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Setting up an obstacle course is a wondrous child physical activity. Children get lots of exercise while having fun. An obstacle course may be set up with items you may already have. Usually an obstacle course is set up outdoors, but may be a terrifi indoor action when the weather is bad.
To set up an obstacle course, think of terms such as jump, hop, creep under, climb over, walk along, go right or go left. A child physical action includes practicing gross motor skills, remainder and coordination. Plan out the course by listing the attainments you want the children to practice. Eight to ten stations is a good number for school age children.
- Use a ladder flat on the ground to run through
- Crawl underneath a table or broom hung amid 2 chairs
- Hop through hula hoops set on the ground
- Step over an obstacle such as yardstick among 2 chairs at knee height
- Walk throughout remainder beam (4″x4″ board)
- Weave in and out of poles made with PVC pipe inserted in sand buckets
- Squeeze through 2 objects placed close so child walks sideways
- Throw ball into wastebasket
- Carry an object on a spoon (water balloon outdoors, little ball indoors)
- Jump or skip 5 times with jump rope
- Bounce or dribble ball to next station (at least 5 times)
You may adjust this child physical action to fit the ages, abilities and number of children in your group. Make the obstacle course simple at firstborn and gradually increase the difficultness of each station.
If you want, time the kids to see how fast they may finish the course. Record their person times and see if they may exercise to improve their own times. Make certificates of accomplishment and completion of this child physical activity; the obstacle course.
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“Thoughtful and sound in it is approach, practical and clear in it is suggestions, direct and supportive in it is tone, Raising Resilient Children is the perfective book for parents searching for a caring method to support their children grow into healthy, happy, loving, and mature adults.”William Pollack, Ph.D., author of Real Boys
“. . . the down-to-earth systems make sure this title will be applied as well as read . . . genuinely valuable material.” Publishers Weekly
” . . . a noteworthy book that pulls together the exploration on resilience and makes it readable, understandable, and practical.”Work and Family Life
“A very indispensable work. This not-to-be-missed book debunks the paradigm (‘Good sufficient for me: I turned out OK’) and replaces it with a new model fostering resilience capable of meeting obstacles head-on.”Library Journal (starred review)
ReviewChild psychologists Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein are too modest to promise a “sure bet” method for fostering resilience in all children, but their book Raising Resilient Children surely does an impressive occupation of upping the ante. The writers open their comprehensive study with two bold questions: Why do a great deal of parents insist on pointing out their child’s weaknesses and try–in vain–to fix these, when reining the child’s amount of energy bolsters self-esteem? And how may parents change their erring ways to support these kids become thoughtful, convinced adults? Their answer is a wisely crafted set of 10 necessary parenting behavings (“guideposts”)–a prescription of sorts, for fostering resilience in kids. Ironically, it’s the parents who may reap the greatest rewards from putting these guideposts to work.
Drawing to a great extent from 50 years of combined clinical practice, Brooks and Goldstein conclude that a child’s resilience grows it is deepest roots in the home, nurtured by parents who comprise healthful doses of empathy, practical optimism, respect, unconditional love, keen listening skills, and the goodnatured tolerance to administer these values each day. Sounds logical, but the gap amidst cognition and action is deceptively wide. The writers knowingly percentage a caseload of tales from their own clients’ histories–familiar scenarios of well-meaning parents who say and do counterproductive things. But they likewise present a treasury of suggestions for righting the wrongs, including elaborate steps for rewriting negative parenting scripts, instructing and modeling empathy, and creating prospects for kids to act responsibly and compassionately. This timely, perceptive book will prove an effective tool for parents who are more than willing to scrutinize–and improve upon–their own resilience. –Liane Thomas
From Publishers WeeklyIn this practical handbook for parents, clinical psychologists Brooks and Goldstein draw on their significant experience working with children and families to demonstrate that parents’ core goal ought to be to instill in their children a sense of inner recourse. “A resilient child is an in an emotional manner healthful child, equipped to with great success confront challenges and bounce back from setbacks,” they contend, and to this end they provide 10 parenting “guideposts” for fostering the kind of resilience that helps children thrive. From being empathic, to instructing problem-solving, to identifying “islands of competence” in order to aid a child experience success, to editing and eliminating what the writers call “negative scripts” (what parents listen themselves saying and doing repeatedly, “with negligible beneficial results”), the guideposts are distinctly delineated, primary outlined in the original chapter and then expanded in person chapters. In “Accepting Our Children for Who They Are,” for instance, the writers talk about indispensable abstractions–mapping out dissimilar personality types in children, addressing parental fears of being “mismatched” with their children–and then pack a practical punch with “Four Steps to Developing an Accepting Mindset with Your Child.” An abundance of real-life examples encountered in the authors’ own exercises further helps to unite principle and theory with action, and while the subject-specific chapters give hope or courage to browsing, the down-to-earth systems make sure that this title will be employed as well as read. Though the book’s straightforward, collaborative “we” yields a somewhat lackluster voice, in the long run it doesn’t impede the transmission of this veritably priceless material. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library JournalWhat’s the divergence amid an irresponsible underachiever and a kid who bounces back after each setback and keeps on trying? It’s the capacity to be resilient, say Brooks (Harvard Medical Sch.) and Goldstein (Univ. of Utah; Overcoming Underachieving: An Action Guide to Helping Your Child Succeed in School) in this very essential work. Resilience is the “capacity to cope and feel competent.” In over 300 pages, packed with stories and anecdotes, the writers thoroughly and closely question or examine what makes a divergence in kids’ lives and how parents may modify to get the results they want. Within each chapter, selective information is organized according to “Myths of…,” “Steps to…,” “Obstacles in…,” and “Principles of….” The writers reject the blank-slate theory of childhood personality; rather, they assert that all children are not equivalent at birth and must be treated differently. They likewise argue that parents will have to alter what they do with their children in order to turn not successful “negative scripts” into positive experiences. This not-to-be-missed book debunks the old paradigm (“Good sufficient for me; I turned out OK”) and replaces it with a new model fostering resilience capable of meeting obstacles head-on. Recommended for all parenting collections. Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, PA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
 Sensible Guidance towards Positive Change
By LaurieLove
I just had the pleasure of hearing author, Robert Brooks speak at our school about nurturing sef-esteem and resilience in our children. I found his parent friendly book to have the same warm tone that he conveys in person. His lessons and opinions are documented with true case studies and anecdotes from his professional career and peppered with a welcome sense of humor. I am learning to be a more authoritative parent with the specific, practical guidance offered in this book and I see a definite positive change in the way we as parents are communicating with our children. This book has been the key tool in helping us empower our grade school children (10 and 12) with a better attitude towards adversity. If you have toddlers or preschoolers (2′s, 3′s, 4′s, & 5′s), we also highly recommend “The Pocket Parent” as a very compatible guide to “Raising Resilient Children”. Both books view “Discipline” and “Punishment” as very different procedures and both offer many positive strategies to communicate and discipline (teach children right from wrong) WITHOUT yelling, bribing, nagging, threatening, criticising and punishing. The authors of both books feel we often spend too much time remediating the weaknesses of our children and not enough time identifiying their strengths and seeing that they have ample opportunities to succeed in what they are passionate about and good at. Both authors believe that it is not only important what you need to say to your children, but HOW you choose to say it that can make the difference. We recommend both “RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN” and “THE POCKET PARENT” for home and school libraries for parents.
33 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
 “Good parenting” from a cognitive-behavioral viewpoint
By Stephen Armstrong
The authors, both clinical psychologists and professors, state ten principles which they believe lead to “resilience” in children. Resilience is defined as “the ability of a child to deal more effectively with stress and pressure, to cope with everyday challenges, to bounce back from disappointments, adversity, and trauma, to set clear and realistic goals, to solve problems, to relate comfortably with others, and to treat oneself and others with respect” (p. 1)
These ten principles are “idealized” child “mindsets,” which parental behavior supports. The authors do not criticize parents for not supporting their children all the time. Instead, they give numerous suggestions and examples of what a parent can do to improve their communication with their children.
The tone of this book is “talky” and easy to read. Perhaps 2/3rds of the examples are about children; the rest, adolescents. Almost all examples come from the authors’ extensive psychotherapy and family therapy practices.
I have some quibbles with the logic of some of their conclusions, but, in general, parents will find this an easy and helpful read. Although the topic of “resilience” is a part of the newly emerging field of “social-emotional learning” (SEL), educators will find this book harder to use. The children in the examples attend schools, but there is no description of how to implement a resilience curriculum.
The authors also publish a workbook, “Raising resilient children: A curriculum to foster strength, hope, and optimism in children.” This workbook is tied to a video that the authors have produced (but which is not sold with the workbook; the video must be ordered from the publisher and I have not seen it on Amazon.com). This workbook provides exercises with which they can build the competence to support their children. This workbook also gives the gist of their argument, and teaches parents directly how to implement the skills to support their child.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Comprehensive and Helpful
By Rondalyn V. Whitney
As an occupational therapist and mom of a child with a unique learning style, this book has helped me articulate abstract thoughts that help children, in real time, with real issues, succeed. Parents find the book’s ideas profound but the tone simple enough to easily implement. As a therapist, I find ideas to integrate into treatment and to help me explain to parents their role in supporting their child’s ultimate success or failure. I think families would be so much more successful if this were required reading before they brought their bundles home from the hospitals.
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