We talk about being our best self so we can be the best teacher/parent/person.

What makes a great teacher and/or parent

How we view the world plays a huge part on our behaviour, our happiness and our being. What we put out, our children pick up. We need to be the change we want to see in the world.

The world can be a depressing place if we allow our focus and attention to fuel that. Our world is also a place of beauty when we take the time to notice and capture it.

 

We need to change our attitude and the way we view our world as this plays a huge part in our happiness.

 

This is me.

Which one are you??

 

As teachers and/parents we need to think about what we put out for the children to pick up.

The weather is a good place to start our reflection.

When all children hear is adults complaining about the weather, what does that teach a child.

Just imagine, it’s raining. Your child is on their way to their Early Childhood education. You are helping your child out of their carseat and you are getting wet “yuck yuck yuck, I’m getting all wet, eww it dripped down my back”. Then they run into the setting (to get out of the rain) and the first teacher they see makes comment about the rain “eww its so wet today, it’s going to be a wild inside day”. Then you walk inside and the next teacher says ” it’s so wet out there isn’t it? What are we going to do?”.

Then another parent arrives “yuck, it’s so wet out there”. And another “what a wet and wild day today”. And another “I just want to go home and stay in bed all day”.

What is your child going to think and feel?

 

Now imagine, same day. As a parent, you make no comment about the rain going down your back, but notice the rain racing down the window and the smell of the rain on the road.

You and your child walk calmly into the setting with an umbrella, gumboots and maybe a raincoat. You allow your child to jump in the puddles along the way, you notice the puddles on the play equipment, the worm holes, together you discover the ground is slippery and taste the drips from your nose, you feel the rain on your face. Then you see the first teacher and she says “good morning,  it’s so nice to see you. Did you feel the rain on your face as you arrived? It’s like kisses from the sky isn’t it?”

You walk inside and the teacher says “you look like you have all the gear to stay dry in the rain today.”

The next teacher says “oh I love hearing the rain on the roof and watching the rain drops race down the window”.

Now how do you feel?

 

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass,  it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

– Unknown

 

Change your attitude. See the good in the world. You will be a far happier person for it and so will your children. Let them download positivity from you. Give them the tools to see the good in things.

So next time it rains, are you going to stand out in it, arms open wide, a smile on your face as you look up the the clouds, feeling kisses from the sky?

 

“Encouraging a child to go outside in all weather,  builds resilience, but more importantly,  saves them from spending their life,  merely tolerating the bad days in favour of a handful of good ones – a life of endless expectations and conditions where happiness hinges on sunshine.”

– Holistic Parenting Magazine

 

Nga mihi nui,

Nickie