The IPC units of work focuses on 8 personal goals that they believe are necessary for children of the 21st century. These personal goals are abilities and characteristics that children will need to equip them for an ever-changing world. These personal goals are: adaptability, communication, cooperation, enquiry, morality, resilience, respect and thoughtfulness. Let's have a look at how you can help your child grow in each of these personal goals.

 

Adaptability

• Asking them to do a familiar routine in a different way.

• Change the rules to an activity/task while they are doing it.

• Take a different route to a familiar place.

• Make small changes to your child/ward’s daily routine.

• Discuss how a character deals with change in a story/movie. Ask your child/ward how they would deal with the situation.

Communication

• Asking your child/ward to say the same sentence with different tones (soft, loud) and expressions (happy, angry).

• Playing games like ‘Charades’, ‘Telephone’, ‘Pictionary’, and ‘Backdraw’.

• Listening actively to your child/ward when they speak to you.

• Inviting your child/ward to repeat what you have said in their own words

• Allowing your child to speak fully before you answer them.

• Encouraging your child to learn another language.

Cooperation

• Creating a time table for your household chores.

• Encouraging your child to participate in team games or sports.

• Setting them challenges that require them to work with other people.

• Focusing on being fair and taking turns when playing games at home.

Enquiry

• Allowing your child to observe everyday routines. Encourage them to make notes on the order the activities take place.

• Creating ' a question of the day' box. Allow your child to find the answer to the question.

• Playing "Which do you prefer?" Ask you child to state the reasons for these answers.

• Playing 'Odd one out. Each person is given a number of objects and they must explain which one is odd and why.

• Encouraging your child to research sometimes that interests them.

• Asking your child to make a mindmap on a topic.

• Allowing your child to predict how a story will end.

Morality

• Giving your child age appropriate household chores.

• Encouraging your child to donate items or raise money for charity.

• Reading fables or watching movies with a moral in them. Ask your child/ward to explain what the moral of the fable/movie is.

• Getting your child to act out different scenarios. Get them to act out the right way to deal with the problem, and the wrong way to deal with the problem.

• Sharing an article in the news about moral issues. Ask your child to share what they think is right and wrong with the issue.

• Asking your child to create a piece of art that expresses their moral values.

Resilience

• Praising your child for accomplishing a task.

• Providing some advice/prompts if your child is having difficulty with a task.

• Persuading your child to help with tasks at home.

• Encouraging your child to develop their own daily routine.

• Advising your child to take a break if they are having problems.

• Helping your child to set goals for their lives. Get them to think of the steps they need to take and celeb rate when they achieve them.

• Asking your child to share what they have learnt following a tough situation. Share your own experiences to help them learn how to discuss this with you.

• Encouraging your child to think about their strengths when they are finding something hard.

Respect

• Creating family rules for particular behaviours.

• Encouraging your child/ward to say “Please” and “Thank You”.

• Setting clear instructions on how you would like your child to act in a situation, and the rewards and consequences of their actions.

• Asking your child to write ‘Thank You notes’.

• Informing your child of any compliments you have heard from other people.

• Sticking to your promises. Encourage your child to mean what they say.

Thoughtfulness

• Encouraging your child to think about doing, or saying something before they carry it out.

• Practicing sharing your ideas or belongings with your child/ward.

• Encourage them to do the same with their things.

• Donating toys, books, or money to charity.

• Volunteering for local community service acts.

• Reading a book to your child in which a character gets angry or upset. Ask your child “How would you feel if you were in this situation?” and “How would you like someone to help you?”

• Establishing a ‘Good Deed for theDay’. Encourage your child to do one good deed for someone else. Discuss with your child/ward how they felt afterwards.

 

Source: http://www.tenby.edu.my/phot/pdf/20140317IPCLearning%20Goals.pdf