How To Deal With A Preschoolers

Nowadays, did you ever thought about how to deal with your super active and curious toodlers or preschooler?

Regarding the facts that kids on this era are way more curious than our time when we were kids.

We can see that the kids developed very well, that we sometimes amaze by their developments. No wonder we called it as a ”Golden Age” time.

According to the meaning of Golden Age itself;

Middle childhood has been called the “golden age” of childhood. Overall, children are relatively healthy during this period. Growth rates slow and children start gaining about 5-7 pounds in weight and 2 inches in height each year. Many children begin to slim down as their torsos become longer.

source : https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-lifespandevelopment2/chapter/lecture-middle-childhood/

Children develop skills in five main areas of development:

1. Cognitive Development This is the child's ability to learn and solve problems. For example, this includes a two-month-old baby learning to explore the environment with hands or eyes or a five-year-old learning how to do simple math problems.

2. Social and Emotional Development This is the child's ability to interact with others, including helping themselves and self-control. Examples of this type of development would include: a six-week-old baby smiling, a ten-month-old baby waving bye-bye, or a five-year-old boy knowing how to take turns in games at school.

3. Speech and Language Development This is the child's ability to both understand and use language. For example, this includes a 12-month-old baby saying his first words, a two-year-old naming parts of her body, or a five-year-old learning to say "feet" instead of "foots".

4. Fine Motor Skill Development This is the child's ability to use small muscles, specifically their hands and fingers, to pick up small objects, hold a spoon, turn pages in a book, or use a crayon to draw.

5. Gross Motor Skill x Development This is the child's ability to use large muscles. For example, a six-month-old baby learns how to sit up with some support, a 12-month-old baby learns to pull up to a stand holding onto furniture, and a five-year-old learns to skip.

source :

http://www.howkidsdevelop.com/developSkills.html

Based on the data, the children at the golden age described as well growing human being, they grow up not only physically but also their intelligence.

Its a natural way the kids grown up, its the important part of a live process to decide what they are gonna be.

As a parent, Its quite challenging to deal with toddler and preschooler. Lucky me, been a Kindergarten Teacher for 2 years is helping me a lot. Plus, if you love kids far before you have your own kids, thats one of the gift i can say.

At the beginning, thinking about how we face the process is not easy, we keep asking is it correct or is it not?

But the first thing is, just let them play naturally. Let them discover anything by themself, as a parent we cant over controlling by telling them to do A-Z. Parents must remember that their duty is all about guard them up, accompany in a best ways, be open minded about anything they tell us about, be imaginative. Because sometimes adult only use their logic most of the time than their imagination.

Second, dont lose temper. Be happy, be a part of it. even if we are being exhausting sometimes but it will worth the result. Be a mother or a father who plays. Give as much time as we can for the kids, let them feel that we are also their bestfriends just like their school friend at their age. Break the boundaries between a children and parents. Learn and play together, then it will be more easier to deal with a curious preschoolers because we are already, naturally get the vibes as a preschoolers.

Last, think about the process. This milestones will passed, for sure. The kids will grow up and First Graders, Second Graders, Teenagers, will surely comes as a next level of the kids milestones. Thought its gonna be more complex.

This Golden Age process might be the easier one to deal, but the most precious time for the kids, because one thing we did wrong to them, they will forever remember that thing and follow it later as a habit, whether good or bad. Their curiosity are the exact proof of the long-term Intelligence. Then we have to decide what are we going to do to with that things. Good or bad are we gonna set them be?

Also, much love can help a lot getting through all of these ❤️

Kinda have another idea or solution? Feel free to email me.