take on a new challenge? Here are ways to inspire your child!

1. Show Love 

Children grow and thrive in the context of close and dependable relationships that provide love, nurturance, security, responsive interaction, and encouragement for exploration.  As adults, we are often in a rush to begin our days.  We start to make a mental list of what we need to do and we can forget the importance of starting the day by connecting with your child. Taking time to connect with a snuggle or story on the couch as a way to show them love is always a good idea.

2. The Value of Listening

When listening to children, learn from them and then talk with them. That means take time to hear them—what they are saying, feeling, and thinking. Sometimes we are too quick to rush to offer comfort or redirection.  Avoid talking over them.  Instead, take a moment to simply say back what you are hearing:  “I hear that you are really upset because you feel rushed.”

By listening to them, you’ll bring out their best emotions. This means they are sharing themselves with us—and building our insight of them in the balance. Listening now may keep them discussing their emotional and social world with us throughout their tween and teen years.

3. Observe Their Actions

The foundation of the Montessori school educational practice is based on observation.  It is through the observation of children that Maria Montessori acquired the knowledge and elaborated the teaching method as well as the materials that hold her name today. Through observation, we learn more about your children, understand their needs, and know when to intervene with guidance, help and support.  Observation enables us to better understand their emerging personalities. Also, it places us in a position to identify  difficulties your child may be facing while adapting to the classroom.

4. Grant Freedom of Choice and R-E-S-P-E-C-T 

Children are born with an innate desire to do things for themselves and begin to express that desire around the age of two. When providing children the freedom to act and do as they choose, they will create a world they build by and for themselves by doing it themselves (DIY).

Montessori methodology lets children make mistakes and lets them correct those mistakes through practice, thereby building confident and independent young people. Instead of giving answers to problems, we ask them questions so they can follow through and seek those answers themselves. 

These behavioral tools inspire children to succeed because they will learn to know themselves; know the world around them; and understand their place in that big world. 

Want to teach your child how to make that world work for them tomorrow? Let them figure out how to do it themselves by teaching them how to think today.

5. Set Goals Together = Success

When children are confident, they will share their feelings and dreams with you.

When that happens, that means they trust you because you’ve been listening. 

Now, capitalize on these private moments by setting goals together. 

If your child tells you she loves to dance, then together we incorporate motion, movement and flow into their day. Maybe you show her how to curtsy; how to use her arms in sync to music; or a few basic heel and toe exercises to start. 

Inspire your child by listening, observing, using positive thinking, and building mutual respect. 

In these ways, you’ll learn about their passions so you can set goals together that embrace their dreams. Initiating and reinforcing these action steps will pave a path toward childhood confidence. 

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