Love Warms at Home

Love Warms at Home

Written by: Principal Cheung Jok Fong, Education expert Have you ever heard the theme song "Embrace Love" from a certain TV series? I really like some of the lyrics, which simply yet powerfully convey the essence of "home": home is a place that "shelters from wind and rain", your "shield" that will always "open its door" when you are "weary". The "love" mentioned refers to the familial love that is destined from the moment you were born - a bond thicker than water. Indeed, what could be...
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Exercise to strengthen the brain function. Three moves to make children love sports

Exercise to strengthen the brain function. Three moves to make children love sports

I participated in a professional development exchange program for teachers in Taiwan earlier, and I was inspired by the emphasis on sports in Taiwan education, which I would like to share with parents. One of the schools on the exchange was the "Tiger Forest Elementary School", a version of the Sports Institute Elementary School. As soon as we entered the school, the students welcomed us with a gymnastic exercise promoted by the government. They moved their hands and feet together to the beat and made all...
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Do not let children rely too much on the use of e-learning. <br>Diversified learning is more helpful to enhance interest

Do not let children rely too much on the use of e-learning.
Diversified learning is more helpful to enhance interest

Written by: Director of Program Development, Carmen Leung In the midst of the epidemic, there is a wide range of educational animations or online children's programs for parents to choose from. Many parents also download different tablet apps for their children to use in the hope that they can learn through interactive or interesting images and sounds. Which animations and apps are good for children's learning? What should parents pay attention to when using multimedia to help their children learn? Time to use e-learning according to age In early...
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Self-protection mechanism of children

Self-protection mechanism of children

Written by: Psychotherapist Lee Wai-Tong, Unleashing Mind Professional  Counselling Academy One day, a colleague told me that he/she had received a call from a mother who was anxious to bring her son to see me. On the phone, I learned that the boy had pointed a knife at his neck several times in the past month, threatening his mother to give her change to buy snacks, or else he would stab himself in the neck. The mother, on one hand, of course, was surprised at her son's behavior, and...
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(Video) Event Highlight on Play with Your Children Day

(Video) Event Highlight on Play with Your Children Day

Activities of the "Playtime with Children" series aim to encourage parents to play with their children, increase mutual communication, build a stronger bond and enhance their relationship. To let parents understand the importance of play to children’s development, the Education Bureau (EDB) organised a territory-wide “Play with Your Children Day” on 11 December 2022 at Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School.  On that day, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai was the officiating guest and kicked started...
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Parent-child tips – Ten health tips for parents to guide children to use the Internet and electronic screen products

Parent-child tips – Ten health tips for parents to guide children to use the Internet and electronic screen products

(Chinese Version Only) Source: https://www.parent.edu.hk/article/ten-tips-online
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「校園復常‧好精神」專頁

「校園復常‧好精神」專頁

(Chinese Version Only)因應學校由2023年2月起逐步有序恢復全日面授課堂,教育局於2023年1月26日在「校園‧好精神」網站推出「校園復常‧好精神」專頁,為學校及家長提供多元化的實用資源﹙如錦囊、資源包及短片等﹚,協助他們提升一般學生的適應力、及早識別有精神健康風險的學生,以及就學生的不同需要﹙包括有精神病患的學生及有自閉症的學生等﹚提供針對性支援,幫助學生重拾正常的學習和社交生活。提升一般學生的適應力方面,家長可參考「協助子女適應全日面授課堂」小貼士,儘早與子女建立常規,以及妥善分配作息時間等。此外,由臨床心理學家主講的「壓力處理我有計」家長教育短片已上載及連接至專頁,方便家長觀看。及早識別有精神健康風險的學生方面,家長可於「認識及支援有自我傷害行為的學生」專頁下載「如何幫助有自我傷害行為的學生」家長小冊子,及早留意警號,協助子女處理其困擾。教育局亦針對學生的不同需要﹙例如有精神病患的學生及有自閉症的學生等﹚提供建議及資源,幫助學生處理壓力及焦慮。對於有精神病患的子女,家長可參考「關愛孩子好精神」家長教育系列,以了解不同種類的精神病患的徵狀、處理方法及家校支援策略,系列內的八個小冊子均備有中文、英文及八種少數族裔語文版本。對於有自閉症的子女,家長可參考「全日上學去 - 協助有自閉症的學生適應全日面授課堂」家長錦囊,透過具體的建議行動清單,與子女一起迎接校園生活。我們期望學校和家長共同努力支援學生,強化他們的抗逆能力,並提升他們的適應能力。如察覺學生面對壓力,學校和家長應多向他們表達關心,並幫助他們運用有效的方法照顧自己的精神健康。Source:家長智NET (https://www.parent.edu.hk/en/article/resumeschooling)
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How to Help Children Overcome Procrastination

How to Help Children Overcome Procrastination

Source:家長智NET (https://www.parent.edu.hk/en/article/helpingchild)
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(Video) Parental care and love help children grow up with confidence

(Video) Parental care and love help children grow up with confidence

The Education Bureau has produced a new Television Announcements in Public Interest (TV API) on positive parent education, along with a newly released theme song of the Positive Parent Campaign, “Accompany Your Child to Grow Up with Love” sung by Singer Ms. Cindy Au, with an aim to promote to the parents and the public the proper ways and attitudes on nurturing children. The TV API is titled “Parental care and love help children grow up with confidence”. In the video, members of the Light Family,...
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Wear face mask for long time during Epidemic. How to make children learn to “look at people’s eyebrows and eyes”?

Wear face mask for long time during Epidemic. How to make children learn to “look at people’s eyebrows and eyes”?

Written by: Hong Kong Speech and Swallowing Therapy CentreSenior Speech Therapist Eunice SiuIn our daily interactions with others, we not only observe others' behaviors, but also "explain" and "predict" others' behaviors. Theory of mind is the ability to infer or substitute other people's mental states, such as their thoughts, beliefs, desires, and intentions, etc., and to use this ability to explain other people's thoughts, perceptions, and predict their behaviors. Theory of mind can be subdivided into "emotion recognition", "beliefs" and "pretend play".The developmental period for children's...
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To love children, first to love themselves, 3 moves to teach you to maintain the best mental state

To love children, first to love themselves, 3 moves to teach you to maintain the best mental state

Written by :Family Dynamics Child Play Therapist                   Marriage and Family Therapist, Ms. Lee Wai Zi In today's society, it is indeed not easy for parents to maintain a good state of mind and body. I have met with many parents and found that the difficulty most parents face is not that they do not understand their children's feelings and needs, or that they do not know how their behavior affects their children, but that it is difficult to...
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Love Warms at Home

Written by: Principal Cheung Jok Fong, Education expert   Have you ever heard the theme song “Embrace Love” from a certain TV series? I really like some of the lyrics, which simply yet powerfully convey the essence of “home”: home is a place that “shelters from wind and rain”, your “shield” that will always “open its door” when you are “weary”. The “love” mentioned refers to the familial love that is destined from the moment you were born – a bond thicker than water. Indeed, what could be more important than family love? When you are down on your luck, your family will share your worries, listen to your woes, and accompany you through the difficult

Exercise to strengthen the brain function. Three moves to make children love sports

I participated in a professional development exchange program for teachers in Taiwan earlier, and I was inspired by the emphasis on sports in Taiwan education, which I would like to share with parents. One of the schools on the exchange was the “Tiger Forest Elementary School”, a version of the Sports Institute Elementary School. As soon as we entered the school, the students welcomed us with a gymnastic exercise promoted by the government. They moved their hands and feet together to the beat and made all kinds of warm-up movements, which made people feel that they were as lively as the old tigers, and I was like entering a forest full of old tigers.    

Do not let children rely too much on the use of e-learning.
Diversified learning is more helpful to enhance interest

Written by: Director of Program Development, Carmen Leung   In the midst of the epidemic, there is a wide range of educational animations or online children’s programs for parents to choose from. Many parents also download different tablet apps for their children to use in the hope that they can learn through interactive or interesting images and sounds. Which animations and apps are good for children’s learning? What should parents pay attention to when using multimedia to help their children learn?   Time to use e-learning according to age   In early childhood, as the brain area responsible for coordinating the five senses is developing rapidly, I do not recommend children aged 0 to 2 years

Self-protection mechanism of children

Written by: Psychotherapist Lee Wai-Tong, Unleashing Mind  Professional  Counselling Academy   One day, a colleague told me that he/she had received a call from a mother who was anxious to bring her son to see me. On the phone, I learned that the boy had pointed a knife at his neck several times in the past month, threatening his mother to give her change to buy snacks, or else he would stab himself in the neck. The mother, on one hand, of course, was surprised at her son’s behavior, and on the other hand, worried that he might stab himself accidentally, so she had to give him money. But the boy did the same thing many times afterwards,