Dear Parents,

Welcome back to Royal Tots Day Care!

We are happy to give our best effort to support you in providing a structured program for your child during the day.

We have already set up a program for this month. In the first week, your child had done some activities such as decorating a glove, decorating a used box, and making a bracelet. For the rest weeks in October, we have already set up the activities such as “Perfect Blendship”, “Togetherness Flag‟, “Murals‟, and “Castle Creations‟.

These activities will be done by all children; it is a GROUP PRO-JECT. Through these themes, the goal is to develop their senses of belongingness as a team/ a group and also to foster their sense of empathy and cooperation.

The other activities in the last week are about “Being Healthy and Safe”. The children will learn how to maintain good habits of taking care of the body from diseases, and also how to protect themselves from unsafe situation like strangers or when crossing the street. They will make stoplights, do the “sneeze experiment”, do “brushes the alligator’s teeth”, and role play as a doctor and a nurse.

We hope your child will enjoy the activities and our program will give new knowledge and experiences for their childhood.

Parenting Tips to Encourage Children’s Independence

It’s sometimes hard to think about, but a parent’s ultimate job is to raise kids in a way so that they are not needed. In other words, parents should work themselves out of a job. Raising independent, self-motivated kids leads to the same traits with adults.

Here are some tips for developing independent actions.

A. Start now. Beginning in their toddler years, kids should be encouraged to make choices about their lives.

B. Let your kids experience consequences. As children mature, parents should help children to under-stand the impact of their choices, and that they must face the consequence of decisions made. And, as hard as it is sometimes, parents should avoid manipulating the answer.

C. Avoid being over-controlling. Parents should help to nurture creative thoughts and guide good decision making–not be the ultimate ogre. Give your kids room to think for themselves.

D. Avoid “buying” good deeds. Most parents treat their kids to occasional rewards for good actions or smart decisions. Kids should learn that the best reward to being self-motivated is the positive feeling or success that comes as a result.

E. Don’t over-heap the praise. Compliments and praise are a part of positive parenting and help with a child’s self-esteem. But some parents take it too far, turning every action and decision made by a child into a spectacle. Don’t make this mistake.

F. Ask your child what she wants, and be prepared to listen. Parents often “assume” they know what a child wants, and may be surprised at what kids really do want.