Every Kid’s Guide to Handling Feelings (Living Skills Book 11)

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Many kids are too busy to have time to play creatively or relax after school.

Talk with your kids about how they feel about extracurricular activities. If they complain, discuss the pros and cons of stopping one activity.

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Kids' stress may be intensified by more than just what's happening in their own lives. Do your kids hear you talking about troubles at work, worrying about a relative's illness, or arguing with your spouse about financial matters? Parents should watch how they discuss such issues when their kids are near because children will pick up on their parents' anxieties and start to worry themselves. World news can cause stress. Kids who see disturbing images on TV or hear talk of natural disasters, war, and terrorism may worry about their own safety and that of the people they love.

Talk to your kids about what they see and hear, and monitor what they watch on TV so that you can help them understand what's going on. Also, be aware of complicating factors, such as an illness, death of a loved one, or a divorce. When these are added to the everyday pressures kids face, the stress is magnified.

Even the most amicable divorce can be tough for kids because their basic security system — their family — is undergoing a big change. Separated or divorced parents should never put kids in a position of having to choose sides or expose them to negative comments about the other spouse. Let your kids know that you understand they're stressed and don't dismiss their feelings as inappropriate. While it's not always easy to recognize when kids are stressed out, short-term behavioral changes — such as mood swings, acting out, changes in sleep patterns, or bedwetting — can be indications.

Some kids have physical effects, including stomachaches and headaches. The 27 books in the Living Skills series are: Kindle Edition , 48 pages.

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Joy Berry has a wonderful way of bringing things to a kids level to help them understand things better. Sometimes as an adult we forget kids see and process the world differently than us. Beautifully illustrated to help kids pay attention while learning valuable life lessons! The Winning Skills books are great for preteens and parents who need to learn how to talk to them. This series is wonderful for any home or classroom! I want them for h Such a great book for kids and adults to read together!!

I want them for he community center where I work!! I am also thrilled they are being made available as ebooks!! Julie Amack rated it did not like it May 19, Elise rated it really liked it Aug 26, The goal is the improvement of skills and evaluation is incorporated at every step of the process.

Each arts discipline has built in parameters to ensure that critique is a valuable experience and greatly contributes to the success of the final piece. Collaboration - Most arts disciplines are collaborative in nature. Through the arts, children practice working together, sharing responsibility, and compromising with others to accomplish a common goal.

When a child has a part to play in a music ensemble, or a theater or dance production, they begin to understand that their contribution is necessary for the success of the group. Dedication - When kids get to practice following through with artistic endeavors that result in a finished product or performance, they learn to associate dedication with a feeling of accomplishment. They practice developing healthy work habits of being on time for rehearsals and performances, respecting the contributions of others, and putting effort into the success of the final piece.

Accountability - When children practice creating something collaboratively they get used to the idea that their actions affect other people. They learn that when they are not prepared or on-time, that other people suffer. Through the arts, children also learn that it is important to admit that you made a mistake and take responsibility for it. Because mistakes are a regular part of the process of learning in the arts, children begin to see that mistakes happen.

We acknowledge them, learn from them and move on. The full version of this post appears on Lisa's website. Lisa also recently released a book, The Artistic Edge , which explores why leadership skills taught through the arts are what young people need most to be successful in life. The ultimate individual expression through what we term the arts exists at a level of consciousness that is beyond human description. However we need books such as Lisa's to identify its value and help those who influence and provide for its teaching, so our children have the opportunities to reach the indescribable.

Thanks to Lisa and all the others who contribute to the elevation of art in education - and life. I think the phrase, "art for art's sake" is even more vague - a perfect case for needing to be more precise in our language and our advocacy. I'm not sure we need to have that conversation anymore - labeling what is "most important" doesn't serve us well.

Passionate dedication to art - its intrinsic nature and impact - in all its manifestations will create greater energy, smarter conversations and allow us to generate greater support. I thoroughly enjoyed the article, but found great value in the thread as well. This is obviously a topic the posters in this thread feel strongly about. The development of our children is a rightfully "hot button" topic. Having observed the decay in the art of discussion, I couldn't.

Perhaps it is living proof of the accuracy of the article. While I like the list, I think we need to be more precise in our language and our advocacy. Study of "the arts" does not automatically deliver the outcomes claimed in this piece.

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Rather, when done really well, specific approaches or programs have been found to cultivate some of these skills or traits. I think we are ready to advance from generic claims about "the arts" to a more nuanced and humble conversation about the elements that really drive quality in the most effective programs.

Thanks, Mark for your always on-the-mark insight. But also agree that there are still so many people out there that need the basic intro into why arts ed is so important. It's up to you, me, Leslie, Tim and our respective organizations to start with the "" approach and then go much deeper from there. Thanks all for your great work.

It is so important to have the art in school, it's what's mold children's and make them better people. Calif, trying hard to take it away from are schools won't are children to be little robot. So they won't have a mind of there own lord help us all. Thank you for writIng something that is true about children for with out art they are lose.

I know for I"m preschool teacher how use art every day. By use art you how the child is feeling that day happy are sad. So have a nice day. I agree with Mark, I am currently working on a re-write of our districts music curriculum and find my focus leaning towards not just accepting this as a given but how do we transfer and synthesize these traits in meaningful ways to other content and necessary life skill areas to help inform better learning and future success. I am currently in production on a film called "School Jazz: The Art of Education".

In addition to the new Facebook page I've just put up for the film at https: Definitely a work in progress, but making good progress. The titles rendering got screwed up in conversion This seems to do the very job being addressed in this discussion: I will also need the help of everyone in the arts education community to get the film seen by School Boards and State Legislators in order to affect those most directly involved in funding decisions about arts curriculum.

Feel free to contact me directly: Kyrl Henderson or kyrl kyrl. Thanks so much for your incredibly insightful entry!

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