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Remote Learning – Emotional Intelligence

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We all experience different emotions and how we deal with them is important for our mental health and wellbeing. At Glenwood we help children to recognise their own emotions and those of others, suggesting ways of coping with them as we play together.

Mrs McGregor has created a Sway with some ideas of how you can help your child develop their emotional intelligence.

Emotional Intelligence
Like the weather children’s emotions can change throughout the day; from feeling sunny, to stormy, to teary, to unsettled and back again. You could say it’s a rainbow of emotions 😊😁😐😧��…
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Remote Learning – Yoga

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During our weekly yoga sessions we learnt lots of different poses – do you remember them all.

The candle The downward dogThe snake

The Shavasana

Mrs Russell hopes you have been practising and has made a short video to remind you of them all.

You could also have a look at Cosmic Kids Yoga for more exercises.

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Remote Learning – Helping around the house

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Young children love to help… we all know this often means a job can take twice as long, so why is it important that we encourage children to help with jobs around the house?

Helping is fun for children! They want to copy what adults do and enjoy spending time with them.

What are children learning as they help with chores? Firstly, a sense of pride in what they have contributed to the family. They are also learning to cooperate and to take responsibility, as well as important skills for life.

Children will be developing their literacy skills – having conversations, listening to instructions, learning and using new words.

Numeracy skills are also used – sorting and matching, counting and measuring are just some of the skills that are important in jobs around the house.

 

Both large and fine motor skills will be developed along with motor-eye coordination.There are a few important things to remember if having the children helping is going to be enjoyable for everyone:

  • Relax and don’t expect perfection!
  • Be specific with your instructions – “put your toys away where they belong” is easier to understand than “tidy your room”.
  • Let your child do a job with you before expecting them to do it by themselves.
  • Give praise and encouragement as your child works.
  • Make sure the chore is appropriate for your child’s age and development – if it’s too hard they will become frustrated.

So, what jobs can young children help with?

  • Put away toys, make their bed, put their laundry in the basket, sort the washing…
  • Wipe surfaces, sweep floors, vacuum, dust…
  • Help cook, make cereal and sandwiches, set and clear the table, wash (unbreakable) dishes, unload the dishwasher…
  • Put away the shopping…
  • Weeding, watering plants, wash the car…

Try and enjoy spending time together with your child whatever you are doing and remember learning is everywhere.

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Remote Learning- The Great Outdoors

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Being outdoors has many benefits to children’s wellbeing and development. It has a positive impact on mental health as the body increases production of the feel-good hormone serotonin and reduces production of the stress hormone cortisol. Being outdoors provides lots of opportunities for physical activity, which increases muscle strength, stamina and bone density as well as reducing obesity. The NHS recommends that children under 5 years have at least 3 hours of physical activity daily. One final benefit is that spending time outdoors can lead to improved sleep.

At the moment children do not have the option of visiting their local playpark so here are just a few ideas of what you might do together outdoors…

Scavenger Hunts turn any walk into an adventure! Look for signs of spring, shapes, things that are one chosen colour, numbers (in order), make up your own list or download one from online….

 

 

 

 

 

Explore nature in the garden  Go on a minibeast hunt – look under stones, pots, logs, under plants for creepy crawlies. Use an old plastic container such as a yoghurt pot to put them in if you don’t have a bug box.

Some other ideas can be found on these websites.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/looking-after-yourself-and-nature

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/

Gardening Even if you have no seeds to plant, it’s great exercise to help tidy up the garden by weeding and digging over the soil. You might find some minibeasts to investigate as you work.

Don’t forget to plant the sunflower seeds from your Family Learning Bag. You might try growing new plants from fruit and vegetables that you have been eating – apples, potatoes and peppers are good ones to try.

Family Sports Day Everyone likes a bit of competition!

Try some novelty races – ‘egg’ and spoon, balancing a beanbag (or rolled up pair of socks) on your head, penguin waddle (hold a ball between your knees), crab walking, wheelbarrow race, dressing up, shoe box slide (put empty shoe boxes on your feet)…

Make you own assault course – go under, over, along, up, down. Use whatever you have available – garden chairs, tables, slides, planks of wood, old sheets, skipping ropes. Time how long it takes for each person to complete.

Target games – who can get closest to the target? You could use a bucket as a target or make one on the ground. Throw balls, rolled up socks, wellies… Just make sure there is nothing breakable in the way.

Or you could make some skittles using tin cans or plastic bottles.

 

 

 

We hope you are inspired to have fun in the outdoors and don’t forget to share with us on Twitter @GlenwoodFC #Glenwoodlearningathome