Child Development
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This is killing me so I'd appriciate any ideas. There's a 2.5 year boy who at one time was on the CP register, (although I have no details about that) in plain language a little sod, but lovely with it. He will occassionally throughout the day hit out, push, bite, shout, swear at adults and children, destroy childrens play, run off, spit... He can also be conversational, caring, funny, inventive, inquistive, charming and just plain lovely. We have started a daily chart especially for him, smiley face for things that make us happy, sad face for things that make us sad, it's the 3rd day today so too new to know if it will be a help, the idea is he will get a special sticker…
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Growing Up!
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Wow! I have just started to toilet train my daughter. She is 2.5 years old and showing signs that she is ready for this. I went to Mothercare yesterday and bought a special toilet seat and step, which the little one chose herself. Then came the abundance of knickers, again which she chose herself. I thought it would be better to give her the choice, thinking she would be more inclined to use all these things . I never realised quite how stressful toilet training your own child could be! When I think of all the children I have helped train whilst at work, it seemed quite an easy job, but looking at it now, I was supported by various other staff members all keeping an …
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Child Protection Question
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Hi everyone hope your lucky enough to be enjoying the hols?? As part of my early years degree i have been given a case study about a child in a surestart setting whos dirty,smelly,and always hungry,dads got mental health issues,mums pregnant and hes got a 2yr old sibling with SEN. i have to say what the sure start setting would do and what help for the family and child protection procedures id follow and agencies to contact. Is there anyone out there at a sure start setting that could help or what your setting would do ive contcated my local sure start but there so busy i didnt like to bother them. Hoping you can help Claire
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Ideas For Fine Motor Control
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I have a child who has brilliant reading skills, not hot housed, 2 older siblings yr 4 and 2 all very sparky. He can read more or less anything put in front of him, even in October the handwritten labels on children's book bags written by their parents. He gets very frustrated with writing as his pencil skills are very poor, therefore any kind of work on paper does not motivate him and being aware of his shortcomings in this area he shys away from the sorts of activities that I think might help move him on. Creative activities are avoided like the plague and he has to be cajoled a great deal to have a go at them, sometimes enjoying them when the end product turns out w…
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Concerns About Child
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I have a key child E, who has been with us a year now (just turned 4) and she has always been a little er how can I say it nicely... difficult to have a relationship with. That sounds horrible and I'm sorry but I don't know how else to put it! She usually has a kind of sly expression and sidles up to other children taking what she wants or manipulating them off bikes and chairs etc without them really noticing she has done it! If she sees an adult looking she quickly walks away. If she falls over she refuses any adult attention, won't say if she's hurt or let us look. Once she wet herself and hid under a table. She rarely responds to attempts to chat or play with her and …
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Child With Stammer
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Need a bit of advice - one of my 4 yr olds has quite a pronounced stammer (one of the children asked why she kept saying the words over again) and I was going to talk to mum about it. Now, in a different chat with mum I realised she has exactly the same stammer as her daughter so I'm not quite sure how to approach her about it without mum herself becoming selfconcious or defensive. Any suggestions? Don't want to upset mum. Megsmum
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Last week a child (age 4y 5m) in nursery drew a picture of a lion. The lion was face on looking out of the paper and with an adult telling him the letters he wrote 'lion'. What excited me was the fact he had drawn the lions tail on the back of the paper. I thought it was fantastic but cant find anything to read that might give a meaning or indication of his development. I guess it's a rather advanced skill. Where can he go with this?
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Book Bands
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hi all, i was on here the other day and came across the book band levels and an attachment with each differnet colour band on a page with what it is we are looking for at that level. i thought it might be noce to send hoem with the parents can anyone tell me where i might find it thanks happy Monday!!!!!!
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Help With Child
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hi, we have a boy in our setting, he is 3 years old and has been coming to us since sept last year. apart from joining in and communicating problems, our main concern is this childs dislike of anything messy. by messy, i mean the usual paint, glue etc, also sand, water etc, but not only this, if he goes near anything slightly like these activities, he begins to gag, if he gets anywhere near the glue he makes himself physicaly sick. have spoke to mum, and she said he is like this at home, but cant think of anything that may of caused it. we have tried gradually introducing messy things but he just clams up and panics. has anyone out their had the same …
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Hi, Has anyone any ideas? or does anyone know where I can go for support. I have a 4 year old boy in my class who is finding it difficult to deal with the fact that his Mum as cancer. Her hair has started falling out and he does know how to cope with it. He needs adult interaction in school all of the time which isn't always possible and he doesn't always want to talk about his feelings. He displays silliness, rudness, will hit me and throwing things when he is finding it difficult to cope. I need help with how to deal with him. The Head and myself spoke with his Mum this morning and have come up with some strategies but he is wearing me out so much that I ending up g…
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