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Sp418-T-Healthy Children: 23 -24 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Sp418-T-Healthy Children: 23 -24 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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A child's self-esteem is his overall judgment of himself. It determines whether or not he likes, accepts and respects himself. One of the greatest and most important challenges you face is to help your child feel good about himself.
Children begin very early to form either positive or negative pictures of themselves. You can help your child feel good about himself by telling him that you like who he is and you like the way he does things. Let him know when you think he does a good job of putting blocks in a bucket — or dumping them out …
Sp418-Y-Healthy Children: 33-34 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Sp418-Y-Healthy Children: 33-34 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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Children love to learn about themselves and their past. It helps them to feel important and special. A very nice thing you can do for your child and yourselves is to collect and organize reminders of these early years.
Chances are you have some memory makings already. You can use photographs, birthday cards, certificates and so forth to start a memory book or a memory box. Add pictures your child draws, a piece of her favorite blanket, an outline of her hand or footprint, her holiday cards, newspapers published on her birthdays, notes from favorite relatives— and anything else you …
Sp418-Z-Healthy Children: 35-36 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Sp418-Z-Healthy Children: 35-36 Months, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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Your child is almost three years old and growing more independent and capable every day.
Your child can do many things by himself at this age. He can sort and put away forks and spoons; he can carry piles of clean clothes to the bedroom; he can set the table with napkins and silverware. It takes time and energy for you to show him how to do a new job, but it’s worth the effort. He does love to help, doesn’t he? Children often say, “Me do it” as they strongly promote their right to become their own person. “Let’s …