Parent Chat & Chill Skills

5 Steps to Managing Big Emotions: PrintableA calm down plan to help children of all ages learn to manage big emotions in socially acceptable ways.

MAKE A FAMILY BUCKET LIST - Setting Family SMART Goals

A bucket list is a list of accomplishments, experiences, or achievements that someone wants to have during their lifetime. You can create a YEARLY bucket list for setting goals for each family member. For added creativity and purpose, you might want to use an online daily planner to create a bucket list. A planner is a helpful way to track each family member's goals. Enjoy filling your family's bucket! - See family bucket activity below

Parenting Article: 7 Tips To Give Effective Feedback to Your Child By Rebecca Louick for Big Life Journal May 14 includes a guide to effective feedback link is Here. As well, the 7 Helpful Tips on Sharing Feedback with Your Child guide preview is below.

"Being a parent means guiding and shaping our child's behaviour. Providing children with feedback—both praise and suggestions on how they can improve—is necessary. But how many times has our (well-intentioned) feedback and advice been met with a blank stare? Or worse, an adverse and defensive reaction? : It's only natural for children to resist input, especially when it's corrective. - Rebecca Louick

Parents Childhood 101 Playing Learning Growing website focusses on helping children learn to cope. There is a parent toolkit for assisting young children in working through big emotions in socially acceptable ways to express and deal with their feelings. Most important, in ways that don't hurt others.

If you have any questions or want further information on other wellness topics, please let us know. We are here to help you and your family any way we can.

Stay safe, healthy and well.

Ms. Malak & Ms. Susan

Make a Family Bucket List

7 Tips to Give Effective Feedback to Your Child How many times has our (well-intentioned) feedback and advice been met with a blank stare? Or worse, a negative and defensive reaction? It’s only natural for children to resist feedback, especially when it’s corrective. At the same time, we know sharing constructive, meaningful feedback is one of the most effective ways to learn and grow. Fortunately, there are simple ways to provide feedback and keep your child open and engaged—and able to gain its many rewards. Check out these 7 helpful tips for delivering constructive feedback, so your child can grow and persevere.

Drawing & Art-making - A kids tested coping & chill skill

Dear AIS Parents & Friends,

Drawing is a kid-tested coping skill proven to help them deal with worries, anxiety, anger and boredom. Drawing and art-making can play an essential role in children's mental wellbeing. Children and youth can work out problems, shift from a disappointing situation to an imaginary world, or chill-out. Drawing can be especially helpful when young children can't find the words to label their feelings. Art-making gives children the tools for self-expression, reflection and creative thinking. It can be a crucial go-to calming skill in anyone's stress buster tool kit. Check into virtual The International Museum of Children's Art.

So, parents and friends take a break from the news, get closer to art than in real life. Enter full-screen mode and start your virtual art adventure of 10 of the best museum and art gallery tours of the world's most significant artworks (The museum links are in the underlined text.).

Remember: “You’ll never be bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do!” – Dr. Seuss

J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles .Vatican Museums, Rome, Guggenheim, Bilbao Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Natural History Museum, London Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam MASP, São Paulo, Brazil National Gallery, London

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea The British Museum

Come join us on Zoom. We cant wait to see you!

Stay safe. Stay connected.

Ms. Malak & Ms. Susan Austin

The International Museum of Children’s Art

Dear Parents,

Young children have a lot of questions about the ongoing pandemic. Lots of them. The Health Alberta videos are of young children putting their questions about the COVID-19 to the experts.The experts respond in kid-friendly language to provide some comfort in these uncertain times. The children in the videos have question about Anna and Elsa, and why the school is closed.

Remind your children you can talk to you about any worries they have. Being present is a present you can always give children.

We are here to support you and your family in any way.

Take care.

Ms. Malak & Ms. Austin

The Power of Balance - Mental Wellbeing

Balancing your day is crucial for opitimizing your brain and relationships function so we can take on the challenges of the day. The 7 essential daily mental fitness activity times for having a balanced day are focused attention, creativity, connecting with others, physical activities, spontaneous play, self-reflection, relaxation and sleeping. These brain and body activating times are needed for the mind to energize and re-energize to sustain your mental wellbeing. A heathly wellness life style is more than nutritious food and exercise. It is about self-care. When we care for ourselves we can care for family, friends and others. We are not only less stressed and anxious, we are making our community stronger.

Stay safe and well.

Ms. Austin & Ms. Malak

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The Internet is providing our children the space to learn, communicate and socialize. As important as it is right now, we need to make sure our children understand and know how to stay safe online. We encourage you to have a positive conversation and an agreement with your child about safety and responsible internet use. Here are some resources that can guide these conversations. Please reach out to the Counselors if you have any questions or need help/support with anything.

Ms. Austin and Ms. Malak

Let's Talk About Life Online

Open conversations are key when it comes to online safety. Having these conversations with your children will ensure that your child remains safe online. Here are some ideas on how to address online guidelines and safety on the internet.

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