Ever hear of interpersonal skills? How about soft skills? Interpersonal fall under the category of soft skills. We hear the term soft skills used pretty often. We are told to include it on our resume, share it when we network and are told that it can make or break a a deal or a relationship….
Category: Life as a teacher/parent
Building your child’s self esteem:
Step by step practical advice to build your child’s self esteem: Hey, want to make your child feel good about themselves? Start with validating your children. When children feel secure and feel they have parental approval their self esteem soars. They are willing to take risks and try many new things. This starts a cycle,…
Building Confidence in Children
Building your child’s self esteem and ego need not be as difficult as you think it is. How to build your child’s self esteem and confidence: We all want happy and confident children. Confidence does not happen overnight, it is many actions piled on top of one another to get to a strong sense of…
Consistency is Key- change behavior drastically
A consistent approach in the running of your home or classroom helps children prepare for the next act. They know what to expect and when to expect it. It enables and gives children the gift of being prepared. Consistency helps children be aware and attuned to their surroundings, thus giving them the key to better…
Be yourself, be who you are! You have value.
Be yourself. Be authentic How to reach positive self esteem to children: Teaching children positive self concept is hard. Building their self esteem is crucial during their childhood years. When they are young they are forming an image of who they are and what they can accomplish. They are absorbing everything, you as a parents…
Quick tips to teach children interpersonal skills
We all know interpersonal skills oil the way for success in school, college and in the workforce. What are interpersonal skills? Interpersonal skills are known as soft skills or human skills. Interpersonal skills are skills or ways you interact with people. These skills are used when trying to share feelings, thoughts, ideas or meaning. It…
Work Life Balance, working when you have small children at home
Stop juggling work and life: Work life balance. Really, there should be no such a thing. It should be called life. Imagine life as a box, inside that box there are plenty of things. One of those things should be work, others can be family, commitments etc. Work should complement our life. It should not…
Children and Emotions
Everyone has emotions: Children are people and they have feelings too. Many times children have a hard time expressing themselves and may either laugh or cry to let you know how they are feeling. Expressions on a child’s face can also tell you how they are feeling. What are Emotions: What are emotions? How do…
What to say everyday:
Things to say everyday to your children: We say a lot of things to our children everyday we tell them what to do, where to go and when to clean up. It is time to make the things we say memorable and lasting. Remember when a teacher or parent told you something and you got…
Teachers- make the most of your day!
How to get things done: We all want to squeeze the most we can from our day, however we all just got the same 24 hours. How is it that some people can accomplish the world in one day while others are simply floundering? We got to prioritize our time! What does that mean? People…