Strategies to promote empathy in children.. The third one may be difficult

We do know that when children learn to be empathic early in their development, it can lead to much stronger empathy skills later in life as they become adults who treat others with kindness, respect and understanding. Empathic children can become empathic parents, spouses, co-workers and friends.

Empathy is not a fixed trait; it can be fostered. It can be encouraged and cultivated by empathic siblings, as well as adult caregivers. But empathy does take time to develop.

1. Model how to value feelings

First, whenever possible, show warmth and empathy towards children.

Children are watching others to learn appropriate ways of behaving and interacting, and are known to be influenced by the behaviours they see around them. You can be a good role model by acknowledging and valuing others’ feelings, and showing understanding and sympathy when someone is sad, upset, distressed, frustrated or in need of help.

When children show negative emotions, acknowledge how they feel. Provide nurturing until they signal they are OK to move onto something else.

Young children sometimes need help understanding what they are feeling, so label the emotion for them. For example, if they are crying, say: “You seem upset. How can I help?”

2. Connect feelings, thoughts and behaviors

Second, when talking about feelings, connect behaviors with the feelings for children so that they understand cause and effect.

For example: “Max is feeling sad because Oliver took his toy. What might help Max feel better?”

Teaching kids about cause and effect can also be done through stories, play-acting or reading books. Talk to children about the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of the characters. What might the characters do next?

Connect these scenarios with the child’s own experiences. For example, if the character is sad because she misses her parents, connect that feeling to a time the child also expressed sadness for something similar. This helps the child more clearly understand the connection between feelings, thoughts and behaviors.

For older children (aged five and up), ask them to step into the mind, or take the perspective, of another child or adult: “How do you think they are feeling? Why might they be upset? What could we do to help?”

3. Build a ‘climate’ of empathy

Third, as a family, or as a classroom, put a focus on working together to build a “climate” that encourages children to be empathic and understanding with their family and friends.

If your child, or a child in your classroom, is struggling with empathy, try to set them up for success by creating opportunities to be empathic and highlight for them how being kind can benefit everyone involved:

“That was very kind of you to help your sister when she lost her favourite toy. I bet she’ll remember that and want to help you when you need it!”

This will foster more of the same types of behaviour in the future.

Strong empathy skills can set children up for success in life. Parents, teachers, caregivers and even siblings can play a powerful role in helping one another achieve this success.

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The Learning and The Process

Learning is the process of acquiring new, or modifying existing, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences. Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (e.g. touching a live electric wire), but much skill and knowledge accumulates from repeated experiences. The changes induced by learning often last a lifetime, and it is hard to distinguish learned material that seems to be "lost"
from that which cannot be retrieved.

Human learning starts at birth (it might even start before) and continues until death as a consequence of ongoing interactions between people and their environment.

There are many different learning types and approaches to learning. To learn effectively it is important to tailor your study habits to your own needs and approach, this often means choosing techniques that work for you and evaluating them from time to time to determine if you need to try something new. Basically, We learn by:

▪ Doing something (Concrete Experimentation)
▪ Thinking about it (Reflection)
▪ Doing some research
▪ Talking with others and applying what we already know to the situation
(Abstract Conceptualisation)
▪ Doing something new or doing the same thing in a more sophisticated way
based on our learning (Active Experimentation).

Importance of Learning
Any kind of growth or personal development requires a very fundamental skill: Learning.

Learning is beneficial emotionally, financially, physically and socially. An educated
public improves society as a whole. The greatest power of all lies inside the mind,
and with everything that we learn we strengthen the mind, thus strengthening our
personal power.

“Knowledge is Power” - Sir Francis Bacon

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Mentor & Executive Coach

THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM & CLAREFY MODEL

Parents often think and make their children focus on academics alone. But we at clarefy, after research, found that after a particular stage, the academics are seldom needed by the children to be successful and happy. Its the life skills that should be integrated during the study life of every child. It includes a set of skills which can make an holistic growth in terms of emotional intelligence, positional intelligence and much more. We call this as the Hidden Curriculum.

Hidden curriculum refers to the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school. While the “formal” curriculum consists of the courses, lessons, and learning activities students participate in, as well as the knowledge and skills educators intentionally teach to students, the hidden curriculum consists of the unspoken or implicit academic, social, and cultural messages that are communicated to students while they are in school.

The hidden-curriculum concept is based on the recognition that students absorb lessons in school that may or may not be part of the formal course of study—for example, how they should interact with peers, teachers, and other adults; how they should perceive different races, groups, or classes of people; or what ideas and behaviors are considered acceptable or unacceptable. The hidden curriculum is described as “hidden” because it is usually unacknowledged or un-examined by students, educators, and the wider community. And because the values and lessons reinforced by the hidden curriculum are often the accepted status quo, it may be assumed that these “hidden” practices and messages don’t need to change—even if they are contributing to undesirable behaviors and results, whether it’s bullying, conflicts, or low graduation and college-enrollment rates.

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9 Tips to cope with your children during quarantine period. The 9th Tip may be difficult for you

1. Keep Calm and Carry on:

Keeping calm requires us to be aware of our own anxieties, restrictive beliefs and habitual behaviors that act as personal barriers to a sense of inner peace. Self-inquiry and reflection helps you to establish what these ideas and actions are.

2. Create a timetable:

Structure a week for your child that replicates a school week. Set them a timetable with start and end time, with breaks in between. Map out the learning they will be doing. Factor in movement breaks. If you’re not confident or have time constraints to do this effectively, outsource this service.

3.Make it work for you!

Depending on the age of your children, they will need your attention throughout the day. If this is the case, and your work allows you to, you could divide your working hours throughout the day. Perhaps work a few hours in the morning, some in the afternoon and then in the evening.

4. Create Bonding Exercises

This is a great time for bonding self care and doing fun stuff that everyone can enjoy.

1) Make shampooing and conditioning time fun and educational.

It's cost effective and benefits your hair, using ingredients we all may have already at home. Make a Coconut Milk deep conditioning treatment or Egg conditioner (with any leftovers)

2) Look up for what fruits and Veg are good for healthy hair growth.Then make smoothies!

5. Be honest

Tell what was going on in the world - but his school informed him and he came home one day last week very distressed and worried. Considering that the virus is something that is spoken about everywhere we go, it is likely your child already as an idea of what's going on and will understandably be concerned.

6. Work out Together!

Try and get children involved with your daily activities. If you usually do a morning work out; let them do it with you. You could also try finding new methods of relaxation such as deep breathing, mindfulness or meditation. As well as being great ways of calming the mind and relieving stress, they are all activities children can get involved in too.

7. Be Intentional

Be intentional about spending quality time and eat together
Bake together with the children, let the children choose recipes and get them involved in the whole process and measurements can help children learn about maths and measures. Cuddle together and watch their favorite movies.

8. Have a Learning Mindset

Set the mindset for learning. Every morning set daily targets and have motivational quotes to enthuse your child. Where possible display these on the wall, to create a positive environment for learning.
Allow your child to be creative, explore and ask questions. You don't have to know all of the answers but it promotes the critical thinking

9. Listen!

We all know that children ask a lot of questions and as parents we can easily zone out ignoring the constant nagging sounds of “Mummy, mummy, muuummmmy!…look what I can…” (Daddies get it too), However, its always important, but more so now during these time of uncertainty that our children feel heard, so practice those active listening skills.

Emotional intelligence plays a major role in handling a child during these periods of emergency and quarantine. Access your emotional intelligence at http://www.clarefy.com/eit


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Latest CBSE decisions amid Covid-19: Direct promotions to selective board exams

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) took the step of postponing all examinations from classes 1 to 8 as soon as the virus reached the country. In mid-March, the Board took the decision of postponing all the papers that were left in the Board Exam until further notice.

Below mentioned are some of the potential decisions taken by CBSE regarding the academic developments of school students amid the coronavirus outbreak:

One-time measures proposed by CBSE:

• ·        Students of classes 1 to 8 may be promoted to the higher grade without conducting exams. This decision will be taken after adequate consultation with NCERT.
• ·        Many schools have not yet conducted the annual examination for classes 9 and 11. These schools include all the Kendriya Vidyalayas, Naodaya Vidyalayas and some other government and provate schools. These schools are advised to promote the students of class 9 and 11 to the higher grade based on their performance in project work, periodic tests, term exams, etc. conducted so far.
• ·        When it comes to rescheduling the board examinations for classes 10 and 12, CBSE has not yet made the final decision of if and when the examinations will be conducted. The Board will be giving a minimum 10 day notice to all stakeholders before scheduling the examinations again.
• ·        As the Board was not able to conduct several board examinations for classes 10 and 12, they have decided to only conduct board examinations for main subjects that are required for promotion and admission into higher educational institutes.
• ·        For CBSE schools located outside India, it will be difficult to bring the answer booklets for class 10 and 12 students back to India for checking due to the current situation. So, the Board has decided not to hold any examinations for class 10 and 12 students studying in CBSE schools outside India.
• ·        Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the board has not been able to continue with the evaluation process of answer sheets as per schedule. Though the board has not reached a decision yet regarding the issue, they will notify all concerned parties 3 to 4 days before the evaluation process will be set to commence again.
• ·        To avoid being misled by rumours, all stakeholders are hereby informed to only trust the official announcements by the Board that are made on the Board’s website.
• ·        All schools are requested to ensure that this information is disseminated to all concerned students by their respective schools.

Amid the covid-19 pandemic, the Board has also requested all their stakeholders and concerned parties to be patient for further instructions. Though the situation might not seem in the favour of students currently studying in CBSE schools, the Board is trying to ensure that their academic future is secure.

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Odisha Govt Initiates Online Competition For Children Amid Lockdown - Mo Pratibha

UNICEF, Odisha government launch online competition to keep home-confined students busy.

In a novel initiative to keep young minds fresh and engage kids staying at home during the 21-day lockdown, the State government in collaboration with UNICEF has come up with an online competition.

Titled ‘Mo Pratibha’ or My Talent, children from ages 5 till 18 can take part in this competition in categories of painting, drawing, poster, slogan, short story and poetry. The entries should be on following two themes-

• Being at home during the lockdown
• My responsibility as a young citizen during COVID-19

The original entries will be judged accordingly in three age groups of (5-10, 11-15 and 16-18). The winners will be announced every Thursday and will get a certificate from Government of Odisha-UNICEF.

The entries with details, such as name, age, school and complete postal address, of the kid can be sent by WhatsApp to 7657039891 or by email to info@sportsodisha.gov.in

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The winners of the competition will be announced every Thursday and they will be presented with a certificate by the government of Odisha and UNICEF.

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