When your child starting prep is harder on you than them, how a school is using music to help kids transition to school, and the risks of posting back-to-school photos
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The transition to school was harder on me than my kids
(Jodi Wilson, ABC Lifestyle)
Author Jodi Wilson has seen all four of her children start school. Her eldest is now doing his final year. She says the biggest lesson for her is ‘letting go of perfection’.
Jodi says she has learned to accept that some things are inevitable: library books will go missing, children will be late for school and when they turn up to class they will be without their school hats and in odd socks.
‘I’m not the perfect school-mum, I just do my best’, she says.
Read the full articleWorried about your child’s transition from daycare to ‘big school’? Music can make it easier
(Sarah Ayoub, The Guardian)
The move from childcare to school isn’t always smooth, so NSW based early learning educators Young Academics have partnerned with The Wiggles to create music-based resources to help children make the move. But does it work?
Cognitive neuroscientist Dr Steffen A Herff says that music can do ‘quite a lot’ to help children transition from childcare to school and that it can help encourage social bonding.
‘Music, dance and other art forms have remarkable abilities in terms of regulating emotions, as well as supporting memory, imagination, and high order cognition’, he says.
Read the full articleHow parents can manage the risk of posting back-to-school photos on social media
(Tatenda Chibika, ABC News)
The Australian Federal Police is asking parents to be careful about sharing back-to-school photos on social media, saying it risks identity theft, harassment and unwanted contact from people outside a parent’s social circle.
eSafety experts recommended that parents involve their children in the decision-making about sharing photos of them online, saying that including them in choosing which photos to share demonstrates respectful behaviour.
AFP Commander Helen Schneider said police had seen non-explicit photos of young people ‘become the target of highly sexualised and inappropriate comments or role play’ online.
Read the full articleAFP media release
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