School Tuesday/ Школа: графік поведінки/ The calendar of behaviour

There's not so much time left before my work gets started. So, I wanted to share one thing which is very useful for parenting. That's the chart of behaviour.

A couple of month ago we were told complains about our son's behaviour at the kindergarten. He wasn't very bad, but he was naughty and it bothered me a lot. After some days of frustration and not knowing what to do I've decided to browse the Internet (how could people live without it?) and I've found some recomendations how to improve the child's behaviour and I made a calendar.

The required materials: paper, coloured pencils or markers, ruler (I didn't use it), patience and consistancy.
Here how it looks:

How you do it: divide the paper on the amount of days in a month. One paper is one month. The vertical columns are days of the week, the horisontal columns are the weeks.

How it works: After having done this chart, stick it to the fridge and tell your child, that you will summarise each day in the evening and draw a face on the chart. There are two kinds of faces (only 2, there's no middle behaviour) good or bad. The rule is: If the child gets all happy faces for 7 days he gets a present or a chance to go somewhere. You may choose the appreciation yourself, or let it do to your kid.

You may also mark special days, birthdays or days off on the chart, it will help your child to learn the days of the week and to understand how the calendar works.
Here are some pictures of our calendars. Oh, I've almost forgotten: my point is: this calendar is really working, my son's behaviour's improved.

Family Saturday/ Сімейна субота: Хлопчик росте

Наш хлопчик росте. Нещодавно відсвяткували 5 років. Так радісно і водночас якось сумно. Так багато хочеться його навчити, розповісти, показати. Так сильно хочеться обіймати та цілувати. Але наш хлопчик росте, має свої запитання, обіймає, але через мить виривається з обіймів, бо соромиться.
Костя нарешті навчився кататись на велосипеді. Він спочатку дуже боявся, і коли Ілля відчепив маленькі колеска навіть не сідав на нього, але декілька днів тому він впевнено сів на велосипед і поїхав так, ніби вже їздив декілька років. А я вам що кажу, наш хлопчик росте.
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Our boy is getting older. We've just celebrated 5 years. These moments are joyful, but at the same time sad, because he is not that little puffy cute baby boy, but he becomes boy. There's so much I want to teach, show and tell him.  He has his own questions, he hugs, but only for a second and then runs away because he's shy. I love him.
Kostya can ride a bike now!  At first he was affraid, espessially when Illia took off the little wheels, he refused to ride it at all.  But few days ago he confidently set and rode it as he had been riding it for many years. I was surprised and content. That's what i'm talking about, our boy is getting older.

Покатались, погуляли, пограли в ігри, потім прийшли додому і годину смажили чебуреки. Костя допомагав від замішування тіста, до обсмажування нямок. І коли вже сідали до столу, я його запитала: "Що тобі сьогодні сподобалось найбільше? Те, як ти катався на велосипеді?", він подумав і сказав: "Ну це було добре, але найбільше мені сподобалось бути разом і готувати їсти".
Не важливо як, неважливо коли і скільки, головне проводити час разом як сім'я.

After riding a bike we went home and cooked supper. Kostia was helping a lot, he always helps me, I apreciate it. While eating supper I've asked him whether he liked to ride a bike and he answered: "It was good, but I liked being together." That's so sweeeet.