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6 Strategies to help parents get kids to eat at meal times.

Jun 06, 2017

These strategies will be familiar to teachers, who instead of interesting children in a meal, have to engage them for hours in learning activities. Teachers learn quickly that being stressed themsleves is very counterproductive!

the mealtime strategies are:

1. Get them involved

2. Make sure they come to the table hungry ( or in the case of the classroom - not hungry)

3. Eliminate distractions, like screens

4. Let them decide how much they should eat

5. Serve one meal for the whole family ( for teaching this would be one theme, different approaches)

6. Stay calm

 

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Symposium Week at Seymour Centre

Seymour Centre has 5 different Symposia for senior students this week.

The Merchant of Venice Symposium today, Monday 22 June

The Crucible & Henry V1 (Part 1)Symposiums both on Wed 24 June

Waiting for Godot on Thursday 25 June

The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll on Friday 26 June

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Great for laughs, science and well being.

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