European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse I ment curricula have leaned toward lowering competitiveness and physical Ahn downy children s natural needs far Augress foe play. Seem to need much Moie justification but Porter notes Hal Many Reading special Isle suggest that youngsters with Soma sort of Reading problems throw objects at targets to build their hand Eye coordination so when a Parent drops the Middle of a foam Ball Battle and is stunned at the apparent chaos Porter just dolls Herth we re doing pre Reading Porier 38, went into child care right out of. College but even then Active physical play with kids was Only Loler aled never encouraged. I was very Succes Stulin my interaction with children via says. But professionally he Felt awkward because his View of rough housing seemed at Odds with that at other educators. One problem with adults attitudes is that recent disclosures concerning child abuse and child molestation have made Matiy child care staffers very of permitting physical Contact among kids let alone Between adults and youngsters. At the same Lime Many lathers Are increasingly afraid to rough House with their own Efren that s too bad says Porter,1 when Iho kid is laughing hysterically and begging for More you got to yourself How bad can Shis be " to promptly but in just a few weeks babies Are ready to learn to Calm themselves. Most kids begin to acquire at least ene self calming skill by the time they Are 6 weeks old Sammons says. Most kids Are quite Good at in by to 10 the method most babies prefer is sucking on their hands but they also use vision choosing a non stimulating View such As a while Wall and body movements . He advises picking a length of Lime you re comfortable Vilh letting the baby cry. Perhaps two minutes or five or 10. If the child is still crying when the lims is up go to him. If he calms Down immediately you need to let the child cry longer in order for him to learn if it takes t i minutes for you la cafe him Down you have hit on the right interval if it takes longer than that for him to Settle you have wailed Loo Long by the second or third time can t remember anybody who s gone Morg than five or six Tomas the kid essentially makes a different decision. The child says Looft crying for 10 Rran utes in t Worth it. I m going to do something else Afi of a sudden you find this kid Sla rung to suck on his hand or use vision or if it s an older kid verbalizing to himself or caching out to grab a Block " Sammons considers his me Hod revolutionary it s not Only effective but it s the first specific Means of dealing with a problem thai benefits both Parent and child this does t mean you re Noi going to pick the kid up a lot of times Sammons says. Ii just says you re not going to be available whenever the kid wants in on the athletic Fields boys Are throwing and kicking than girls. Hing mat. They Are pretty eve duty rough age 7. B or 9. 3 Tho girl s sell esteem when she who can of throw her on Iho " . Has Given More than 100 rough housing throughout around the country is outgoing ind colourfully Well spoken. He would Are or As a stand up comic if he is Early childhood and elementary re tial he reverts to childhood Al Oam Ball. Tie great to says pelting a to journalist with about 20 Pink and Oam bad irom a me Ting on opposite sides of the room g of a foam balls which they id Forth for 10 minutes me winning Wesl Loam balls on its Side when s Aie so much Furi Hal they would t v there will be no need for rocking Hying pacifiers hrs ago Sammons v
