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Written by: Ms. Fung Chi Hei, Game Therapist, Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui Primary School
I previously participated in a professional exchange activity for teachers in Taiwan and was impressed by the emphasis on using exercise to cultivate children’s growth in the Taiwanese education system. This experience provided new inspiration, which I hope to share with parents. One of the schools visited during the exchange can be described as the elementary school version of a sports academy. Upon entering the school, the students welcomed the visitors with a government-promoted fitness routine. They performed various warm-up exercises in unison, exuding a lively spirit akin to tiger cubs, making me feel like they had truly entered a forest full of tiger cubs.
Exercise Strengthens Children’s Learning Abilities
Principal Liu of the Tiger Forest Elementary School stated that the school is a key focus school designated by the government, with a special emphasis on students’ physical development. The school believes that exercise can strengthen students’ learning abilities. They have adopted the “Anytime Exercise” program based on the research of John J. Ratey, MD, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. This program advocates for students to be engaged in exercise at all times, hence the name “Anytime.” During breaks, students would run to any part of the playground to exercise, some playing dodgeball, some climbing the monkey bars, and others playing badminton. All students enjoy every moment of exercise.
The Benefits of Exercise: Strengthening Brain Function
It is well known that exercise has the effect of strengthening the body, and in Ratey’s research, he pointed out more about the benefits of exercise on the brain. He described the brain as the center for processing information, transmitting messages through different pathways using various transmitters (chemicals). During exercise, the brain can effectively produce more transmitters and strengthen pathways, allowing messages to be transmitted faster and more accurately.
Applying this theory to learning, students can enhance their brain function through exercise, thereby improving their learning effectiveness. Research has confirmed that exercise can improve students’ concentration and memory, both of which are essential for successful learning. Furthermore, exercise can stimulate the brain to produce dopamine (a chemical that brings happiness), enabling students to learn joyfully, which naturally leads to better academic performance.
How to Make Children Love Exercise?
For children to enjoy the time and benefits of exercise, parents must help them develop a love for exercise. Here are three suggestions:
1. Anytime Exercise
Provide children with more opportunities for exercise, suitable time, tools, and space, while ensuring the safety of the environment.
2. Healthy Exercise
Teach children to exercise for the sake of their health and emphasize the benefits of exercise on health.
3. Exercising Together
Exercise with children more often, enjoy the moments of exercise and savor the wonderful time with family.
Written by: Director of Pario Arts, Lee Sou Jing
Everyone has creativity and artistic potential. If properly nurtured, it can enhance one’s moral sentiments and make life more perfect. In the artistic atmosphere, diverse activities inspire individuals’ creativity, aesthetic sense, and diverse abilities, promoting holistic development. ‘Love’ is the driving force of creation. In a free, democratic, safe, and harmonious environment and atmosphere, it is the expression of ‘love,’ emphasizing mutual tolerance, acceptance of different opinions, and respect for and acceptance of others. So, how can parent-child creative art creation express ‘love’? Here, the author shares his views with all parents.
The significance of parent-child creative art creation:
• Art education starts with individuals. Parents try to engage in artistic creation to cultivate their children’s artistic accomplishments.
• The first lesson of art education begins with ‘listening’ and ‘acceptance.’ Parents learn to accept the diverse ways in which children express their creativity.
• Through the joint participation and experience of parent-child art creation, parents can get closer to and understand their children’s hearts.
• Parent-child art creation helps children to understand themselves and release emotions and stress.
• By integrating an atmosphere of mutual appreciation and respect, it reduces parental stress and anxiety, thereby enhancing parent-child relationships.
• Making parent-child fall in love with creation, integrating art into life, and enhancing the quality of life.
Artistic Cultivation Tips
• Cultivate a kind of knowledge in being human and enhance the ability to share, that is, ’empathy.’
• According to the research of psychologist Hoffman on the development of human empathy, ’empathy’ is the ability to understand the feelings of others and to put oneself in their shoes.
• The three steps of ’empathy’: (1) Imagine standing in the other person’s position (2) Identify the other person’s true feelings (3) Convey understanding and feelings to the other person.
• Empathy’ is an important ability in interpersonal relationships. Only those with ’empathy’ can establish good interpersonal relationships, self-discipline, and a sense of responsibility.
• Children at the age of 2 to 3 can already understand the feelings of others. In order for children to be compassionate, possess ’empathy,’ and understand love and care for others, it is very important for parents to lead by example.
撰文：Pario Arts 李素貞主任
每個人均擁有創意和藝術潛能，假如得到適當培育的話，可提升個人的美善情操，讓生命更臻完美。在藝術氛圍的營造下，藉多樣化活動啟發個人的創造力、美感和多元能力，以促進全人發展。而「愛」是創造的原動力，在自由、民主、安全及和諧的環境和氣氛下，即「愛的表現」，亦是強調互相包容，悅納不同的意見，尊重別人和接納別人。那麼親子創意藝術創作如何可以表現「愛」呢？筆者在此和各位家長分享自己的看法。
親子創意藝術創作的意義
讓親子愛上創作，把藝術融入生活中，提升生活的素質
藝術培育錦囊
為預祝新年的到來，今日三級幼兒都有不同的新年慶祝活動！K1-煮紅豆沙，K2-寫揮春，K3-吃團年飯。
我們明日（2024年2月6日星期二）舉行「送兔迎龍賀新歲」親子活動，歡迎全校幼兒與家長、2024-2025年度K1新生家長及區內小朋友一同參加！
最近香港足球運動在各大型賽事中獲得令人鼓舞的成績。
本校承接這個運動熱潮！有幸參與由康樂及文化事務署推廣之「Let’s Move@Preschool（幼動樂）」，由專業教練帶領一班幼兒進行足球活動，學會如何運用身體各種部位把足球成功送達。玩得開心同時，亦加強了小朋友的四肢協調肌能，建立團體合作精神，與及培養堅毅的體育精神。
齊來點擊以下連結欣賞更多當日的活動花絮吧！
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撰文：嬰幼兒心理發展協會
心理諮詢師程衛強先生
「孩子故意做出挑戰你底線的行為嗎？」
「孩子的行為跟你的意願完全相反嗎？」
「孩子怎樣罰都不怕，還好像愈罰愈『曳』！」
這些都是你的寫照嗎？很多時候，父母們都會為孩子的行為而操心不已，但其實孩子行為的背後，可能有著不同的情緒，例如孩子可能因為爭寵而故意作出反叛行為，又或因為想得到父母的關注，而作出不當行為，如果這樣的話，可能會「愈罰愈不聽話」！
美國著名的情緒心理學家Plutchik指出，我們有 8種基本情緒 (Plutchik, 1993)，包括接納、預期、厭惡、憤怒、悲傷、恐懼、快樂及驚訝，這些情緒會按「情緒鏈 (Emotion Chain)」表現出來，包括：（一）刺激、（二）想法、（三）情緒、（四）行為和（五）效果。
舉例說，哥哥見到媽媽在照顧年幼的妹妹（刺激），不禁想到媽媽可能只愛妹妹而不再理會自己了（想法），因此出現悲傷和憤怒等情緒（情緒），於是便故意搗蛋（行為），結果媽媽放下妹妹在嬰兒床，然後「處理」哥哥（效果）。在哥哥的眼中，媽媽總算放下了妹妹，因此，該行為達到效果。
年幼的孩子未必能透過語言表達自己的想法，所以父母要了解其背後的原因，可能有點困難。其實，我們可以透過安撫孩子的情緒，並留意有關行為發生的模式，便可以改善其行為。
舉例說，哥哥每逢看到媽媽照顧妹妹就會出現不當行為，這可以推測得到哥哥是希望得到媽媽的愛。因此，媽媽可以平衡一下與哥哥及妹妹的獨處時間，讓哥哥感受到媽媽也是愛他的，也可以邀請他一起去照顧妹妹。如果被忽略時就會有不當行為，這可能是引起父母關注的一個技倆，父母可以在不當行為未出現時就給予關注，但當不當行為出現時，就以故意忽略的技巧回應，以讓孩子明白，不當行為並不能引起關注。
只要知道孩子的行為原因，對改善不當行為有莫大的幫助。想知道更多有關資訊，可與我們聯絡。
