How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk
Why I chose this Book? This particular book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish is a great book for parents and teachers to read to help develop good communication skills with children.
My Opinion of This Book & Benefits To Families and Caregivers I believe this book, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, is a great tool for both the families of young children and the teachers who may need to brush up their skills when dealing with younger children on a daily basis. This book teaches how to be more effective in communicating with children, which many parents can lack often due to stress or tiredness or just plain lack of decent communication skills themselves. I believe that if the families and caregivers receive the correct knowledge and also when and how to use this knowledge, then both the child and adult can benefit from this information in the book quite vastly and may see a big difference in the children's behavior.
How to Use This With the Parents? The best way to use How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk with the parents would be to just keep a copy of this book and maybe recommend to them that it is a great book and you even have learned some great new tips from it to. This book really is for any family, and not just the families that are having issues talking with their children. Any adult who is around children on a regular basis may benefit from reading this down to earth, simple to read book. Personally I would let the families know this so they do not think that you are trying to tell them there is a problem. Another idea would be to have a book club. This may not be perfect in every childcare but if it may work I would definitely give it a try. Since parents do not have much time to spare I would suggest having a discussion every month about a book, not every week as many other book clubs do. This will give them time to read it and not
My Opinion of This Book & Benefits To Families and Caregivers I believe this book, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, is a great tool for both the families of young children and the teachers who may need to brush up their skills when dealing with younger children on a daily basis. This book teaches how to be more effective in communicating with children, which many parents can lack often due to stress or tiredness or just plain lack of decent communication skills themselves. I believe that if the families and caregivers receive the correct knowledge and also when and how to use this knowledge, then both the child and adult can benefit from this information in the book quite vastly and may see a big difference in the children's behavior.
How to Use This With the Parents? The best way to use How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk with the parents would be to just keep a copy of this book and maybe recommend to them that it is a great book and you even have learned some great new tips from it to. This book really is for any family, and not just the families that are having issues talking with their children. Any adult who is around children on a regular basis may benefit from reading this down to earth, simple to read book. Personally I would let the families know this so they do not think that you are trying to tell them there is a problem. Another idea would be to have a book club. This may not be perfect in every childcare but if it may work I would definitely give it a try. Since parents do not have much time to spare I would suggest having a discussion every month about a book, not every week as many other book clubs do. This will give them time to read it and not