Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:59 +0000

Ideas To Use In Your Child’s Preschool Art Class

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When the children are growing, you will find a great deal of preschool art in your home. Parents proudly display the preschool art of their little artists on the fridge, the nursery (or children’s rooms) walls, and all other possible places in the house to encourage the little ones. Nonetheless, most of these preschool art drawings and posters will end up in the dustbin.

What You Can do to Preserve Them as Long as Possible

There are many ways in which you can preserve the preschool art of your children. These are priceless reminders of their childhood, and years later, when they are seen again, they would bring back so many wonderful memories. The challenge is to keep preschool art long enough and well stored, so that your child, when an adult, can connect with their childhood later.

Make a huge scrapbook – you could use a dated scrapbook, and each and every little thing that your child makes can be put in there. There are special plastic covers that can hold your precious documents safe from humidity and ravages of time. You could also laminate these and freeze them in plastic for posterity. This scrapbook can make an excellent gift to your child, when he or she expects their first child, or when they celebrate their 18th birthday.

Use the art for greeting cards. You could use the designs your child creates to make custom-made greeting cards for Christmas and New Years. This can make your child extremely proud and encouraged. The greeting cards too, would be unique and special, which would add that special touch for the holidays.

Use the preschool art designs as designs on t-shirts of your child. You could create some out-of-this-world t-shirts with the designs your child makes, and appropriate tongue-in-cheek sayings/proverbs/quotations. This can work as a great hobby for you, and excellent encouragement for your youngster.

Use the designs for home applications. You could use these designs to make cushion covers, bed sheets, coffee mugs, table clothes, and so on. Today, it is very easy to transfer anything on anything. Hence, there would not be too much of a headache to use such designs for your home. Besides the fact that you would have some exceptionally beautiful and unique items, there is nothing than could appreciate and encourage your child better.

Choose anything from the above, or use your own ideas to use the preschool art of your child to make some excellent memorabilia. It is easy, it is fun – and your child will love you for it.

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Is your preschooler getting tired of playing Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders?  Are you?

There will come a time when you and your preschool aged children can’t seem to find a game to play.  They will tell you that Candy Land is a baby game yet they cannot seem to find the patience to sit through an entire game of Sorry.

This is when it is time to search out games that are a little more advanced, yet not too time consuming.  At our house we recently found success with two fun games: Guess Who and Operation.  Our seven year old had received these games for Christmas and his birthday.  The recommended age on the box says for ages 6+ but our three year old is able to play both of them (with a few modifications).

Idea of the Day:

Try Guess Who and Operation if you are looking for new games at your house.

Helpful Tips for playing with preschoolers:

Operation:

- If you have smaller children, this game does have small pieces that a child could easily swallow!

- The newer version has different settings for beginners to experienced players.  This helps to allow a younger child to play.

- This game is great for building fine motor skills.  Learning to use the tweezers helps build finger, hand and wrist muscles.

- Do remember as a child playing Operation and getting a shock when it touched the sides?  The new version doesn’t do that anymore.  Not sure if children were afraid of this feature or if Milton Bradley received too many complaints.

Guess Who:

- Go through the pictures with your child to point out differences: glasses, hat, blond hair, etc.

- Teach your children what it means to have facial hair.

- Explain that they have to ask a “yes or no” question.

- Have your child play a practice game with you to see how to play.  It usually only takes one or two practice games before they understand the concept.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:44 +0000

Youth Sports Goal Settings

New Year's day means different things to different people. Certainly, spending time with family and friends and watching some great college bowl games. In our house, a new year also means making resolutions.

It started about 15 years ago when my wife and I were on a ski trip together ' before kids. It was one of those days in Taos, New Mexico where the snow was coming down so heavy that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. For some people, the fresh powder might make for great snow conditions, but for us, it was a great day to sit by the huge fire in the ski lodge and 'plan our lives'.

We had a great talk that included when we wanted to have kids, financial planning and lots of resolutions ' including our goals for work, working out, sports, and how we wanted to work out our relationships with the people in our lives. Believe it or not, we sat there for 9 hours and we had fun doing it. Now, every year, we talk about goals with our kids.

All of our kids already have goals, but they may not share them with us. Our job as parents is to help them focus on the correct goals, help them achieve their goals, and later, we need to help them deal with the disappointment of not reaching their goals.

Goal Setting With Kids The first thing we need to work on with all of our kids is education. For each kid, at every age, they can focus on their schoolwork; improve their skills, and getting their homework done on time. Of course, they can also work on their relationships with parents and their siblings ' something that never seems exactly where it should be. However, as you know, we at SportsKids are all about youth sports ' so let's focus on sports.

All the kids I know say they are going to be professional athletes. Now, there are some kids who say they are going to be doctors, lawyers, business people, the president of the United States, or something else, but again, this is SportsKids. My eight year old son, who doesn't really know who Danny Ainge is, wants to follow in his footsteps and be both a professional basketball player as well as a professional baseball player.

Now, maybe some of our kids will end up being professional athletes, but the statistics say otherwise. Most kids won't be playing organized sports past the age of 12. Very few high school athletes will ever play NCAA Division I sports and almost none of those will ever play professionally. Knowing this, of course, shouldn't diminish our kid's dreams ' that's what they are supposed to be doing ' dreaming! So, as parents we have to help our kids reach their potential.

How Should We Help Our Kids? Keith Hirabayashi is a good friend of mine. Many of you may not know who Keith is, but if you like martial arts you would know; he has been five time Grand Champion at the US World and US Open Karate Tournaments. He was named Weapons Competitor of the Decade, thanks to his expertise with the staff, the broadsword, and the three-sectional staff. He's a member of The Black Belt Hall of Fame, The Inside Kung-Fu Hall of Fame, and The Fighter Hall of Fame. In addition, he's been listed among the 100 Most Influential Martial Artists of the Last Century by Black Belt magazine. I've had many talks with Keith about goal setting and how he reached the pinnacle of his sport.

Nobody who starts out is great their first day, but they can think big. The trick, as Keith taught me, is to break your dream into manageable steps ' something that's hard to do, but achievable. When Mr. Hirabayashi first started Wushu as a boy, he couldn't envision becoming 'Competitor Of The Year' so he started with something easier. There was a kid in his class who was 'great'. So, Keith wanted to one day be as good as that guy. One day, he was that good. Then, he wanted to be as good as the assistant teacher.

Finally, he surpassed his teacher, became the best in the world and now founded Champions Martial Arts, a studio in Brentwood, California.

In order to accomplish each of these resolutions and goals, there are a few rules that you need to follow. You need to know what you are trying to accomplish. The goal needs to be specific, measurable, and have a time limit. A person also needs to know why they want to reach the goal and then lay out a real, manageable plan on how to accomplish their goal.

Being a great martial artist, or being great at anything, requires a plan. Start by setting small goals to ultimately reach a larger goal and understand each step. A kid needs to layout a plan for practice, competition and study of their sport. Realizing that practice makes permanent, parents need to make sure their kids are practicing the right fundamentals. Playing a sport only during the organized practices and the games won't get a kid to reach their potential. If your child plays an instrument, you wouldn't allow them to not practice between lessons. 'Pistol' Pete Maravich, one of the 50 greatest NBA players, practiced literally all the time because he knew that some other kid was practicing and getting better than he was. Set small, measurable and achievable goals, lay out a path of how the goals will be accomplished, and then watch the results.

Dealing With Disappointment Starting with the premise that our kids aren't going to reach their ultimate goal of becoming a professional athlete should in no way diminish the benefits of dreaming, setting goals, and working to accomplish each of the resolutions. It's imperative not to forget the many benefits to playing youth sports, including teamwork, good sportsmanship, developing motor skills, learning to win and to lose, and the friendships that are created along the way. Most of our kids will figure out and realize for themselves that they won't be a professional athlete, but if we help them set small, achievable goals, practice proper fundamentals, and set out a specific plan to accomplish their goals, all of them will benefit and maybe some will actually be able to fulfill their dreams. It all starts by setting your New Year's resolutions.

About the author: Ken Kaiserman is the president of SportsKids.com , a leading youth sports website featuring games, sports news, sports camp and league directories, community features, and the SportsKids.com Superstore with over 150,000 products.

Ken coaches youth football, basketball and baseball. He also serves on the local little league board of directors as well as the Park Advisory Board.

Youth Sports Goal Settings

New Year's day means different things to different people. Certainly, spending time with family and friends and watching some great college bowl games. In our house, a new year also means making resolutions.

It started about 15 years ago when my wife and I were on a ski trip together ' before kids. It was one of those days in Taos, New Mexico where the snow was coming down so heavy that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. For some people, the fresh powder might make for great snow conditions, but for us, it was a great day to sit by the huge fire in the ski lodge and 'plan our lives'.

We had a great talk that included when we wanted to have kids, financial planning and lots of resolutions ' including our goals for work, working out, sports, and how we wanted to work out our relationships with the people in our lives. Believe it or not, we sat there for 9 hours and we had fun doing it. Now, every year, we talk about goals with our kids.

All of our kids already have goals, but they may not share them with us. Our job as parents is to help them focus on the correct goals, help them achieve their goals, and later, we need to help them deal with the disappointment of not reaching their goals.

Goal Setting With Kids The first thing we need to work on with all of our kids is education. For each kid, at every age, they can focus on their schoolwork; improve their skills, and getting their homework done on time. Of course, they can also work on their relationships with parents and their siblings ' something that never seems exactly where it should be. However, as you know, we at SportsKids are all about youth sports ' so let's focus on sports.

All the kids I know say they are going to be professional athletes. Now, there are some kids who say they are going to be doctors, lawyers, business people, the president of the United States, or something else, but again, this is SportsKids. My eight year old son, who doesn't really know who Danny Ainge is, wants to follow in his footsteps and be both a professional basketball player as well as a professional baseball player.

Now, maybe some of our kids will end up being professional athletes, but the statistics say otherwise. Most kids won't be playing organized sports past the age of 12. Very few high school athletes will ever play NCAA Division I sports and almost none of those will ever play professionally. Knowing this, of course, shouldn't diminish our kid's dreams ' that's what they are supposed to be doing ' dreaming! So, as parents we have to help our kids reach their potential.

How Should We Help Our Kids? Keith Hirabayashi is a good friend of mine. Many of you may not know who Keith is, but if you like martial arts you would know; he has been five time Grand Champion at the US World and US Open Karate Tournaments. He was named Weapons Competitor of the Decade, thanks to his expertise with the staff, the broadsword, and the three-sectional staff. He's a member of The Black Belt Hall of Fame, The Inside Kung-Fu Hall of Fame, and The Fighter Hall of Fame. In addition, he's been listed among the 100 Most Influential Martial Artists of the Last Century by Black Belt magazine. I've had many talks with Keith about goal setting and how he reached the pinnacle of his sport.

Nobody who starts out is great their first day, but they can think big. The trick, as Keith taught me, is to break your dream into manageable steps ' something that's hard to do, but achievable. When Mr. Hirabayashi first started Wushu as a boy, he couldn't envision becoming 'Competitor Of The Year' so he started with something easier. There was a kid in his class who was 'great'. So, Keith wanted to one day be as good as that guy. One day, he was that good. Then, he wanted to be as good as the assistant teacher.

Finally, he surpassed his teacher, became the best in the world and now founded Champions Martial Arts, a studio in Brentwood, California.

In order to accomplish each of these resolutions and goals, there are a few rules that you need to follow. You need to know what you are trying to accomplish. The goal needs to be specific, measurable, and have a time limit. A person also needs to know why they want to reach the goal and then lay out a real, manageable plan on how to accomplish their goal.

Being a great martial artist, or being great at anything, requires a plan. Start by setting small goals to ultimately reach a larger goal and understand each step. A kid needs to layout a plan for practice, competition and study of their sport. Realizing that practice makes permanent, parents need to make sure their kids are practicing the right fundamentals. Playing a sport only during the organized practices and the games won't get a kid to reach their potential. If your child plays an instrument, you wouldn't allow them to not practice between lessons. 'Pistol' Pete Maravich, one of the 50 greatest NBA players, practiced literally all the time because he knew that some other kid was practicing and getting better than he was. Set small, measurable and achievable goals, lay out a path of how the goals will be accomplished, and then watch the results.

Dealing With Disappointment Starting with the premise that our kids aren't going to reach their ultimate goal of becoming a professional athlete should in no way diminish the benefits of dreaming, setting goals, and working to accomplish each of the resolutions. It's imperative not to forget the many benefits to playing youth sports, including teamwork, good sportsmanship, developing motor skills, learning to win and to lose, and the friendships that are created along the way. Most of our kids will figure out and realize for themselves that they won't be a professional athlete, but if we help them set small, achievable goals, practice proper fundamentals, and set out a specific plan to accomplish their goals, all of them will benefit and maybe some will actually be able to fulfill their dreams. It all starts by setting your New Year's resolutions.

About the author: Ken Kaiserman is the president of SportsKids.com , a leading youth sports website featuring games, sports news, sports camp and league directories, community features, and the SportsKids.com Superstore with over 150,000 products.

Ken coaches youth football, basketball and baseball. He also serves on the local little league board of directors as well as the Park Advisory Board.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:33 +0000

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