Benefits of The Children’s Story

Posted February 21st, 2010 by

Though, who presented the television spectacle, which is presented starting from the child waking up to now, the story of a child is no longer popular.

Cultural storytelling, or telling the kids seemed to have started to relax, watch television irreplaceable cultural, Play Station, videogames and other sophisticated technology, not necessarily according to age of sleeping children.

Whether it’s cartoons, soap operas, game shows, reality shows, and so forth.

Actually a lot of benefit we get from kids stories, include the following:

* The story is the most appropriate way to discipline children

In Nepal, children are not disciplined by physical punishment because women do not like seeing kids depressed or crying. Instead, they control the behavior of children through stories. It turns out this way quite successfully.

* Strengthen ties and communication that exists between parent and child.

The children most enjoyed hearing stories of children. If we do every day, then this can make us get to know our children and vice versa. Among psychologists recommend that parents familiarize storytelling tool to reduce the bad influence of the modern game. This was necessitated because the direct interactions between infants and children with parents with told me very influential in shaping the character of children ahead of adults.

* Sharpen the power of thought, creativity and imagination

Children can build their own visualization of the story heard. He can imagine what the characters or situations that arise from these tales. Over time the child can exercise creativity in this way. Children who used to listen to the story, it’s easier to speak up and thoughts into words, spoken and written. He’ll have a lot of vocabulary.

* Story of children an effective media to inculcate the values and ethics

Various values such as honesty, humility, solidarity, hard work, to empathy as well as various daily habits such as the importance of eating vegetables and brushing teeth. Children are also expected to more easily absorb those values, because no rule or a patronizing attitude, otherwise the characters in a fairy tale story tersebutlah expected to be an example or role model for children.

* The story children can train Multiple Intelligences

Through storytelling, children roaming the horizon of thought would be a better, more critical, and clever. Children can also understand things which need to be replicated and which should not be imitated. This will help them identify with their surrounding environment as well as facilitate the rate and position ourselves in the midst of others. Conversely, children who lack imagination can result in a socially less, difficult to socialize or to adapt to new environments.

* As an initial step to foster interest in reading children.

Once interested in a variety of children’s stories, they are expected to start growing interest in books. Beginning with the story books that are often heard, and then extends to other books such as books of knowledge, science, religion, and so forth.

Regardless of these benefits, we should still be careful. If not careful, pretty much the story of children prone to bad role model for children. This is due to the charge contained should be considered with psychological conditions that may deserap by the child, not until there is an error of understanding of the story, which is intended to be positive instead of negative.

Child Song, for Your Kids Development

Posted January 20th, 2010 by

Do you like listen a music? Not infrequently mothers today are choosing products that track the child is still a lot of memorized songs like that were created by Mr. AT Mahmud Mrs. Kasur and highly educated, polite and timeless.

Then, if you observe, track children in the age of 80 is still a legacy from the previous era. Usually characterized by short duration and the sentence which educates, and easily understood.

Various examples of which remains popular to this day are: balloon, Little Star, I am a Captain, Railway Rise, Rainbow, and others. Son of the famous singer during the first among others, Adi Bing Slamet, Ira Maya Sopha and Chica Koeswoyo.

Known since the 90s-era TV private, then become a popular singer and the songs are diverse children. At the beginning of that era, best known novel Puput name. Still, the songs enjoyed by the kindergarten and elementary school children only.

Then, Be Cikita Meydi, Eno Lerian, Leoni, Dea Ananda, which gives the icon of childhood through the typical song about friendship, education, maternal love, a hope and ideals like a song lyric into a chestnut Joshua Habibie, or a lot about the spirit of militancy is the world’s children.

Whereas in the era of 2000, children have more freedom to enjoy music in various formats, including VCD, MP3, or mobile phone. With this simplicity, children today are no longer just listening to the song of children, but more to like song teenagers.

This condition sometimes makes Sad, when the kids just love to sing again the theme of love. Inevitably, not many young singers today who can be singing classical and themed children have a feel of nan happy childhood, except Sherina and Trisha. Not a few who follow the style of adults, and have no moral exemplary.

We need to understand that music is like a two-edged sword. Psychologically, the music can bring a positive role in the formation of mental and behavior. An example is the classical music used as a means of therapy by pregnant women.

On the other hand, music can actually construct a mental, behavioral, and attitudes in an isolated space, alien, strange, and even tend indoktrinatif intervensial. Included in this is to track the child.

Likewise, the music for the world’s children. They sing, but not from the heart that represent them and no longer a theme that was brought to the child. No more themes of education, friendships, ideals, love mother, who sung the song of children, but rather the theme of romance and love.

They should have time for us to return a child who has now lost a child by placing songs in the hallway and the space it deserves. We can introduce children to the simple things, like nature, animals, sensory perception, as well as educating children in coherent patterns of thinking and patterned, as many were created by western people.

With songs of children, we can invite children to learn and well established patterns of thinking to become more creative. Children are taught how to read, so feel comfortable and not like studying.

Time to create songs that can educate and shape the character of intelligence of children, so that will be able to compete with their friends anywhere in the hemisphere.

Recognize Autism

Posted December 20th, 2009 by

Autism is a pervasive development disorder in children characterized by disruption and delays in communications, an interruption in play, language, behavior, feelings and emotional disorders, social interaction, feelings of social and sensory disturbances in feelings.

To learn more, you can observe yourself the following:

Disorders in patients with autism in verbal and nonverbal communication

The ability to speak has been delayed or completely unable to speak,. use the word without connecting it with the meaning of words commonly used, to communicate by using body language and can only communicate within a short time. Words that can not be perceived by others. Enjoys imitating words, sentences or songs without knowing what it means. Spoke in a monotone like a robot, not used for communication and expression level

Disorders in patients with autism in the areas of social interaction

Refusing or avoiding to face to face. Did not look back when called, so it is often thought to be deaf. Feeling unhappy or refusing a hug. When you want something, pull the hand hands of those who are nearest and expect people to do something for him. Not share the excitement with others. When playing away even when approached.

Disorders in patients with autism in play

Playing very monotonous and weird, is closely watching the long term. There is a certain attachment to objects such as paper, pictures, cards or roll, hold hands wherever he was taken away. When a happy one toy not want another toy. Not like a doll, but more like a less interesting objects such as bottles, rubber bands, batteries, etc.. No reflex, no imagination in play, can not imitate the actions of his friends, and can not start the game which are temples temples. Often consider their own fingers, a rotating fan or the wind that moves.

In patients with autism disorders in behavior

Often regarded as a child who likes neatness, must put certain things in place. Look hyperactive, often hurting yourself like hitting or banging her head. Sometimes very hyperactive or extremely passive. Anger without reasonable excuse. Very much concerned with one thing, idea, activity or person. Can not show common sense. Can be very aggressive to others or themselves. Cognitive problems sleeping, eating disorders and other behavioral disorders.

Autistic disorders on the feelings and emotions

Conduct yourself laughing, crying or angry for no reason obvious. Uncontrollable tantrums, especially if they do not get something desired, can even become aggressive and destructive .. Unable to empathize with other children

In patients with autism disorders in sensory perception

Feelings are sensitive to light, hearing, touch, smell and taste from the start of mild to severe. Biting, licking or kissing a toy or anything. When you hear a loud noise, closed ears. Cried every time her hair washed. Feel uncomfortable when given a specific outfit. Disliking palpation or hug, if worn often break away from hugs.

Autism is influenced by the multifactorial. So far, there is still not exactly clear about the causes and risk factors. Prevention strategies that do not yet optimal. Currently only limited preventive purpose to prevent the disturbance is not harder again, not to avoid. Further research is needed to clearly reveal the mystery of why these disorders so that preventive strategies can be done later.

Importance of Early Childhood Education

Posted November 20th, 2009 by

By definition, early childhood education (ECD) is the level of education prior to primary education which is a construction effort that is intended for children from birth up to age six years through provision of educational stimulation to assist the growth and development of the mind and body so that the child has readiness to enter further education, which was held in formal, nonformal, and informal.

Why early childhood education is important? Yes, because the period of early childhood is a period of gold (golden age) for child development to obtain the educational process.

Based on this research, approximately 50% of adults intelligence capability has occurred when a child aged 4 years, 80% have occurred when he was eight years old, and reached its culmination when the child was about 18 years.

This means that developments that occur within the first four years, as big as the developments in the next 14 years.

This golden period is a critical period for children, where the progress obtained in this period is very influential on the development of the next period, until adulthood. Understand, this golden period comes only once! If missing, it means that your chance has gone.

Therefore, early childhood education in the form of stimuli (stimulation) from the nearest environment is needed to optimize the ability of the child.

In short, early childhood education is one form of education that focuses on laying the foundation toward the growth and physical development (fine and gross motor coordination), intelligence (power of thought, creativity, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence), socio emotional (attitude and behavior and religion) language and communication, in accordance with the uniqueness and the stages through which the development of early childhood.

There are two purposes why the need to be held early childhood education, namely:

* The main objective: to establish a quality of Indonesian children is child grow and develop in accordance with its development level, so have the optimal readiness in entering primary education and living life in adulthood.
* Destination broadcaster: to help prepare children to reach the readiness to learn (academic) at the school.

The range of early childhood, according to Article 28 paragraph 1 of Act No.20/2003 on National Education System is 0-6 years. Meanwhile, according to study early childhood education and family science operate in several countries, the EC carried out since the age of 0-8 years.

Here’s some scope of Early Childhood Education:

* Infant (0-1 years)
* Toddler (2-3 years)
* Preschool / Kindergarten children (3-6 years)
* Early Primary School (Primary Class Start) (6-8 years)

Currently, there are already some education unit provider of Early Childhood Education, among others:

* Kindergarten (TK)
* Raudatul RA (RA)
* Bustanul RA (BA)
* Play Group (KB)
* TPA (TPA)
* A kind of early childhood care unit (SPS)
* Early Elementary Class (grades 1,2,3)
* BKB
* Integrated Health Service Posts (IHC)
* Family
* Environment

Inevitably, an early childhood education is that education is fundamental and strategic human resource development. Not surprising that many countries put a great attention to implementation of this education.

Understanding Child Psychology

Posted October 20th, 2009 by

Talking about child psychology, Erikson’s Developmental Psychology Specialists focus on psychosocial development from childhood to adulthood in eight stages.

Please note, everyone will go through stages and each stage will have positive and negative experiences. A healthy personality will be obtained if one can pass through the crisis well in the task of development.

On psychological theories of children, babies need a loving care that she felt safe. Inconsistency and rejection in infancy will lead to the nursemaid continuing mistrust of other people and the wider environment.

During early childhood, many things that attracted him to want to always try, though sometimes at a dangerous thing. At this stage, adults must provide support. Erikson warned that excessive restrictions and criticism will lead to a growing sense of doubt on the ability itself.

Research on child psychology, which focuses on intelligence chapter, Gardner further expressed with the concept of intelligence Plural or Multiple intelligence (MI). Gardner identifies intelligence as the ability to find and search for problem solving and forming a product that has perceived value than one culture.

The seven intelligences are: linguistic, logical, mathematical, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal and naturalist. Everyone has different potential. Each can be developed at some stage.

Cries for hours

Related child psychology, you may find your child cry for hours. Key assuage the crying and screaming children are calm and do not need to rush. Parents who appear nervous or harbored anger would have little difficulty accepting the condition that also was not comfortable with his own tears.

Children need a quiet figure, and able to control his emotions. Control your emotions will make an additional reaction of any tolerance space that will be issued a child. Cries the boy’s beautiful natural musical voice.

According to Hans Grothe, a development psychologist from Germany, actually the child’s crying and screaming tantrums was not related to age. Not only 2-year-old boy who did it, three or five years of age is sometimes still do.

The largest frequency is at the age of 2 years. According to him, there are three keys to soothe crying children, peace, tranquility and serenity. Of course in three different levels.

This capability does not just fall from the sky, but the parents need to train and learn to see the reactions of children. This is the need for parents to understand child psychology.

It should be understood, being a parent exactly like a researcher in the laboratory. Try a formula for parenting, solving problems in accordance with the culture and then see the reaction that occurs with the tested formula.

If no suitable and bad reaction, it must be tested formula of the other until the match. And usually a formula that is suitable for one child may not be suitable for other children. So to practice and learn to become researchers is the duty of parents to educate their children successfully. You will learn about the psychology of children who have no end.

Child Health Tips

Posted September 20th, 2009 by

Every parent wants to give the best course for your baby. Including in terms of health. Unfortunately, many of these matters to rely medics. A little sick to see a doctor.

As a parent, you must have a basic knowledge of health, so knew what to do to deal with your child’s health problems.

Membincang health of children, with increasingly advanced medical technology and scientific, the more solutions to a variety of diseases, both in terms of treatment and prevention. The ideal is prevention, with no need to feel the bitterness of suffering from a disease or disorder.

Unfortunately, most people lack information about early symptoms of an illness, so that precautions can be taken optimal. So is lack of information on healthy living and child development, from infants to toddlers.

In fact, today many of the health information you can get to easily, whether through print, audio, and internet. The more knowledge you, then you do not need to leave your child’s health as a whole to the medics.

Your monthly budget will not be discharged only for medical affairs only. A healthy child does not mean that often visit the doctor!

Knowledge will make your child’s health is not easy to panic when faced with your child experience health problems. Because, most of these disorders cured by itself, can be tackled at home and do no harm. Not infrequently the good doctor would likely say: “kok healthy children were taken to the doctor!”. Well, then why do you always worry when the child was healthy?

If your child’s health condition requires medical treatment, try asking what happened and how action needs to be done. Remember, your child’s illness does not always require medication. Remember, the use of any drug properly cause side effects.

Therefore you need not rush to give drugs to children to treat the symptoms, and it would be wise to discuss the cause to the doctor. You should understand, a visit to the doctor is not always synonymous with efforts to provide medicine, but more appropriate to consult.

You also do not need to force the doctor to give medicine to your child. More and more drugs, the more side effects caused. You need to know, in one study, children including the most exposed populations in treatment patterns that are not rational, especially in excessive antibiotic use and administration of drugs while at the same time. If you want a major child health, then you do not need mencekokinya with various kinds of drugs!

Here are tips to maintain the health of children:

* Maintain food intake of children. Adequate nutrition, according to age, weight and your child’s activity will increase endurance, so not susceptible to disease
* Complete with multivitamins. This supplement contains a variety of essential vitamins (which can not be made by the body). When given correctly – the composition and the dosage adjusted to the needs of children – a multivitamin can help to improve the resilience of the body so not susceptible to disease transition.
* Make sure any food or drink into the mouth of a child is a guaranteed clean. This means that, in addition to more hygienic in processing and preparing food at home, persuade children not to buy snack every where.

Games for Child Develpment

Posted August 20th, 2009 by

“The game is closely related with the child’s childhood is beautiful and exhilarating.”
- Philosopher Children -

When we asked about her childhood, of course we will gladly tell you many enjoyable experiences ever experienced.

It’s all so beautiful and exhilarating. Why is that? Because childhood is a time to play. Most or even all of the activities the children were playing!

But there are many parents who think that play is the activity a waste of time. They would rather see their children learn to sit neatly, without fuss, rather than moving (moving) and sound (noice).

Playing an effective way to learn
In fact, if all parents know and realize that the activities of the motion and the sound of children (could be called bemain) is the most effective way for children to learn something. Therefore, play is a fun activity for children.

Through games, children will experience a sense of happiness. With a feeling of joy that’s nerve / neuron in the brain quickly connected to each other to form a new memory. That is why the children easily learn something through the game.

Need to play

* Learning from the game (learning by playing)
The game should have a value commensurate with learning. Children can learn through the game (learning by playing). Many things can a child learn with games, keimbangan between fine motor and gross motor skills strongly influence the development of child psychology. As Reamonn O Donnchadha in his book The Confident Child “The game will give the opportunity to learn to deal with personal life situations as well as learn to solve problems.”
* Games to develop the right brain
Besides that of course children have the opportunity to test her ability to deal with their peers and develop a realistic sense of themselves. Playing through permaianan give children the opportunity to develop the right brain, which may be less honed skills at school and at home.
* Games to develop patterns of emotion socialization and children in social play, children learn about socialization menenpatkan himself as a social creature. Children learn the value of personal success when it succeeded in entering a team. When children play the role of “good” or “evil” rich kid will make the experience of emotion, the child will understand the feelings of fear and rejection related to the situation he faces.

With play activities provide opportunities for children to practice a sense of disbelief to others and the ability to negotiate, solve problems (problem solving) or just hanging out with people around him.

Type of game
Basically, all kinds of games have the same goal which is to play with the fun! The difference is the influence or effects of these types of games. There are two types of games, namely: Games Active and Passive Games. Active and passive games should be done with a balanced iini.

* The game sports (sports):
For people dewas, sports no longer be a game but something serious and competitive. But for children, sports can become an exciting game that contains fun, entertainment, and play, but not too independent of the participatory element and a desire to excel.

In the game olahaga children develop kinesthetic capabilities and the development of motivation to show keungulan himself (emphasis not on competition but on the ability) to give strength to himself and learn to develop themselves every time.
* Games brawl (body contact):
These types of games including the modern game, but many parents and teachers looked Skeptic and worried, is reasonable from the effects of possible serious. This game is kind of games that require modification of the seriousness of the child to meet the needs for power.

It is healthy and positf for children, useful to examine the advantages and strengths in the environment. Kind of the game is to test the ability and thinking of children in the real world by all its consequences.

Passive game category

* Games mechanical
Along with the development, technological era and gives a big influence in the development of games for kids. Sophisticated technological tools such as computers are no longer owned by adults, but has become a regular item for the kids.

Various games or virtual game has been available in it (computer). Playing computer is not the same as playing with friends, kids play alone with his pleasures.

Negative side
Negative side of this game is the lack of mechanical attitude formation to receive and to give children (take and give). Children have full control over the “playmate” and “the playmate” would do whatever the child wants. This control will cause a serious reaction if their child is channeled in a friendship in their social environment.

Positive side, however, the positive things the child has the computer skills that will be required children as a means of life.
* Games fantasy
Fantasy is a practice carried out their own special game. Children can shape the world according to his (imagination). We recommend that parents do not force the child to always play with his friends because it would create the impression that the play itself was wrong.

Fantasy game other than the ability of the creative process mengembagkan right brain side, also for the formation of interpersonal intelligence (one of the eight intelligences multiple intelligence theory, Howard Garner).

Child Development

Posted July 20th, 2009 by

Child development is important for parents to be special attention. Therefore, the process of child growth and development will affect their lives in the future.

If the development of the child escaped the attention of parents (without parental guidance and assistance), then the child will grow in accordance with the present modest and approached them.

Later, the parents will experience remorse.

What are the stages of child development?
Child development is all the changes that occur in the child’s age, ie at the time:

* Infancy toddlerhood (ages 0-3 years)
* Early childhood (ages 3-6 years)
* Middle childhood (ages 6-11 years)

Changes that occur in children include changes to the following aspects:

* Physical (motor)
* Emotions
* Cognitive
* Psychosocial

Aspects of child development

1. Development of Physical (Motor)
Physical development (motor) is a growth process of a child’s movement skills. Every movement that carried the child is the result of complex interaction patterns of the various parts and systems of the body controlled by the brain.

Physical development (motor) includes the development of gross motor skills and fine motor.

* The development of gross motor
Child’s ability to sit, run, and jump, including examples of gross motor development. Big muscles and some or all members of the body used by the child to move her body.

Gross motor development is influenced by the child’s maturation process. Because the maturation process of each child is different, then the rate of growth of a child may be different from other children.

* The development of fine motor
The development of fine motor movements is the development of children who use the small muscles of the body or part of certain members.

Developments on this aspect of children affected by the opportunity to learn and practice. Ability to write, cutting, and the block includes examples of fine motor movement.

2. Emotional development
Developments on these aspects include the ability of children to love, feel good, brave, happy, scared, and angry, as well as other forms of emotion. In this aspect, the child is strongly influenced by the interaction with parents and people around him.

Emotions that will develop in accordance with the receipt of emotional impulse. For example, if children get the outpouring of affection, they will learn to love.

3. Cognitive Development
In koginitif aspects, development of the child appears on the ability to receive, process, and understand the information that reached him. Cognitive abilities associated with the development of language (spoken or sign language), understand the words, and speaking.

4. Psychosocial development
Psychosocial aspects related to the child’s ability to interact with their environment. For example, the ability of children to greet and play with their peers.

By knowing the aspects of child development, parents and educators can design and provide stimulation and exercises to develop all four aspects are in balance.

Stimulation or exercise can not be focused only on one or several aspects. Obviously, stimulation and exercise are provided with the equipment readiness of children watched, not by coercion.