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Type: Projects
Skills: Social & Emotional Skills
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All children, at some time in their lives, will experience some kind of stress or trauma, but by helping them build resilience, children are better able to manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. In this activity, we’ll explore how to promote resilience to help kids better cope during times of strife.
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What We Learn |
Develop a trusting, caring relationship with your child
Let your child know that you love & accept her unconditionally
Provide consistent rules & routines
Let your child know that she is important
Help your child learn to communicate her thoughts & feelings |
Supply List |
Poster
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How-To |
One way to help children develop resilience in their lives is to have a plan in place. By simply creating a poster stating the "Rules and Routines" of your home, you can help make kids feel more secure and confident in their daily lives.
All you need is an ordinary poster and a marker. On one poster, you can title it with the header of “Rules” and include basic rules of behavior, such as:
- Take care of yourself
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Take care of others
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Take care of your environment (your home or school)
On another poster, you can title it with the header of “Routines” and include in chronological order the schedule of basic daily routines in that child’s life, such as:
- Wake up
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Get dressed
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Have breakfast
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Go to school
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Lunch time
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Pick up time
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Playtime
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Dinner time
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Brush your teeth
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Story time
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Go to sleep
You can also write the time of the day these routines are schedule to happen. Routines are really important because the consistency of these daily events reassures the child and gives them a sense of predictability.
When you’re finished with your posters, place the posters in a prominent place in your home where your children can see them throughout the day.
You can create a plan like this when the children are around two years old or so, old enough so that they begin to understand what routines are. You could add some pictures of children doing actually the thing so that your poster is a little bit more visual. If the children are older, they can help to write some of the rules and routines on the poster.
If your children live in more than one home, make sure that both homes agree on the same chart to have at each one of the homes. The adults should agree on the things ahead of time that they're going to write with the child and not make it something that's going to be a problem, but that everybody agrees on the same idea.
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