Blog: Under the Emerald Bridge
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How Negative Automatic Thoughts impact your child’s academic performance!
Negative Automatic Thoughts are those pesky gatekeepers holding us back from achieving our potential or finding out whether we can. As common as blinking, everybody experiences NATs but what happens when our children have more negative than positive thoughts? and how can we support them with this as parents and teachers. Read on to find out in our first post of the season of NATs.
Pen tips #3- Golden book
In our final Pen tip for the season of positive automatic thoughts, Penelope shares a brilliantly crafty way of celebrating positive thoughts, actions and behaviours across environments.
Help your child to start living their life like its golden with Pen Tips 3!
Pen Tips #2 - PAT hands!
The second in our series of "Pen Tips". A quick and easy low-demand activity for practising positive automatic thinking with your children/cohort. Give it a try and let us know how it went!
Pen Tips #1 “Positive Automatic Thoughts”
Clear, concise and digestible advice from the effervescent Penelope Alba Thompson. In today’s post, the premier of the series, Pen helps us understand the power of Positive Automatic Thoughts for children.
Cultivating PATs: A Guide for Parents and Teachers in understanding and nurturing Positive Automatic Thoughts in Children
On average, humans have around 60,000 thoughts per day, the majority of these thoughts are automatic and can be positive or negative.
Together, let's explore the human behaviour of positive automatic thoughts and see how we, parents, educators, and those with an innocent passing curiosity, can foster a positive mental environment for children by helping them develop healthier automatic thoughts.