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Kids Move and Learn
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Kids have selective listening! Here's how to get them to follow your directions.
Kids drive parents crazy! They have selective listening and listen SOMETIMES! Every wonder why this happens and what to do about it? Anita describes in this video how the context and the three main obstacles stand between you and your kids. Watch to find out more about these obstacles and find some ideas and ways you can get your kids to follow your directions. This is video 4 out of 16 in a series created on Guiding Behavior. Watch them in any order to walk away with some ke
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Kids Move and Learn
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Frustrated and Losing Patience? Here's how to break it down for your kids!
Do you ever feel like your kids have selective hearing? They can do one thing one day but not the next? Break it down for your kids to get them to follow your directions. Watch this video to learn simple tricks and ideas on how to get your kids to listen. Through the perspective as a busy parent and an early childhood educator, Anita has many ideas and suggestions to share. After each video you'll walk away with something you can use right away to change behavior and help the
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Kids Move and Learn
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Direction Hearts Activity Supports Reading Development
This is an activity that takes less than 5 minutes to set up and can help children develop their visual discrimination skills. This supports reading skills as they need to recognize differences in letter shapes such as letters m and n and more difficult ones like d and b. They can also develop vocabulary such as up, down, left and right. Here’s how it works: 1. Take a piece of paper and draw hearts in four different directions. Some pointing down, some pointing up, some left
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Kids Move and Learn
- Feb 10
- 2 min
What Do Kids and a Brick Wall Have in Common?
They DON’T listen! Right? Are you feeling like you’re constantly repeating yourself and you get no reaction? But you really wish they would just do what you ask so you can feel happier and be more productive? As a parent and an educator, Anita gets it. She used to lead 20 kids in a classroom or at birthday parties and she figured out some tricks to get them to listen. A big tip is to plan backwards. Picturing what it looks like and being able to clarify what that looks like c
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Anita Vermeer
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Who Said Parenting Was Easy?
Many people struggle with parenting. But you can decide to face the challenge or let it control you. Here's how you can spare a few minutes each week and get your sanity back. Watching YouTube is a simple way to learn new things. That's why in this video you'll learn how to change kids behavior by watching YouTube. The video explains that by committing to a few minutes at a time, you can watch a video, reflect on your family and make a difference in your child's behavior. Aft
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