gift your child a sense of humor - by momskool
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Your Kid’s Sense of Humor
Laughter… A Gift for a Lifetime.
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Kids with a sense of humor are spontaneous, optimistic, smarter & healthier
Humorous kids tend to me more popular and have more friends
Humor is critical to emotional health, maintaining relationships and mental growth
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Did you know?
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Laughter helps kids endure pain and improves their digestion & immunity
Humor & laughter help increase resistance to illness or physical problems
Sense of Humor can be nurtured, it’s not inherited…
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Humor helps kids grow out of the difficult period of pre-adolescence and adolescence much more smoothly
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Humor boosts children’s creative thinking capacity, a skill that is increasingly valued in all spheres of life and work
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A developing sense of humor is a sign of cognitive development, learning & growth, of recognizing intentionality and understanding symbolism
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A child who can make a friend laugh when she's feeling blue is one who understands the importance of empathy and sympathy
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A child who can laugh at himself when he makes a mistake has an easier time accepting imperfection and is less afraid to attempt the task again
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Humor, Jokes, Riddles, Pun: all allow your child to play with words and enrich vocabulary
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Good Sense of Humor will help your
child…
…develop self esteem, cope
better with challenges
…share joy and make
new friends
…develop cognitive skills, creativity and self -control
...connect and bond with
family members
…not take things too seriously and
participate in the playful aspects of life
…develop perspective, grasp the
unconventional & see beyond the surface
…help handle differences &
conflicts, express anger in socially acceptable ways
…cope with life’s stress, at every age
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Give your child the Gift of Laughter…Gift them a Sense of Humor
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• smile, laugh and giggle• coo, make silly facial
expressions• sing & dance• blow raspberries
With Your Baby….
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• play peek-a-boo• ignore the obvious ..where are you?• tickle them, snuggle them, play chase,
catch n kiss• enjoy incongruence…pyjamas in your
arms, a pig with sunglasses
With Your Toddler….
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• have fun with pictures, funny rhymes
• share funny stories and incidents
• enjoy Silly humor, subtly discouraging things that are in bad taste
With the Preschool kid ….
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• encourage wordplay, exaggeration, and slapstick humor
• crack simple jokes and share punch lines..
• introduce pun, riddles, wit and sarcasm…
• choose funny yet informative TV shows
• define boundaries, limits
With the school going champ….
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So go ahead…Tickle them funny bones!!!
Happy growing…
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a momskool presentation
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