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Friends, I want to ask a question: what should be the morning for children?
Sketch out your answer options before you read on. And I would put forward the following idea:
- Fun and interesting
- Cheerful and demanding
- Caring and loving
It seems to me that these will be sufficient and necessary components. Let’s take a closer look at each of them.
Task number 1: fun and interest
I have two sons, the eldest is eight, the youngest is six. I remember the first time I tried to sell the charging idea to my sons. It was like directive management: “We got up, washed ourselves, lined up. Do it once, do it twice…” The first time he mastered on his own charisma and authority, the second passed with a creak. And the third time I realized that I was doing something very wrong …
Well, what boy or girl would be interested in just squatting?
The idea was not sold, and as a result, not bought. Are you familiar with marketing? There it is necessary to involve, interest the client, based on his difficulties and dreams. «Pack the product» according to his needs. And I decided to “repack” my exercises for children. What my wonderful kids loved (at that time):
- Transforming robots
- Strong cartoon characters
- Crocodiles, dinosaurs and other waterfowl (fish)
Practice block #1:
You, dear reader, so as not to get bored, take out a pen and paper, or your favorite tablet. What do your kids love? Sketch 3-5 points. After all, you are not just reading (I hope) here, but you are going to design exercises for your children.
I will return to my story.
Based on the interests of Timur and Albert, I (thinking about it) decided to do 3 exercises:
- Warm-up for transformers. The script is very simple. Who are you today? The children themselves name the heroes, the father is also «included in the game.» The thing went. Then you can set the tone: “The Autobots are stretching the chassis, pumping their legs …”
- Crocodile football (need to secure a patent). When I was engaged in wrestling as a child, we walked on our hands during training, while the partner held his legs. Well develops the muscles of the chest, shoulders, back, neck. For boys — what you need. It remains to pack. It looks like predatory crocodiles, doesn’t it? And if you add the ball, they just threw it in front of them. This gave the motivation to go another segment (for the ball).
- Drying fish. We need to teach children to the horizontal bar. They just won’t talk like that. What to do? Let’s dry the fish. The task is to hang on the horizontal bar for the maximum amount of time. Dad thinks we set records. Develops hands, arms, shoulders, back. Preparing for pull-ups. Again a good topic for men. Who has girls, you need to dream up a little.
It’s been over 2 years since my first charge. Then things immediately went to “Hurrah”, I even explained why the crocodile, transformers and dinosaurs need charging by itself, I created what is called a motivational field. All that is needed is the clarification of the interests of children, inventing new exercises for these interests. Also, experiment. My kids got bored of «crocodile football» after about 4 months. He was replaced by the fight of robots: he armed them with pillows (heavy from the sofa), it was necessary to score points (hitting dad, who was also defending himself). At the same time, every month you can add more classic physical exercises and remove the «entertainment». Now we do traditional push-ups, riveting (for the press), karate elements, etc.
Practice block #2:
Think of 2-3 starting or basic exercises using the interests of your favorite children. You can simply give the name to the classic exercise «for interest.» For example, the princess spins the hoop, I think the girls will like it. Done? Then let’s move on.
For fun and the next block «cheerfulness» I decided to add musical accompaniment. Everything is very simple here, there is the Yandex.Music application. Type in it (through the search) «Music for children.» I immediately remembered our last collection and the first song «The sweet tooth is very fond of ..». My kids are just delighted with it (along with dad), and it helps to wake up well. And this is a topic
Task number 2: Cheerfulness and exactingness
It is not customary in my family to discuss: should I get up or not? Shall we do exercises, or what? It is necessary — no options. At the same time, cheerfully, cheerfully, energetically, with care (without tyranny) for children.
How would you start raising children to exercise? Submit your options.
And I would suggest starting with massages, hugs and positive suggestions (background). My paternal grandfather was a wonderful person. And when I woke up at a party, I almost always woke me up with the words: “Get up, count, great things await you!” This is probably why I am an entrepreneur, and even in my thoughts I can’t imagine how you can spend a day without a feat and important (necessary) things. Thank you, grandfather.
Ritual of our morning
Using the advanced experience of the ancestors, I decided to create a ritual for our morning with the children. The result is the following algorithm:
- I turn on the music and go into the room with her. It sets you up.
- My wake-up call is: “Get up, kings! Great things await you.» You can repeat 1-2 times.
- I approach the younger one and start gently massaging the arms, back, and legs. Hug, energize. The task is a pleasant awakening.
- Carefully move to the older one.
- I direct both to the toilet and bathroom.
In general, today the lifting process takes 1-3 minutes for us …
And what if the answer is “I don’t want to”, whining, etc.
I’ve done well with the next one. What can I say, there were tears, sabotage and squeals at the very beginning. I calmly say something like this: “Children, do I understand correctly that you didn’t get enough sleep (woke up with grunts)? This means that cartoons and entertainment in the evening do not affect you very well. They need to be cut and go to bed early. What will we do after school (kindergarten) today. Am I understanding this correctly, son? The form is very important here. Soft in shape, firm in principle. Try it, it works.
Morning ritual should be. And it’s not discussed. The decision, what is useful and necessary, has been taken by us for the last 2 years (for sure) dad. In the past, unfortunately, this was not the case.
Practice block #3:
Sketch out the ritual of getting up for tomorrow’s exercise. Right now, you can copy my script, it’s not a pity for good people. And we move on … It’s time to talk about
Task number 3: Care and love
What can I say … I am a very demanding person and I can be tough on corners. For me, morning with children is a personal training. By the way, over the past six months, others have noted progress (it has become softer). Therefore, it is imperative to add care and love to your morning ritual (I am now more likely to be dads-heads).
In what it can be shown?
- Support if the exercise is not going well. “I also missed the ball for the first time as a child, and then …” And this too will pass …
- Be sure to positively reinforce when it turned out cool (progress has begun). Kiss, hug, shake hands.
- Compliments and admiration. Only at the right moment, when progress began, when the child took his small (he needed) “height”.
I remember how Timur admiringly told me: “Dad, today the taekwondo coach told me “beautiful”.” Great, I started using it while charging. I look, the son is shining (working).
Talk to children in their language!
This brings together and helps to “sell” new development ideas for the child.
In conclusion, I would like to note a few more ideas that have come to my mind over the past year in this direction:
- Charging must be selected for the task. If you want to pump leadership, connect games where you need to organize and lead. «Tusiki-mutusiki» for example. Need courage? Add growling tiger exercises.
- Start and end on a good note. Pleasant, with positive reinforcement, without tin and negativity from the category: “Well, backbiters. Who else is lying on the bed here?
- To be an example. If your “belly dangles to the floor”, and even during charging you sit “with binoculars”, things most likely will not work. I myself go in for sports every day from 45 minutes, and the children see it. Dad must be an interesting and strong figure in the family.
- Follow the “Format” (Nikolai Ivanovich writes a lot about this): the body, intonations, the inner text of children during the charging process.
And, probably, enough already to sit behind a book. Would go and stretch with the kids.