GOAL SLOGAN: I KNOW HOW TO WORK IN A TEAM
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
The questions below are designed to help you think about how you can help from home with the skills development programme your child is taking part in.
- Do you often do jobs that require the cooperation of various people? How do they turn out? Do you know how to divide the tasks among the members of the team?
- When your children work together, do they cooperate effectively or do they compete with each other? What do you do when the latter happens?
- Do you all contribute to jobs at home, are their tasks assigned for everyone?
HOW CAN WE HELP?
The suggestions below show when personal parental involvement is necessary. The aim of the subjects proposed is to demonstrate where you might be able to support your child and help him to work on developing this month’s skill.
- Encourage your children to help preparing meals (shopping, laying the table, preparing simple dishes).
- Involve the entire family in the preparation of a surprise, for someone’s birthday, or an anniversary in the family.
- When a discrepancy arises with respect to matters that Involve the entire family, set an example when resolving conflicts:
- Observe and describe the situation
- Identify and express the feelings of those involved
- Discover their needs
- Outline the requests that need to be made and the commitments that need to be established in order resolve the conflict.
- Allow your children to plan and carry out something together. Find out who is responsible for cleaning the house on Saturdays, and who takes on making a plan for the weekend.
