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Sunday December 8th, 2019

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  Understanding Children’s Needs

From sending children to the best school possible to buying them the latest technology, every parent only wants the best for their children. However, going to a great school doesn’t necessarily mean children will achieve great results. One of the common problems for young children is to be able to focus in class. Such issues could be caused by a child whose sensory process is not integrated. Sensory integration is how our brain processes sensory information that enable us to do the things we need to do in our everyday life. 

 

For Ms Lina, mother of Alexander Santoso at P1 Love said her biggest challenge in raising and understanding her child is getting her child to listen. “I have to be very patient since we often have misunderstandings. What we said to each other weren’t necessarily understood, because they’re not focusing on me, especially nowadays children speak in multiple languages,” said Lina. 

 

Ms Reinita Koestomo, Head of Learning Support Center at Tzu Chi Primary School spoke before 60 parents on November 29, 2019 at ‘Building a Solid Foundation for Your Child’s Learning: Understanding Your Child’s Needs’ workshop, to share her day to day experience in helping students learn, and explain students’ learning triangle which covers three aspects of learning namely auditory, vision, and vestibular-motor skills.

 

Ms Koestomo presented an example of a moving car. A car won’t move unless each part of the car such as the tires, the machine, the petrol tank are functioning properly. Likewise, for a child to effectively learn, they need to be able to use their senses properly. 

 

“Great strength comes from unity of minds and efforts” ~ Jing Si Aphorism by Master Cheng Yen

 

Ms Koestomo provided a familiar example to our parents, “Now moms and dads,you can hear my voice, and hear outside noises and see colorful presentation. Yet, you know where to put your focus.” She added that while adults find it easy to filter out their senses to focus on one thing, children’s sensory integration need regular training through different stimulations. 

 

She also highlighted that, “Aside from paying attention to children's physical growth by providing them with the right nutrition, we also need to train their sensory integration.”

 

We can train children’s sensory integration through asking them to complete an activity, for example making pizza out of playdough. Playdough cutting, kneading, rolling, would encourage a child to focus on orders (auditory and vision), and train their vestibular-motor skills planning by asking them to not move to doing anything else, unless they’re finished with it. 

 

The problem these days, children barely have time to play because they’re busy studying in and out of school. Ms Lina, as a mother realise how her child’s everyday activities could be exhausting and comes with very little opportunities for her child to train his sensory integration , “Yeah my son goes to school, then to after-school tutoring, go home, and sleep.” She added that, having a regular schedule could be painfully monotonous for the children later on which could lead to lack of motivation. 

 

Through interactive discussion with the parents, Ms Koestomo summed up that to achieve an integrated sensory in children, both teachers and parents need to provide stimulation that breaks their routine and sparks their interests. One of the other things to remember is to also limit children’s screen time whether it’s on small electronic gadget or watching television, since it discourages children to be active.

 

The problem these days, children barely have time to play because they’re busy studying in and out of school. Ms Lina, as a mother realise how her child’s everyday activities could be exhausting and comes with very little opportunities for her child to train his sensory integration , “Yeah my son goes to school, then to after-school tutoring, go home, and sleep.” She added that, having a regular schedule could be painfully monotonous for the children later on which could lead to lack of motivation. 

 

Through interactive discussion with the parents, Ms Koestomo summed up that to achieve an integrated sensory in children, both teachers and parents need to provide stimulation that breaks their routine and sparks their interests. One of the other things to remember is to also limit children’s screen time whether it’s on small electronic gadget or watching television, since it discourages children to be active.