gift your child a sense of humor - by momskool

Your Kid’s Sense of Humor

Laughter… A Gift for a Lifetime.

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Kids with a sense of humor are spontaneous, optimistic, smarter & healthier

Humorous kids tend to me more popular and have more friends

Humor is critical to emotional health, maintaining relationships and mental growth

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Did you know?

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Laughter helps kids endure pain and improves their digestion & immunity

Humor & laughter help increase resistance to illness or physical problems

Sense of Humor can be nurtured, it’s not inherited…

Humor helps kids grow out of the difficult period of pre-adolescence and adolescence much more smoothly

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Humor boosts children’s creative thinking capacity, a skill that is increasingly valued in all spheres of life and work

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A developing sense of humor is a sign of cognitive development, learning & growth, of recognizing intentionality and understanding symbolism

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A child who can make a friend laugh when she's feeling blue is one who understands the importance of empathy and sympathy

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A child who can laugh at himself when he makes a mistake has an easier time accepting imperfection and is less afraid to attempt the task again

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Humor, Jokes, Riddles, Pun: all allow your child to play with words and enrich vocabulary

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Good Sense of Humor will help your

child…

…develop self esteem, cope

better with challenges

…share joy and make

new friends

…develop cognitive skills, creativity and self -control

...connect and bond with

family members

…not take things too seriously and

participate in the playful aspects of life

…develop perspective, grasp the

unconventional & see beyond the surface

…help handle differences &

conflicts, express anger in socially acceptable ways

…cope with life’s stress, at every age

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Give your child the Gift of Laughter…Gift them a Sense of Humor

• smile, laugh and giggle• coo, make silly facial

expressions• sing & dance• blow raspberries

With Your Baby….

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• play peek-a-boo• ignore the obvious ..where are you?• tickle them, snuggle them, play chase,

catch n kiss• enjoy incongruence…pyjamas in your

arms, a pig with sunglasses

With Your Toddler….

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• have fun with pictures, funny rhymes

• share funny stories and incidents

• enjoy Silly humor, subtly discouraging things that are in bad taste

With the Preschool kid ….

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• encourage wordplay, exaggeration, and slapstick humor

• crack simple jokes and share punch lines..

• introduce pun, riddles, wit and sarcasm…

• choose funny yet informative TV shows

• define boundaries, limits

With the school going champ….

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So go ahead…Tickle them funny bones!!!

Happy growing…

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