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You're amazing, says Suzy
Little Treasures
Enhancing self-esteem and teaching personal safety skills are key messages contained in a new series of tracks for young children. Amazing Me is a boxed set of five 20-minute tracks designed and produced by Kids TV Ltd and the Early Children Development Unit and distributed in New Zealand by the Young New Zealanders Foundation. Each focuses on teaching different life skills to children aged two to seven years. "Enhancing children's self-esteem and building confidence are very important parts of the DVD," Young New Zealanders Foundation commercial manager Russell Hart says. Topics covered by the tracks include feeling good about yourself, naming body parts and caring for your body, road safety, asking for help, emergencies, dealing with emotions and expressing feelings, including fear, sadness and anger, and looking at a range of issues within relationships, including physical and sexual abuse. "But it was also important to make the tracks fun and children needed to be able to identify with the characters and situations," Russell says. Accordingly, popular children's TV presenter Suzy Cato hosts the DVD, which are presented in the same format as her show, You and Me, using songs, activities and stories to reinforce the messages. "A lot of parents don't know how to address these issues with their children and, by getting children involved, the tracks are able to communicate important messages," Russell says. He says while the tracks are targeted at children, parents or caregivers should also watch them, so they're able to work through any questions or issues. The boxed set comes with a workbook which includes the words of songs and stories used in the tracks, together with further examples and guidelines to help parents and teachers answer children's questions. New Zealand Woman's Weekly Amazing Me is a New Zealand designed and produced resource for teachers, parents and caregivers. Early Childhood Development has produced Amazing Me in conjunction with Young New Zealanders Foundation and Kids TV. It is a non-profit venture and it is AMAZING - 5 tracks, a Teacher Work Book and a Parent Work Book, available at cost (5 tracks and both work books) for $150.00, with additional parent or teacher work books available for $18.00. Each of the 20-minute tracks focuses on teaching 2 - 7 year olds different life skills aimed at enhancing their confidence and self esteem. Who is it for? Why is it worth having in every NZ primary school? It is fronted by Suzy Cato, and it's lively, interesting and professional. It has been compiled by ECE experts and has been widely tested and evaluated by a NZ university. The story starters are excellent and the manuals exemplary for simplicity and ease of use. It leads Years 0, 1 and 2 naturally into the Keeping Ourselves Safe resources. Feeling Good About Myself Keeping Safe My Family Expressing Feelings Relationships Amazing Me is a great resource which plugs a gap at the lower primary level. Contact Young New Zealanders Foundation for details. Good Teacher Have You Seen This Resource?
The five 20 minute tracks include:
The kit is available for $150 incl GST R.E.A.L. Magazine |
If
your child was sexually abused, would he tell you? A new DVD series
fronted by popular TV presenter 
Teach
your two to seven-year-old life skills encouraging their confidence
and self-esteem. A unique set of five tracks has been designed and
produced by Kids TV and the Early Childhood Development Unit and
Safer Promotions Ltd. They are being distributed by the Safer Streets
Trust. The tracks focus on giving children permission to ask questions,
explore topics involving themselves, their families and their community,
and to say "no". Suzy Cato uses a participatory format
to engage children. Workbooks provide parents and teachers with
the resources to support questions raised by children.