Sensitive children: their emotions and feelings

Sensitivity is a quality with which it is born and who owns it, is able to relate all the facts of daily life with their senses and its emotions. The sensitivity can be understood as the ability to experience physical impressions, and this is a function that corresponds to the nerves. Is directly related to the mental process of perception and the ability to feel deeply and from this point of view the sensitivity, is connected with the affective processes.

How to recognize a sensitive child?

In children, the sensitivity is easy to recognize. They are affectionate and enjoy the personal contact and physical affection. Respond with greater sensitivity than expected to wordsand the gestureswhen they feel hurt, vibrate with the musicand related odors, colors, Aromas andflavorsexperiences or moments of everyday life.

Usually represent unusual details in their drawingsAnd surprise their parents and family for the great skill they have to evaluate people, as having a sixth sense. They are receptive to expressions of the face, eyes and jaw tension and, therefore, are able to predict what the other will do or feel. They have more empathy and tune into the emotions of another person.
From joy to sadness

Sensitive children are easily excited feeling grief, joy or love to the reading of a story, While watching a movie or when they see someone begging on the street. It deeply saddened when their parents or teachers scold them or when your best friend tells you no longer want to play with him.

What children need sensitive?

Feel loved and valued. They are especially sensitive to the love of their parents and have become quickly disciplined by predicting their anger. Connect more with their emotions, recognize and express and at the same time, to be more empathetic tend to be less aggressive with their peers and are less able to defend themselves, because when they feel hurt become immobilized and find it more difficult to answer. Instead, they can move easily into the other's place, and find it easier share and be solidarity. On the other side of the face of the coin, it is noteworthy that they are hypersensitive to criticism and social judgment. Suffer rejection of the other hard and are able to predict to easily analyze the elements of nonverbal languageSuch as body posture or tension of the jaw.

How to help a sensitive child?

Parents can reinforce and encourage this quality:

- Stimulating assertive communication. Helping to put limits on their social relationships and teaching them to say "will not".
- Helping to play down the problems or social situations not to make difficulties tragedy.
- Fostering their self-confidenceStimulating them to express their views and ideas with ease.
- Encouraging the development of strategies defense.

What to avoid with a sensitive child?

- I can not handle situations or exceeding its skills. If you have not reached sufficient maturity to deal with certain circumstances, will welcome the chance to become competent.
- Correct their mistakes in public you should not feel ashamed. It is important that you feel is valuable for the way he is and what it does.
- Reprimirle when expressing their emotions.

Education improves the happiness of children

We are all concerned about the happiness of our children and believe that parents are the main players at the time of generating this positive feeling in our children with our dedication, education and affection we give them every day. But what determines happiness, what makes us more or less happy? UNICEF reveals that education increases the happiness of children.

The happiness of children

Although it is possible that happiness is not about statistics because it is a subjective perception of each, it seems important to highlight a study by UNICEF on the happiness of children in rich countries. It is interesting because it analyzes what aspects are most important as triggers of happiness of children.

The aspects that are considered relevant study material wellbeing, health and safety, educational welfare, The family relationships and peer, and subjective well-being, ie the perception of the children themselves. However, my experience with my own children tells me that in the end, what matters to see the happiness in their eyes and feel it in the center of their emotions depends on who has time to make provision for me to his height for any kind of activity that we play to things they like, to let me love and that gives them the ability to receive affection. Welcome and have known someone who loves and cares for them, and that makes them value themselves to trust their means, raises its self-esteemand makes them happier.

Education brings happiness

And is that education produces greater happiness and personal satisfaction that money, Says the Global Welfare Survey by Gallup applied in countries around the world, has just been published. While in developing countries gain in material wealth and economic resources was one of the main reasons that brought up the happiness index in society, in developed countries already have such favorable economic welfare and security, the education gaining ground and that is what we feed our children precisely between.

Although the survey shows that overall satisfaction levels are highly correlated with income of people who answer the questions, it is also true education plays a key role in the equation. More education means higher income and greater satisfaction with present life and better prospects for the future, Showing that education is the best factor of happiness as income. The survey also shows the results in the ranking prosperity that relates the highest levels of happiness with the most years of schooling average of each country.

Adaptation to the nursery of infants from 3 to 24 months

The adaptation of a baby from 3 to 24 months to a nursery depends more on the attitude of teachers and caregivers to the baby's own. At this age, babies do not yet know what going to school, but children's center staff should be prepared to receive it. In addition, this work of preparation and adaptation should be shared with the baby's parents.

Attitudes of early childhood educators in adapting babies

The arrangement of the early childhood educatorsduring the first days is essential for the baby to feel comfortable and welcome. Thus, adaptation to kindergarten easier.

- When meeting with the baby, Educators should approach the baby showing respect and affection, without anxiety or overwhelm.
- Knowledge of child's name prior to their arrival at the school.
- Creating an atmosphere of emotional security individually and collectively.
- Control of situations. Educators must remain calm when faced with symptoms of maladjustment of the child (tantrums, cries, Inapetencias) but not abandoned.
- Individual attention, But not exclusive, especially in the everyday moments of arrivals, farewells or meals. Be understood as moments of great importance for the affective individually with the child. For this it is important to avoid rushing, bustling and nerves.
- Knowledge of the child's personality through a parent interview, observation of the child and their reactions to everyday situations in school.

Adaptation of the baby to the new space

Should introduce and familiarize the baby with the school area. Know where and how is the place where you will spend much of the day, offers confidence and safety.

- Knowledge of the class as a place that will develop their daily activities. Knowledge of space gives you security, maintaining the same benchmarks space and time. In terms of space: instead of play, eat, sleep, diapering, Etc. In terms of time: keep mealtimes, nap, Diaper changes, etc..
- Knowledge of dining room.
- Control the outside. Introduction, little by little, the patio space for games and recreation.

Relationship teachers with parents

This relationship must be based on trust and security that teachers conveyed to parents by:

- Interviews, Which are a way to meet parents and see their relationship with their children.
- Patience with parentsDevoting time to inform unfamiliar aspects at the beginning and helping them to the inputs and outputs are the least conflict possible.
- Establishment of clear limits parents from the beginning (timeliness, clothing marked the beginning avoid entering their classes), avoiding clashes.
- Arrange flexible hoursSo that, if possible, the child is in the center less than eight hours a day.

Activities for baby's development formentar

At this stage, parents and educators must begin a personal relationship with the baby, with emphasis on body language. As a suggestion, you can have fun with games: sawdust sawed, tickling, stroking, cucutras, songs, etc..

Material handling class can also be seen as a game and can start making towers, buildings, cloth, balls, etc.. Always respect the free game without giving too many slogans, drawing to observe their behavior. Try the food, naps and diaper changes do not become routine, as they are now suitable for communication with the child individually avoiding unnecessary haste and nervousness.

Let the baby can handling food to gain new object: spoon. Take advantage of diaper changing moments to talk, singing or name the parts of your body while the hand signals. The nap should be a time of relaxation and tranquility: you can put music and soft songs.

Adaptation of children with 2 to 3 years

The adaptation of a 2 to 3 years to a nursery depend more on the attitude of teachers and caregivers of the child itself. Although you've said it, your child will not realize what it means to go to school until you have proven experience. The school staff is ready to welcome and facilitate adaptation in the early days. In addition, this work adaptation should be shared with the child's parents.

Attitudes of early childhood educators in adapting to school

- Approach. When meeting with the child: approach, respect and affection, without anxiety or overwhelm.
- Knowledge child's name prior to their arrival at the school.
- Creating a climate of security individual and collective emotional.
- Tranquility with manifestations of maladjustment the child (tantrums, cries, Inapetencias) but not abandoned.
- Individual attention But not exclusively, especially in everyday moments: arrivals, farewells, meals, understanding them as moments of great importance for the affective individually with the child, trying to avoid rushing, bustling or nerves.
- Knowledge of personaidadthe child through a parent interview, observation of the child and their reactions to everyday situations at school.
Child's social adaptation to the group

- Activities. As he adapts, educators are responsible for organizing activities for the child to get in touch with the rest of the group: Knowing the names of other children.
- Stages. Knowledge of the developmental stage being experienced by the child, understanding the egocentricity characteristic of this stage and helping overcome through group activities that encourage learning share material (not all mine), to care for and pick it up.
- New emotions. Educators try to channel their child aggressiveness in situations of sharing, looking for alternative ways (do not remove this toy to your friend, take another shelf).
- Behavior. The child's aggressive behavior must be understood as a form of normal relationship at this age and in the adaptation period. The limits to this behavior should be placed by educators in a non-aggressive and stress, like the rest of the educational limits that apply to school or daycare center.

Adaptation of the baby to the new space

- Knowledge of the spatial-class: objects, ornaments, furniture.
- Knowledge of the material.
- Knowledge of cleanliness.
- Knowledge of the courtyard.
- Knowledge of dining room.
- Knowledge of nursing.

Relationship teachers with parents

- To give confidence and assurance to parents.
- Interviews (also as a way to meet the parents and see their relationship with their children).
- Inputs and outputs must be at least possible conflict: patience with parents.
- Recommendations and bounds clear to parents from the beginning (timeliness, clothing marked) to avoid clashes.

Note: Explain to your child always new situations all going to live: everyday situations, activities, input, output, garden, food or nap.