>>> PARENTS ARE CONSTANTLY
FROM
THE BEST WAY TO SUCCEED IN
LIFE.
MOTHER ISN'T A SET RECIPE,
EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE SOME
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES .
HERE WITH THINGS WE CAN START
DOING TODAY IS PARENTING EXPERT
AND AUTHOR ROBIN SPACEMAN.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
GLAD TO BE HERE.
>>Natalie: I UNDERSTAND
RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT
INFLUENCERS WHEN IT COMES TO
SUCCESSFUL KIDS.
TELL ME ABOUT.
I AM RAISING TWO GIRLS.
>> HOW OLD ARE THEY?
>>> THEY ARE EIGHT AND SIX.
>>> PERFECT AGES.
WE WILL LOOK AT WAYS TO BUILD
SPECIAL INTERESTS, SKILLS AND
SIMPLE THINGS THAT CAN APPLY TO
LEARNINGAT SCHOOL.
WE WILL START OUT WITH YOUR
KIDS KNOW THE ALPHABET.
THEY ARE CHAMPIONS AND ABC IN
NUMBERS AND THEY ARE STARTING
IN WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MATH.
WE WANT TO START LOOKING AT
ALPHABET LETTERS AS A WAY TO
.
EVEN FOR THE CHILD THAT IS NOT
A FABULOUS DRIER, ANYONE CAN
LEARN TO DRAW IS A FORMER ART
TEACHER I KNOW THIS.
AS A TEACHER I BELIEVE THIS.
WE WILL START OUT WITH A
TRIANGLE FOR A CLOUDS HAT.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THE LETTER A.
THEN YOU ADD A BIG TOE AND THAT
IS THE FACE OF THE CLOWN.
HE START BUILDING THE CLOWN
FACE WITHOUT THE LETTERS.
A CURVED SEE MAKES A WONDERFUL
SMILE SITTING ON HIS BACK.
AND THEN WE HAVE THESE LETTER
BACK TO BACK AND WE ARE TRYING
OUT BUTTERFLIES.
WHAT THIS ALL DOES IS SHOWS A
CHILD SOMETHING THEY ALREADY
KNOW AND WHEN THEY COMBINE IT
TOGETHEWE CAN DRAW AND BUILD
THEY
CAN ADD IT TO BOOKREPORTS
AND IT BECOMES FUN.
IT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING IT FUN.
>>Natalie: MY HUSBAND IS A
TEACHER AND HE IS ALWAYS
FINDING TEACHING MOMENTS .
THINGS THEY CAN USE TO BUILD
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP
KIDS ENGAGED IN LEARNING?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
TEACHERS, PARENTS ARE RAVING
RIGHT NOW ABOUT A TOY THAT
TEACHES THE ABILITY TO SKETCH,
DRAW, DOODLE, LEARN, ADD, PLAY
GAMES FROM TIC-TAC-TOE TO EVEN
WORD SEARCHES WHEN YOU ARE
REINFORCING NEW WAYS TO SPELL
WORDSWERE THAT SPELLING LIST.
HERE IS ONE OF THE THINGS I
SKETCH.COM.
MAGIC SKETCH IS A SLIGHT.IT
IS A SIMPLE ONE BECAUSE IT IS
NO MESS, NO STRESS.
YOU PRESS THE BUTTON IN THE
DRAWING DISAPPEARS.WHAT IS
AMAZING ABOUT IT IS IT COMES
WITH 60 LEARNING CARDS SO YOU
CAN REINFORCE ADDITION,
SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION.
YOU SLIDE THE CARD UNDER THE
SLATE AND THE CRYSTAL LIQUID
DOWN.
IT IS LIKE IT LIKE THAT.
WE ARE USING THAT KIND OF
UNPLUGGED.
WITH IT.
IT LASTS SEVEN YEARS.
WE REALLY CAN TEACH A CHILD HOW
TO ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES.
YOUR HUSBAND, THE TEACHER,
LOOKING FOR TEACHABLE MOMENTS
MIGHT PLAY CONNECT THE DOTS OR
A FEW GAMES THAT BUILD
SEQUENCING
TIC-TAC-TOE.
ALL OF THESE.
YOUR AIM DRAWING AND HAVING A
GOOD TIME AS ANY CHILD MIGHT
DO.
PRESS THE BUTTON AND IT
DISAPPEARS LIKE MAGIC AND NEVER
USE IT AGAIN.THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE TOOLS THAT IS GREAT FOR
ONLY GO IN IS GREAT FOR WHETHER
YOU ARE WAITING IN A
RESTAURANT, SITTING IN LINE,
ANYWHERE.
IT IS A WONDERFUL TOY THAT
TEACHES MAGIC SKETCH.COM.
YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO THERE AT
THE WEBSITE.
2995 INCLUDES A FABULOUS KIT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STOCK OF
GIFTTHAT REALLY GROWS WITH A
CHILD FROM AGES FOUR UP.
IT IS REMARKABLE.
I'M CRAZY ABOUT.
>>Natalie: WAS TALK ABOUT
BEHAVIOR FOR A MOMENT.
HOW DO WE TEACH AND REINFORCE
GOOD BEHAVIOR IN OUR CHILDREN?
>>I CO-AUTHORED A BOOK CALLED
GOOD
BEHAVIOR THAT LISTED OVER
500 BEHAVIORS KIDS DO.
THE KEY IS TO FOCUS
CHILD IS RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE ALWAYS TELLING YOUR
CHILD WHAT THEY DO WRONG THEY
REALLY DO TUNE IT OUT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CATCH
IF
YOUR CHILD DOES THE LITTLEST
THING , SOME PARENTS SAY I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO GOOD .
THE IDEA IS EVEN IF THEY PUT UP
THEIR BOOKBAG OR HANG UP A
JACKET , NOTICE IT.
BEGIN WITH THE
THANK YOU JAR.
YOU CAN START WRITING DOWN
LITTLE THINGS.THANK YOU,
JODI, FOR HANGING UP YOUR
JACKET.
THANK YOU, BILL, FOR HELPING AT
DINNER.
WHATEVER IT IS , PHILIP THE JAR
WITH THESE NOTES AND TAKE ONE A
DAY AFTER YOU FILL THEJAR AND
READ THEM BACK TO YOUR FAMILY
AND GUESS WHO DID IT.
YOU START PLAYING A GAME.
>>Natalie: I LOVE IT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF
TIME SO TELL OUR VIEWERS WHERE
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