04 How to Promote your Child's Learning at Home

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we discuss strategies to optimize your child’s ability to learn and thrive in your home.</span></p> <p><strong>Illustration/Visualization Exercise:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take a minute to reflect back to a very important work or home project that you had to complete.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">… 5 seconds</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I want you to think about all the supports that helped you complete this project</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some examples could include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting adequate sleep</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regularly exercising</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having support from friends family or boss</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having help </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Giving the ability to be creative</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next I want you to do the opposite. What things that made this project challenging</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Decreased sleep</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lack of support</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stress (bills)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Relationship difficulties</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Health problems</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This activity illustrates how many competing needs you have that significantly impact your motivation and ability to learn or complete a project.</span></p> <p><strong>Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hierarchy of needs was developed by Abraham Maslow, a Russian-American psychologist,  to explain human motivation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hierarchy of needs is visually presented with a pyramid of 5 different tiers of