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Originally Posted by nicki0161
Very interesting but still no ideas as this link is aimed at older children,
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I know, but with any idea, you can adapt to suit your child/ren. How we build up resilience starts from when we are very young - the article gave you an example of a young child who falls over - one cries and rushes over to their parent, the other brushes themselves down and continues to play. Why is one child more resilient more resilient than another. If you read down that list, you will see it is very many different things (holistic you could say). So you now are thinking how can you capture that in an activity for two year olds? ....and the other thing is you are not going to see if they are suddenly 'resilient', but if your activity is right it will build up 'layers' so to speak, of their experiences working towards gaining resilience - being able to look after and out for themselves and not always having to rely on their parent/carer.
At two years of age you could read them a suitable story - whether it is in a small group or you have a large format book placed on a story board. How about The three Little Pigs, they didn't cry, but solved their problem by running to a stronger house or Jack in the Bean stalk. You don't have to go into it too deeply, just enough for them to see how they were learning to help themselves and being brave. Some songs show how characters 'help' themselves - Jack and Jill. You could talk at their level in appropriate language about looking after themselves. There is also a book called 'On the Way Home' where a little boy is being very brave. He had cut his knee and everyone he meets asks how it happened and he tells them various tales until he gets home, sees his mother and needs a plaster.
I hope this helps you - as you assessor will be looking to see if you understand how to help children gain skills to become resilient, how you put it across - they will understand it is not an immediate result - not something they are going to see at the end of the activity, but something that they are working towards.
The resilience list applies to all children of all ages not just older children, you just turn round the I am to Am I? i.e.
If you were two you will still be thinking 'Am I lovable and do people like me?'
and you turn round I can to Can I? i.e.
Can I express my thoughts and feelings to others and tell them things that frighten me?
They may not be able to get this across at two years of age (as children can not put thought into action until about two years of age, and articulate this later) - but they still feel and need to be reassured that they are loved, that they are important, that they are valued - and it's up to us as practitioners to make them feel they are. Feeling safe and secure will make two year children grow into resilience children. So any activity that makes them feel good and improves their wellbeing goes towards them becoming resilient - singing, musical instruments, activities involving jobs where they can help- anything they enjoy.
Activity for unit 308 - promote support well being and resilience
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