JUNE 2016
3 AUGUST - Teddy Bear’s Picnic 26 AUGUST - CLOSED - Public Holiday Term 3 events calendar to be advised soon... Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline – 4B A Kindergarten child who is a confident and involved learner shows increasing confidence and involvement in learning.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.”
Children who are confident are motivated to engage in more experiences. They expect to have successful and positive experiences because they have done so in the past. For example, a child may have successfully completed puzzles with some help from her dad before being able to do it on her own. Feeling confident helps children do well in all aspects of their life, both now and into the future. Confident children are more able to build positive relationships, do better at school and become happier, successful adults. This is important in developing and maintaining good mental health and wellbeing.
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How can parents support a child’s developing curiosity and confidence?
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Parents and carers play an important role in supporting children’s developing curiosity and confidence. Some ways they can do this are by:
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Arranging safe and interesting play spaces where children are free to explore and see the effects of their actions.
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Interacting with children so they can see that what they do gets a response (e.g., when I laugh Mum laughs too).
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Answering children’s questions appropriately. It’s ok if you don’t know the answer. You can always suggest that you both find out together.
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Asking children questions to help them solve problems and promote further learning.
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Working with children at first, then giving them more space as they become more confident in their own abilities.
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Helping children to experience that learning is fun.
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Using rewards and praise selectively. Focus on the child’s effort rather than the outcome and emphasise that putting in effort will help them get better at what they’re doing.
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Sourced from Kids Matter – Australian Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative. www.kidsmatter.edu.au
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