Your Objective Today: Explain the fundamentals of child development, focusing on self concept.

1. Your Objective Today:Explain the fundamentals of child development, focusing on self concept. You will need a highlighter and an article, Building Self Esteem

2. While reading, ponder… • What are the 3 steps of developing self esteem?

3. While reading, ponder… • How does Dr. Siegler define self esteem?

4. While reading, ponder… • Without self esteem, how does a person deal with self doubt?

5. While reading, ponder… • Why is it better to say, “I noticed how hard you worked on that block tower and how carefully you put the big blocks on the bottom so it wouldn’t fall.” instead of “That’s the most beautiful block tower I’ve ever seen.”

6. While reading, ponder… • What is most important to know about building self esteem from 18 months to 3 years?

7. While reading, ponder… • What is most important to know about building self esteem from 3 to 6 years?

8. While reading, ponder… • What is most important to know about building self esteem from 6 to 9 years?

9. While reading, ponder… • What is most important to know about building self esteem from 9 to 12 years?

10. Say it Instead…What would be better to say than… • “You are so bad! Why can’t you be good?”

11. Say it Instead…What would be better to say than… • “Stop acting like such a crybaby.”

12. Say it Instead…What would be better to say than… • “Because I said so.”

13. Say it Instead…What would be better to say than… • “Why can’t you be more like your brother?”