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May 19, 2009

TT- Efficient Multitasking

Dominique Parenting Views Freelancing, Writing

: Image by churl via Flickr

I have been tackling quite a bit these Tuesdays.

This week I have managed to

1. Stick to my schedule which I have planned for the week.

2. Be on task with the freelance writing assignments that I have picked up over the weekend.

3. Following the daily schedule which I have set for myself which is for laundry, cooking and writing to be done before the kids return from school.

4. Plan out the meals that will be cooked from Monday to Friday and purchase the required ingredients.

This post has also been submitted to Tuesday Toots & The Lazy Organiser

May 16, 2009

Teaching Good Manners- A classroom example

Dominique Parenting Views behaviour management, teaching kids

Last month I focused on how to communicate with your child This week in May my focus will be on Virtues Education.

” A courteous and well-behaved child is truely a gem.”–Dominique

One of the biggest battle I face daily is dealing with disruptive and badly behaved kids. These few weeks the topic that I will be teaching in school is – Right or Wrong.

On Friday we approached this topic by getting the groups in class to watch the following classic movie on ” Mind your Manners”

After viewing the movie we had a short group activity. Each group was given 4 questions to answer.

Who (in your opinion) is the best behaved student in class?
Why do you like him/her?
What did he/she do that makes you recommend him as the best behaved student?

I was surprised that the common points that all the groups raised were

He/She was friendly and helpful
Listens attentively to teacher in class and does his work
Smiles and talks to me.

Apparently all of them agreed that a well behaved child is one that is likable by both her peers and teacher. He does his best in whatever he attempts in class and builds up relationships with everyone.