Effective Positive Guidance ~ Thursday, August 25th @ 1pm
Join CASY's Family Engagement Specialists while we will focus on defining positive guidance, replacing misbehavior and helping children be more cooperative. We will look at understanding the difference between discipline and punishment to assist with changing the negative patterns in children’s behavior. By focusing on the positive, you will find more joy as a parent.
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How to Change Negative Thinking Patterns | The Benefits of Boredom | How to Help Kids Learn to Fail |
How to Change Negative Thinking Patterns
Spark Your Child’s Imagination With Clifford
Has your child ever decided to become a pirate for a day? Pretended to go on a mission to Mars? Decided it would be fun to be a cowpoke by herding cats? Played with her giant red dog that’s bigger than a house?
If so, she’s a lot like Emily Elizabeth — Clifford’s best friend and faithful companion!
Emily Elizabeth’s strong imagination helps her go on all sorts of fun adventures, using only the power of her mind. And while Emily Elizabeth is just an imaginary character, the power of imagination can actually have all sorts of real-world, grown-up benefits.
5 Secrets to a Smarter Baby: School Readiness Can Start Now
As parents, we all want happy, healthy babies. Not only that, we want them to be smart.
Growing research in early brain development shows there are some basic things you can do right now to start raising a child who is curious about the world and ready to learn. These early education activities we're talking about are simple―and screen free! Read more here.
Personal Stories to Help Children Get Ready for School
What can families do to help prepare their child for school?
Back to School
Shoes for Active Toddlers
Toys as Tools: Everyday Science Experiences
Young children don't need highly specialized or expensive equipment to learn how to explore the natural world scientifically. They do need, as Rachel Carson mused in The Sense of Wonder, “the companionship of at least one adult who can share it.”
Simple toys and tools can engage children as they explore natural phenomena in ways that will support their later science learning. Adults who allow children to play and work through small difficulties by themselves support children as they build an understanding of how the world works. Resist the temptation to “fix it” or “make it go faster” or “use it the right way,” and you will build your child’s self-confidence and problem-solving ability. Read more here.
Many Hoosier families have either lost jobs or left the workforce due to COVID-19. From the job search to the interview, it takes time to find a job, and it’s even more difficult to do it with children at home to care for. To help, Indiana is providing temporary child care assistance so Hoosier parents can spend their time focusing on getting back to work. Families who qualify for On My Way PreK or CCDF financial support are also eligible job searching, participating in job training programs, interviewing, completing employment requirements and getting settled in their new job.
- Want to learn more about temporary child care assistance for job-seeking Hoosier families? Click here!
- Ready to apply? Click here!
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