- Learn to Listen -- Pay attention when your child speaks and listen without interrupting!
- Be an Active Listener -- Make eye contact and ask questions.
- Take Time to Talk -- Talk in the car, during mealtimes and schedule family meetings.
- Talk Less and Listen More -- Don't hurry your child along or finish their sentences.
- Model Good Communication Skills -- Communicate frequently, openly, clearly and directly.
- Respond Honestly and Plainly -- Use "I" statements and communicate your own wants and needs.
Then we read...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
If you give a mouse a cookie, he's probably going to want some milk to go with it. And then he's probably going to need a napkin, or perhaps a mirror to check for a milk mustache... Cause and effect takes us through this day with mouse, and it all began with one little cookie!
Miss Holly brought us four really cool activities to explore. First, we wrote letters to someone special, then we were Copy Cats, using blocks to create shapes and then replicating those with the kiddos. Next we tried Story Can, where we used objects to retell If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. And finally...
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| We made family mottos, complete with pictures! |
Additional information is available at http://www.cmhouston.org/family-communication.
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