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Newsletter: June 15, 2018

Keeping Children in Touch With Their Emotional Well-being
Part 3 of 6 Topics: Discussing Parent’s Greatest Challenges
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Make teaching more fun by knowing why your students learn in different ways 
3rd Most Concerning Issue for Parents
Last month I addressed race issues as the #2 challenge that parents state they are concerned about today.

The #3 biggest concern is keeping children in touch with their emotional well being and who they are. When I saw this topic as one of the top six concerns for parents, I thought back to when I was a child. Yikes! Navigating life can indeed be challenging for children. We take our directives about our emotions from the adults in our lives, don't we? Think back about how those adults handled life's hardships and disappointments. Were they courageous and kept their emotions intact in a healthy manner or were they chronic worriers and fretted about the mishaps of daily life? Emotional brokenness in adults can affect how our children learn to handle those challenges in life that we all experience.

Let's look at this example: When our children are outside playing and fall down causing a "boo-boo", we do one of two things: 1) We encourage them to, dust themselves off and continue playing after we clean up the boo-boo, or 2) we tell them to stop playing because they might get hurt worse next time.

Truth is, we cannot prevent life's mishaps or bad things from happening, but we can learn to deal with them in a healthy manner that allows us to enjoy life to the fullest. 

Here is an excerpt from a note-worthy article, Supporting Children's Emotional Well-being: "Having a clear explanation of what is emotional well-being in young children can help practitioners identify how they can support children. Emotional well being is linked very closely to children being able to communicate and interact with others in a positive way. Children will often get frustrated and not being able to deal with these frustrations can have effects on children’s emotional well being, therefore giving children the adequate support will enable them to deal with their emotions and frustrations appropriately. There will be plenty of times where children will turn to adults for help in managing negative feelings, helping children to deal with these will help them to deal with their feeling later on in life."

The person with the motivational gift of mercy is intrinsically emotional because they are deep feeling individuals. The same is true for the one with the gift of prophecy. These children have an added challenge so it is important to discover your children's motivational gifts as early as possible to help them learn how to deal with their emotions in a productive way.

Take a look at these Eight Practical Tips for Parents in this enlightening article about this very issue. 

  Have a wonderful month!
  Blessings,

  Yvonne


  P.S. Cayden has a gift of Mercy and Daniel has a gift of Prophecy
Anna's Friends 3rd to 5th Grade Curriculum

Understanding Your Student's Motivational Gifts

Curriculum for 3rd to 5th Grade

A Curriculum for Teachers of 3rd to 5th Grade is a revolutionary program that will help educators identify the God-given motivational gifts of their students. Educators in the public and private sectors as well as those in Christian schools and churches can use this program.

When children know why they do what they do - what motivates them to respond to life as they do - it is easier for them to appreciate and value themselves, and their friends and peers as well. 

Review the OVERVIEW for the curriculum below.


*NOTE for Sunday School Teachers: This will program will last 8 weeks rather than 8 days.
 
OVERVIEW OF THIS CURRICULUM FOR 3rd to 5th GRADE
 
MODULES: There are 8 modules in this curriculum:
  • Module 1: What are the Motivational Gifts 
  • Module 2: Do You Have the Gift of Exhortation? 
  • Module 3: Do You Have the Gift of Facilitation? 
  • Module 4: Do You Have the Gift of Giving? 
  • Module 5: Do You Have the Gift of Mercy? 
  • Module 6: Do You Have the Gift of Prophecy? 
  • Module 7: Do You Have the Gift of Serving? 
  • Module 8: Do You Have the Gift of Teaching? 
*Each module will require about 15 minutes of preparation. The lessons are projected to last 30 – 45 minutes
      
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRICULUM 
HELP CHILDREN: 
  • Instill a positive self-esteem in your students.
  • Discover each child’s predominate motivational gift.
  • Help each child understand their unique character traits given by God.
  • Help children understand why they are different from their friends.
  • Give students a platform to continue learning about their gifts.
  • Instill a sense of value for their peers and other humans. 
HELP EDUCATORS: 
  • Help educators understand why their students respond to others as they do.
  • Empower educators to better guide students when conflicts ensue.
  • Create a more harmonious classroom atmosphere. 

To see the complete OVERVIEW click here.
Does your child tend to make plans before getting your permission? You probably have one with the gift of FACILITATION, a fun (yet somewhat frustrating) gift that can try the patience of parents everywhere.
Challenges for the child with the motivational gift of FACILITATION.
Welcome to the exciting and frustrating world of facilitators! While each gift carries its own set of challenges, there are probably more challenges that accompany this gifted one than the others due to their independent and strong-willed personality.  Facilitator children may appear lazy and want to avoid work or they are always getting others to do what they should be doing - like getting her sister to do the chores you assigned to your facilitator child. This is because they can delegate responsibility. They make the plans and get others to carry out the plans.

The willingness to endure negative reaction from others may appear as callousness; that they don’t care. Quite the contrary. They have a built-in guard to criticism that does not profit. This can make it difficult to receive constructive criticism that nurtures their growth. 

Since facilitators are prone to deep concentration they may at times snap at other children for distracting them while they are engrossed in certain activities. Their attention to putting details before their friends can create hard feelings. 

Does your child have a tough time admitting to making mistakes? These children are quick to blame-shifting when things go wrong. Your child’s goal is to accomplish a project quickly and efficiently. When successful, and they are honored for the success, they often do not share the glory with those that helped them.

Discouragement and frustration when goals are not met, or anger and mistreatment of those who disagree with their plans are a challenge for children with this gift. Facilitators can discern the various motivational gifts and who can perform certain tasks. Because of this they assume those they enlist in their tasks know what to do. This makes delegating easy, but they often don’t give proper instruction and support, rather they trust their helpers to just get the job done. Then mistakes occur.


Learn more about the motivational gift of FACILITATION in the "Parent's Guide to Understanding What Motivates Your Child"
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