6 Strategies to help parents get kids to eat at meal times.
Jun 06, 2017
These strategies will be familiar to teachers, who instead of interesting children in a meal, have to engage them for hours in learning activities. Teachers learn quickly that being stressed themsleves is very counterproductive!
the mealtime strategies are:
1. Get them involved
2. Make sure they come to the table hungry ( or in the case of the classroom - not hungry)
3. Eliminate distractions, like screens
4. Let them decide how much they should eat
5. Serve one meal for the whole family ( for teaching this would be one theme, different approaches)
6. Stay calm
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Bugalugs - the best finish for the Term - Sydney
For Kinder - Yr 4, a wonderful adaptation of Tim Winton's The Bugalugs Bum Thief is on at Seymour Centre on Tue 8 & Wed 9 Sept.
Introduce your students to the real magic of theatre, they'll love the show and just absorb all the educational advantages. Details
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An important term for seniors - take advantage of online plays
Sometimes it's hard to find the time to gather seniors to watch a live production. If you can, great, but consider taking advantage of online plays. Complete Works Theatre Company offer online (and live)
See their whole range of productions/workshops here.
Flying Bookworm Theatre - primary and secondary incursions
There are very few incursion companies catering both to primary and secondary students. One is Flying Bookworm Theatre, who encourage delight in English and Drama for all audiences, though their focus is more for secondary students.
Touring is to Qld, NSW, ACT and Victor
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