Roberto Said:

How to do you teach children to put their coats on using the coat flip method?

We Answered:

Our library has a video called Preschool Power that demonstrates this. My daughter watched and learned when she was 2.

Here are the basics:

Lay the coat on the floor, with the opening up. Have the child stand with his feet just above the collar, facing the coat, then bend down and stick his arms in the sleeves about halfway and lift it over his head. You'll need to help the first half-dozen times or so.

Edit: Just found a couple of sites showing the jacket flip -

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/ac…
http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2007/06/tricks…

Carrie Said:

I am an accomplished piano player and i have been ask to teach children?

We Answered:

i've actually been looking for a piano teacher for my 6 and 8 year old (i don't think i know you :) haha.

anyways, the rates from a highschooler is $10 for 1/2 hour in her home. if she comes to my home it's $15 for 1/2 hour.

a more seasoned teacher is asking for $20/hr at his place.

a music school asks for $25-$28 per 1/2 hour at the music school.

i'm in the southern states. hope that helps.

Bruce Said:

What are good resources that I can get ideas from to help teach children about horses?

We Answered:

equisite is good
and if you go on the parelli website (parelli.com) they have a juniors page it has safety stuff and such

Tyler Said:

Is there a systematic way to teach children patience and tolerance for ambiguity?

We Answered:

I think that seeing everything in black and white is a character trait of most children. We tend to want certainty in life, and until you are sure of yourself and where you fit in, certainty is all to you. Of course, lazy thinkers who never developed past the child-mind will refuse to hear anything that contradicts the beliefs they hold, so there's no point in even trying with them.

When I look at a situation and explain it to kids, we go to the most obvious answer first. Then I change a fact or two to send them to the opposite conclusion, then make the scenario bounce back and forth until they have to consider middle ground.

The classic example: Wrong to lie (yes)
Wrong to lie to the Nazi's when they ask if you if you are hiding Jews in the attic? (no)
Wrong to lie to the police about hiding a fugitive from justice? (yes)
What if you know he's innocent?
What if you know he's been framed?
What if he can prove his innocence if he evades capture one more day?
What if he's your father?

Muddy the water with each question, and soon they will understand that all is not as it initially appears to be, and that you have to dig deeper. Once you realize that you have to go deeper in order to truly understand a situation, you pretty much have to be tolerant, or expend the effort to fully investigate.

Claude Said:

What are some ways that pediatricians teach children to maintain a healthy lifestyle?

We Answered:

From my own experience as a mother of 2 it is my husband and I who teach our children to live healthy. The pediatrician sees my kids once a year (they are healthy and we don't run for a cold to our pediatricians) so what impact could that have?
Actually my oldest daughter was and still is always below the 10% in height and weight (we are not tall people and she eats like crazy) and her pediatrician keeps insisting we feed her more. I was and still am insulted because I have told her a number of times that we feed her healthy, protein, vitamin, fibre rich diet and the only way to "fatten" her up would be by feeding her junk food and sugar, which we refuse to do.
So I think you are under the wrong impression to think that pediatrician teach children much of anything. They are just trying to fix the problems that children possibly have.