Sentences with phrase «children make sense of things»

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Thus it is thought that the child has direct knowledge of material things through his senses and that through the smiles and gestures of other persons (originally associated with his desire to make use of them) he arrives at a knowledge of them as persons.

I like to think I make an effort not to spoil my children, and to instill in them both an awareness of their privilege and an appropriate sense of the value of things.

Your child may have heard bits of information and he may be struggling to make sense of things.

Wayne also sensed a nursing aversion from her eldest when she started breastfeeding both of her children, so she wound up setting limits, which made things more comfortable for everyone.

Preschoolers naturally want to sort things by color, shape, and size, and when you are watching your child play, you will see this tendency in action as they try and make sense of the world around them.

Much of what she says (the importance of play and how children learn) are things that I am learning in my Early Childhood Education classes right now and really makes sense.

Quite rightly, the novel suggests that the nature of things is ultimately unknowable, but that our capacity for love, including the narrator's love for her ward, Gerald's love for feral street children and the bond between the humans and the strange beast, Hugo, is all that make sense, all that matters.

Whereas the top - down approach makes lots of sense because that's how we learn most things in school, the bottom - up one remains quite mysterious, as mysterious as how a child learns his or her mother tongue.

Children's thinking is clearly an interesting and complex part of children's development, but equally a critical area to ensure children learn by making sense of the world and questioning why thingsChildren's thinking is clearly an interesting and complex part of children's development, but equally a critical area to ensure children learn by making sense of the world and questioning why thingschildren's development, but equally a critical area to ensure children learn by making sense of the world and questioning why thingschildren learn by making sense of the world and questioning why things happen.

Learning to code helps children to make sense of how things work, unleashes their creativity and equips them with vital skills for the future.»

Whilst on one level it makes sense that Smith would want to keep up with Jones (he says, trying to spin a combination «keeping up with the Joneses» / Alas Smith & Jones crack out of the shaky assumption that everyone will understand Amazon also goes by the name Jones, which it doesn't), e-readers on the whole aren't exactly the kind of thing that Smith's regular customers would likely go for, by its own admission: CEO Kate Swann describes the chain's base as «lighter book readers», with figures showing the average Smith customer buys just three books a year, with particularly strong showings from non-fiction and children's books.

Of course, certain things are better in color, like the aforementioned book covers, but where I think the Nook Color really makes some sense is as a magazine, newspaper, and children's book reader.

First you got those middle aged moms who share minion memes that make no sense and easily get thousands of likes despite taking barely any effort to make, (compared to the thousands of facebook pages who actually do work hard on things and get no attention) then you get a giant newsfeed stuffed with stolen pictures of sick, dead or disabled children because all of your friends and their friends see «1 like = 1 prayer» despite MANY news articles proving over and over again that those are likefarming scams yet folks are clueless enough to not heed those warnings.

This makes sense — having a kid is a trigger for a lot of financial changes in your life, and re-assessing your life insurance needs is a natural thing to do after your child is born.

«A lot of it involves experiences of trauma, where the child needs huge help in putting things together and in making sense, in knowing that their feelings have reasons.»

Yet, in an age when parenting is less available, when marriage has almost become a thing of the past, and when children are being turned into commodity machines, it may make sense to reflect, as Plotz (1999) pointed out, that America is obsessed with youth because corporations are obsessed with youth: early intervention means netting an eager consumer audience for life.

Young children are naturally curious about differences and one of the ways they make sense of their world is to sort things into different categories and focus on one thing at a time (e.g., whether another child has the same or different skin colour to them).

I'd seen this film a long time ago but when I saw it again this time, I had a much better appreciation of the Aboriginal way of being and the thing that really struck me in this film was there was a section of the film where they were going to do this aeroplane song and dance corroboree and they were getting ready for it and you know there are all these Elders and you know very wise and respected Elders you know making their costumes they were gonna wear, talking about how it was gonna be and in amongst all these people there's little children you know of one 1 or 2 or 3 years old who were just crawling around and you know watching and listening, trying on their head - dresses and they were completely welcomed into that adult community, there was no sense of, you know this is grown up business, you kids go off and play which is very much the western model.

We understand why children are doing what they are doing, and we are good at helping them make sense of the things that are happening in their lives and in their own minds and bodies.

In order to help sensitive children live in their world we need to start by making sense of them and appreciating things through their eyes.

And certainly our experience and our research says that almost a very best thing you can do from somebody who's being through trauma, any kind of trauma, war trauma, accidents, physical illness, sexual abuse as a child, rape, any kind of trauma that it makes sense to involve the partner and help the partner understand what's happened because it impacts the relationship.

Most importantly, being able to have a sense of humor and not being afraid to get down and dirty are the things that make play therapy fun and ultimately will help alleviate the pain and distress children may be experiencing.

Children can sense when parents are making only a halfhearted effort or simply going through the motions of «doing the right thing.»

develop a servants heart by thinking of ways that you can bless your husband and children every day... keeping seasonal traditions alive and fun... creating time for family togetherness... cherish each moment... give your children a sense of belonging... laugh a lot... count your blessings and be joyful about them... find 10 things to be thankful about every day and then thank God for them... be creative, make do with what you have.....