LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Preparing the Future Generation for Success: activities to raise children Open-minded

How to help chidren to be confident and do not be afraid to be different.
Steriotypical models can ruin their individuality, so let's give our children chance for mistake and challange.
How to help children to develop critical thinking and teach them to make independent judgements.
If you want to raise an open-minded child, the test-based learning environment is not the best idea.
They just grow up knowing that all they need is to remember the right answer to pass a test.
Our world and life is so complicated and almost any rule has exclusion.
Let's help young people aged 3 to 15 grow some life skills they need to contribute to their life.
Below you can find some information for parents, teachers and caregivers.

• MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES: languages and cultures
As a mother of bilingual kids I believe that it’s never too early to begin learning a language Children who learn another language before age five use the same part of the brain to acquire that second language that they use to learn their mother tongue.(eight or ten its still not late!) Specialists says that learning a second language improves not only listening skills and memory but also enhance problem-solving, critical-thinking, creativity and the ability to multitask. Let's teach children to understand and respect the culture of others. I recommend watching movies about different cultures, reading books about life in different parts of the world and visiting ehibitions. Try different cuisines and take part in cultural events.
• SMALL ADVANTURES: outdoorplay and traveling
I also recommendto GO OUTSIDE. Don’t underestimate the power of outdoor play. Outdoor play is very important for health, memory and also can improve social skills and self-control—which are critical social skills. If you child is crying ...go outside. If you child is working on some project also find time to go outside! So, make outdoor play a daily habit or weekend habit. Even when the weather isn’t perfect, rainboots, raincoats and ubrella in their hands ... It's the start of a new adventure. Traveling is also a big adventure for children. The mind of a child is constantly evolving and learning. Travel involves facing the unknown, making new friends and new decisions. It is one of the best opportunities to use learn-on-doing approach, that I highly recommend based on my experience.
• ACTIVE READING: reading for pleasure
Let's help children become book lovers and active readers. It is not so difficult as it sounds. Our lives are so over-scheduled these days. But let's aim to spend 20 minutes a day for family reading! Reading should be aloud and emotional, with stops at key moments to ask questions or discuss the story. It can help them relate the text back to their own life and became active readers. A love for reading and the skills to think about a text will serve children for the rest of their lives. Specialists says that the more students read for fun on their own time, the higher their overall academic success.