好家在，我在家！
因應三級警戒，居家學習已逾兩週，全家鎮日共處不免產生摩擦，但從另個角度看，這是個培養生活技能，促進親子互動的好機會。
BigByte重視學生的全人發展，在課程中規劃適合不同學齡的生活技能，相信從細節建立良好習慣能幫助孩童健全人格，成為獨立個體。
建立良好習慣外，透過課程引導，提升學生獨立性及責任心，在人際互動中學習同理、提升自信，而品格教育在家庭中落實更是十分重要。
＃好家在我在家
因此BigByte 發起此活動，欲宣導學習生活技能的重要性。
引起家長熱烈迴響，以「鼓勵」養成孩子「做家事」的好習慣，令我們感動的是，各年齡層的孩子都有令人驚艷的表現！
若不知從何開始，不妨列出家務，全家人共同討論，讓孩子加入溝通，學習做選擇與承擔責任。
自小開始培養生活技能，有助於孩子提高「獨立自主性」，面對問題能著手解決，對於情緒起伏有足夠的意識與能力消化，也就是所謂逆境商數(Adversity Quotient)。
“逆境商數，是一個人面對困境，著手解決的能力。”
在遭遇困難時，考驗一個人的韌性，從細微之處提升逆境商數，讓孩子能更有意識的調整自己，從挫折中學習，不屈不饒，活出自信人生。
當前共同面臨逆境，讓我們回歸初心，宅在家好好生活，重新調整腳步，迎向新未來！
本文引自：
Learning Life Skills
Written by Anja — Branch Manager of BigByte
A month into Level 3 lockdown restrictions has surely meant a readjustment in home life and routines. It’s difficult to not be affected by adapting to working from home, having children inside all day, facilitating online learning, and managing housework and chores.
As the team at BigByte Junior know, establishing routines and setting up expectations right at the start of each semester is essential for learning and developmental success for our young students. We work on gaining, improving and practicing a number of different life skills that are part character building, as well as important personal habits to develop.
Some of these include practical routines like:
bathroom habits, specifically washing our hands properly
lunch and snack time manners, such as eating with our mouth closed and cleaning up after ourselves
Other social and emotional life skills like:
Apologizing properly
Learning kind words and manners
Understanding the power of our thoughts
Making their own choices
To support the success of a new schedule , please keep in mind:
A supportive and patient mindset as everyone tries something new
Using timers on phones/clocks to help keep time
Include transition time (10min) between activities and tasks
Balance out alone/independent time as well as group time together
Make sure you schedule in time to relax!
Give a lot of praise for effort and progress, not perfect completion!
Ultimately, we want to create the space and give students’ the opportunities to grow in confidence, empathy, independence, self-responsibility and self-awareness. I believe this time at home together during lockdown could offer your family a new opportunity to do so, too.
How about working out a schedule for the next two weeks together? The aim here is to give (pre-determined) options and choices to your child, as well as set goals that balance out the time commitments each family member has during the day and week.
We would love to know if this idea worked, or didn’t, in your own home. Please let us know what we forgot to include and other helpful tips. Hope these ideas can help keep home calmer, more peaceful and more productive.
