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Message: <blockquote data-quote="එලකිරි auditor" data-source="post: 15998304" data-attributes="member: 421829"><img src="http://slhub.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/w400_trans/articles/images/8%20ways.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />1. Stop buying Garden and Home magazines These magazines often make you feel miserable especially if you have  hyperactive kids like me who turn the house into pirate ships or shops  or schools. So, <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adopt the Japanese minimalistic style, easy to clean and maintain.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learn one recipe for biscuits and cakes then diversify.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keep clothes at a minimum level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rein in the household chores and involve the children.</li> </ul>2. Combine structured and informal learning <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Introduce adequate structure in your kids’ life especially for  homework and reading the Qur’an or any other religious book(for non muslims). For example, after  school, get them tea and then home work for 1 hour. After that they are  free to cycle, to jump, to paint, to do what they want to do (of course  computers must be in the family public space).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get some other children together. If there is an open space for  them, it is much better. However, if live in the areas where some bad  characters may lurk, set up an informal play scheme. I used to organize a  free play scheme on weekends with other mothers so that our children  could play together in a safe environment, but with adequate distance  from adults’ watchful eyes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Involve children in organizing trips and outdoor activities. My children love experiencing rough sleeping.</li> </ul>3. Encourage entrepreneurial spirit <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Give small amount of seed capital to your children. My children love  making and selling things. In this way, they learnt maths, negotiation  and communication skills early. They also learnt to make delightful  products such as pop-up cards or special occasion cards and flowers for  Eid and birthdays. But don’t go over the top, you could be taken to task  for child labour.</li> </ul>4. Story books are their friends <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adopt story telling as a way of explaining and learning typically  ‘boring’ subjects. My children hated their text books. I don’t blame  them because many text books are notoriously unreadable. But they love  good story books, practically devoured them. Over so many years,  storytelling has been a powerful method of learning and teaching. If you  tell the kids that World War 2 was started by a guy called Hitler, they  would soon fall asleep. But try telling that the war was started by a  mustached guy who used to be bullied or a bully at school and lived in a  place where kids disappeared (for example), watch the facial  transformation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Visit libraries and book shops despite the age of digital books.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Teach them to respect books and treat them with care.</li> </ul>5. Give them a sense of purpose <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Identify your children’s interests and nurture them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don’t force them to be what you want them to be. However, explain to them about options and consequences.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don’t condemn but don’t overindulge them with praises either. When  children have a clear sense of purpose, they will be motivated to work  towards that goal. One of my daughters loves animals, astronomy and  baking. Her ambition is to set up an animal shelter complete with a café  and star gazing equipment.</li> </ul>6. Lead by action <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Undertake small projects and get your children involved but don’t force them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explain to them the purpose of these projects. You can’t expect your  children to be innovative if you yourself are lazy. When I started a  TOTALLY FREE QURAN E-LEARNING it inspired my daughters to enter into an  international Innovation Competition to help displaced people around the  world or refugees, illustrate children’s books and develop e-learning  courses for English as Additional Language children.</li> </ul>7. Find out your children’s learning barriers early <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Find out your children’s learning styles early. How do they learn?  Are they auditory, visual, kinesthetic or logical learners? In this way,  you can strengthen their learning.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don’t force your own learning style on your children.</li> </ul>8. Tell them there is no failure but learning <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explain to your children that the focus should be on learning with a clear purpose not failure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Talk about options and limitations in achieving their ambitions. Be as realistic as possible but don’t thwart their ambitions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get involved in your children’s school. For example, if your  children could not get to the school they want, (the price of property  in good schools’ catchment areas is ridiculously high) it is not the end  of the world. My older daughters went to a school which has a  notoriously bad reputation in the country. But one of them won an  international science competition while a student there. She was invited  to visit the NASA Centre in the US including meeting with astronauts.  The school was so supportive in getting her visa by pestering the US  embassy on a daily basis. Everyone was so excited including other  parents and students. The school also supported another daughter to set  up a Fair Trade shop and helped another one win a project sponsored by  the local authority</li> </ul> By: Suziana Shukor                        </blockquote>

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