Notes about the personality forming: 1. There are 3 types of genetical temperament: excitable, calm and cautious. To give what children need by depending on their different personality type, they can shape their later personality, e.g. we can think about the nursery and school that suit them.
2. Children who hear lots of language when they are younger tend to do better in school because their parents have set good foundations for them earlier on.
3. 2-year-old children had already their own preference roots in the very early period of development. We can shape our children's social preferences by thinking about the environment they are exposed to.
4. Self-control is connected with their behaviors later in school and later stages of life, so it's very important. The best way is allowing them to explore the world instead of giving instructions and telling reasons. Let the children themselves learn how to control their own behaviors and emotions.
Notes about building relationship with other: 1. 7-month-old children have the ability to tell a good or bad behavior, and they like good behavior.
2. Peekaboo is the most effective way to make a baby laugh because it's a communicative way to connect the baby with an adult.
4. The way we communicate with babies will set an example for them to follow the rules of connecting with others.
5. The emergence of self-awareness triggers another crucial bound in babies' socila development, i.e. they get to know people around them have different minds and feelings. Seeing the world from not only their own perspective helps children to successfully build relationship with others.
6. Empathy is a born-with ability, but their responses may be influenced by the parents' fostering way.
Notes about independence: 1. Distraction is the most effective strategy for toddlers to deal with the frustration and anxiety. So every time when they lose tempers, parents should calm down, and know it's just a process of learning how to deal with the overwhelming emotions. As they grow older, parents should withdraw more and more support so they can learn how to regulate their own emotions.
2. By exaggerating the rhythm, baby talk is the best way to talk to babies because their brain respond more actively simultaneously.
3. Babies are born with the ability to hear all the different speech contrasts which are found in the world, but the superpower lasts only for less than 1 year. The reason is that as they grow older, they have to get prepared for concentrating on just one language to learn it well. Children will gradually lose the connection of other languages in brain if they are not exposed to the stimulation of other foreign languages.
4.The ability to hold an image in mind and manipulate it is the cornerstone for children's emotional and intellectual development, and it is really an important skill to support their further learning in many ways.
5. Communication, coordination and cooperation are key skills for children to be able to take their place in the world.