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a lot of teachers think of teaching self esteem there are motivational
speeches some schools will call assemblies for regarding self esteem,
but other schools leave it up to the teachers. Whether it is on
your curriculum as part of a class unit, or if it is a homeroom
lesson project try to teach the children about self esteem as well
as you can.
Especially as they get older, children, pre-teens and teenagers
are very susceptible to low self-esteem. In teaching self esteem,
be sure to emphasize confidence and belief in oneself. Starting
at very young ages, children can be very hurtful to one another.
There are the bullies, there are the popular children who learn
quite early how to look down their noses at the others, and there
are (more than likely more than a few in your class) the children
who are teased or threatened, beaten up or just ignored.
With any hope, the children who suffer most have good families
they can rely on, but in teaching self esteem you cannot count on
that. These kids are going to be the most difficult to teaching
self esteem to because they have probably already developed a poor
self esteem.
In teaching self esteem, your lessons must be designed especially
to assist just this kind of child. Hopefully, the child will be
able to find external validation elsewhere—but if not, we
hope that teaching him or her about self esteem will help the child
respect and care for him or herself—instead of needing to
have external validation. There are few truly effective ways to
teach self esteem. If you can instill within your students certain
ways for a student to really have confidence in him or herself—you
may very well be able to change his or her life for the better by
teaching self esteem. Do not think of teaching self esteem as a
burden, but rather, as an opportunity to make a real difference
in a childs life.
Help them learn that you do not have to be popular, outgoing, tough,
or good looking to be a wonderful, worthwhile person. If they can
learn this—they will be able to avoid many terrible self esteem
issues that would otherwise come up sooner or later in their lives.
In teaching self esteem, some teachers use self esteem worksheets—these
may be a great tool to teach children to respect themselves and
remain confident. Self esteem worksheets provide the class with
examples of different ways that someone can perceive him or herself.
They can see by illustrations on the worksheets that ones perception
of oneself can change their constant emotional state. The children
will answer questions about how they feel about themselves and why.
If certain students feelings about themselves are negative, you
can show them why they should not feel that way.
Sometimes, self esteem worksheets help students to evaluate where
their self esteem lies. Then in teaching self esteem, they will
be able to better understand what to so to make themselves feel
better and have a happier life.
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