Children are so often really keen on cars and all sorts of other vehicles, so they also love stories about them. So today, we thought we’d take you for a ride to look around the Readmio car park!
You have surely heard about Aesop's fables and probably read some of them: either when you were a child, or later as an adult.
Usually, fairy tales acquire their own character by adapting to regional customs, traditions, and cultures. Over time, they also change due to the influence of developing cultures and shifts in social and political conditions.
There are a number of sources where you can find ready-made audio stories. But how about making your own recording that combines your voice and sound effects?
The core of the relaxing exercise is to guide children so that they focus on individual parts of their body. First, ask them to lie on their backs, their hands resting loosely along their body.
Have you ever thought about what it is like to have calendars with kids? Even with the smallest ones?
What can we as parents do to prevent that great initial enthusiasm from turning into disappointment, and how do we make children who are worried about school look forward to it?
It isn’t necessary here to give an exhaustive list of the benefits that reading has upon both adults and children alike - Suffice to say that such a list would fill a library.
We will end our article series about helping children sleep tight with one final relaxation technique. We already know how to perceive our breath and body. Another way to get ourselves anchored to the present is to focus on our senses.
Recent psychological research has shown that regular practice of relaxation exercises has a significant positive effect on both the physical and mental health of children and adults.
Be creative. Make reading fairy tales an unforgettable life experience.
Does your child also want you to read the same fairy tale every night or the same book?
Ask them to lie on their back and to put one hand on their stomach. Let them take a deep breath and watch their bellies...