Among the many goals in developing the children's sense of self and real world.
*To help the children to develop a positive self-image or self concept. Ex.: acceptable social behavior
versus unacceptable behavior.* To help the child acquire good health habits. Ex.: wash hands before and
after eating, eat only at the table, clean the table after lunch, brush their teeth after eating, etc.*
To help the child develop self-help skills. Ex.: buttons clothes, turn pages of a book, put toys away, put
clothes and shoes away, set the table, eat from a spoon and from a fork, etc.*
To help the child develop the ability to solve problems. Ex.: to expose the child to many different puzzles
and activities in different levels of difficulty.
To help the child make choices, and to learn how to choose only one thing among many, at a time.*
To help the child develop social skills. Ex.: activities that enforce sharing, cooperation, taking turns,
waiting for something you would rather have right now, learning the use of the words please, thank you,
sorry, and also learn how to respect someone's sleeping time by whispering instead of talking loud in the
room.
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