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Siblings

Sibling relationship is one of the most discussed topics of pedagogy; birth of a sibling, sibling jealousy, competition between siblings and positive / negative emotions towards each other… It is sure that parents are the guide that children need in order to grow a healthy relationship with their siblings. How to behave to children who just got a sibling? A new born baby can mean a lot of different things for the elder child. First of all, they can feel the fear of losing mother’s love or splitting of her care. They can think like; “Mother’s love should be like […]

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Cognitive Development for Children

In our previous blogs, we explained differences of each month in the first year of a new born baby. The reason for that is that the progress is much faster in the first year, and the difference can be seen every month. However, when babies grow up, stages of their cognitive development is much longer compare to the first year. There are cognitive development stages for children between 1-6 years old; 13th – 15th Months; Language development gets faster and ability to understand increases. Starts to make more meaningful noises Knows names of animals and people, can point people or […]

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The Concept of Death in Children and Mourning Process

Death is actually a frightening concept that everyone avoids talking about and doesn’t want to think about too much. It will be difficult for the child who grew up in an environment with such an approach to fully understand the concept of death, to understand what death means, what happened to the person who died, and to accept it when he encounters the event of death. The child will deny death. The death of one of the relatives of a child, especially one of the parents, is not just the loss of someone who meets their daily needs for the […]

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What is Touch Sensitivity in Children?

Tactile Sensitivity is often reported in children or adults with autism. Children and adults with tactile sensitivity may show the following sensory processing symptoms. They don’t want to wear shoes or strain. Avoiding dry tissue such as finger paint, glue (glue, uhu) play dough and sometimes sand. Unrest in food tissues, including avoiding mixed tissues (eg lasagna, fruit yogurt). They do not like to hug or kiss, they can erase kisses. Difficulty in brushing teeth. Difficulties in haircuts and hair combing. Difficult to cut fingernails and hands. They do not like the feelings of clothing labels. What Causes Tactile Advocacy? […]

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How to get your child love doing homework?

What is homework? Homework is a task that needs to be done, a responsibility. Homework supports children’s education by keeping them remember what they’ve learned at school. Why Homework is necessary? Responsibility: Tasks given at school to be completed at home teach children sense of responsibility. Supporting learning: homework provide repetition of knowledge learned at school and make it more permanent. Discovering self-interest and qualifications: Homework help children to understand their abilities in certain areas; realize what they are lack of and what they are good at. What should you pay attention to? Too hard and complicated homework shouldn’t be […]

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Parenting in the Digital Age

Today’s technology period and our children have been meeting digital technologies since the day they were born. Since infancy, they can spend their hours in front of devices such as televisions, tablets, computers first with their mobile phones in their parents’ hands. As parents, we want them to stay behind technology. We watch with amazement and admiration that they adapt quickly to the devices in their hands. On the one hand, turning on the TV or giving a device to your hand and having fun on their own makes it easier from time to time. However, scientific studies point to […]

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Why Does A Child Fail At School?

Your child, that you have been following his development gradually since his infancy and using every means to support it, has finally started school. As a parent, one of the greatest happiness is that our child now writes and reads “parent” as our child says “parent”. But sometimes things don’t go well. As we expected, our child may have difficulties in the academic field in the first year of primary school and course failure may be experienced. Of course, the lessons are not important, but the negative feedback from the school will undoubtedly affect our child during these elementary school […]

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Exam Anxiety And Communication Methods

School success. Anxiety is a condition that is manifested by physical, emotional and mental changes that children experience when faced with a stimulus. In fact, many children experience tension, excitement and fear of being unsuccessful before and during the exams. This is an expected and natural feeling. The excitement of the exam ensures that we are motivated to prepare for the exam and we have an effort to pass the exam during the exam. Symptoms of Exam Anxiety Mental Symptoms; Forgetfulness, inability to focus attention, difficulty in remembering lesson topics, thoughts with negative comments (I will not be able to […]

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What Type of Intelligence Does Your Child Have?

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence The dominance of verbal intelligence in children means that their speaking and writing skills are strong. Children with the verbal intelligence type can effectively convey their thoughts and feelings orally and in writing. They enjoy reading books, telling stories and talking. Vocabulary is high and they have a strong memory. They listen to what is spoken, interpret, remember and express it in a different way. They have the ability to learn different languages. The most effective way of learning for them is to listen. Numerical-Logical Intelligence Children, numerical intelligence is the ability to think through deductive techniques, solve […]

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How is 4-year-old child development?

Now your child can resume dialogue on cases more shows development of thinking processes. Your child begins to answer simple questions more easily and logically, as well as express his feelings. It becomes a better understanding of the concept of time and the time of daily activities: For example, he knows that he ate breakfast in the morning, lunch at noon, and dinner in the evening. The attention span increases, and it can focus more and more on the activity it does. He understands two or three-piece directives: “Collect your toys, put on your pajamas and get ready for bed.” […]

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