Kids skills Steps: Getting Started

Skills your child has already acquired Highlight the many new skills your child has already either acquired, improved, or mastered. For example "You’ve already learned so many things!" "You’re so good at…" "You’re a master of..." "You’ve become so much …

Discuss the benefits that flow from acquiring a skill To motivate a child to learn a new skill, they need to understand why learning it is important. Discuss the different benefits for them, for you and for others. When you …

Don’t talk about problems, discuss skills Start your conversations by talking about the skills and abilities they have already learned and mastered. If you can make a child proud of what they’ve already achieved, they’ll be a lot more open …