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Confidence building for the young child through play

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Play assists children’s development by:

All of the these

Letting them practice skills

Letting them make decisions

Giving opportunities to communicate

Helping a child express their feelings could be done quite simply by ( if no serious trauma is involved)

Getting a psychologist appointment for them

Making them sit down and tell you what they are feeling.

Giving them some puppets to speak through.

Promising them a sticker if they tell you how they feel.

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controlanxious

Children feel more in and able to talk and share their feelings when in a natural play situation. They do at times start to act out how they are feeling when for example they are playing homes in the role play area. It might even be during a story time where the story reminds them of something they are happy, sad or about.

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attentionconfidencelistenedactivities

Children love to be to and need to be listened to. Listening properly, which is showing , eye contact and responding appropriately, without preparing to get up and do something else, will help a child develop far more than structured 'confidence building' .

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hurryingcrushing

Looking away, walking away or up a conversation says. “I do not have time for you right now”, “tell someone else or save it for later”. At worst it can say, “I am not interested at all. For a child who does not know about the pressures of life and work this can be .

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