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Sarah J. Blake (3kitties) wrote,
@ 2006-05-03 15:26:00

the Crabbies

This is a neat site: http://crabbiemasters.com. The official program appears to be designed for use with very young kids, but the principle is great and worth examining. It pretty much represents my philosophy about child care/teaching/parenting. Thanks, duponthumanite, for introducing me to the Crabbies. This could be a fun thing to work with depending on my crowds in the future–most of my current crowd is a bit old for the activities on the site but not for the concepts.

Camus or Einstein said:

“Nobody realises how much energy some people expend to be normal.”

I can see how you might behave badly when you are tired.

Did you ever hear of the Crabbies?

Too-Tired is a particularly horrible one.

You can then say to LuLu or to one of your other kids, “Hey, I think the too-tired crabbie is here.”
Tiredness of the keeping-up kind can manifest also in late adolescence or early adulthood. It did that for me. I was an energetic child of six, seven and eight.

05/01/06 @ 23:57

Lesley Scott, Fashiontribes - April 21, 2006

After Running Your Own In-Home Preschool for 25 Years, You Learn a Thing or Two About What Works with Kids. CrabbieMasters.com Helps Frustrated Folks Beat those Sneaky Crabbies that Can Rain on a Kid’s Parade. FASHIONTRIBES BLOG

As anyone who’s spent time in the company of young kids can attest, everything will be going smoothly until the sudden appearance of The Crabbies - irksome & stealthy characters who love to sneak in & ruin a perfectly good time. After working with literally scores of young children, Becky Undlin started CrabbieMasters.com - CrabbieMasters.com as a way of passing along her hard-won wisdom, much to the relief of countless befuddled parents, babysitters, caregivers & other teachers. Using a technique known as externalization, it involves talking to little Ms. Bad Mood in a way that is playful, but helps them to face difficulties, ie. “You’re tired & cranky and you need a nap” becomes the much cooler: “Sweetie, the Too-Tired Crabbies have sneaked up on us…let’s work together to swoosh them out of the door & seal it shut with a wee nap.” Once the blame & shame of tiredness & related feelings are removed, so are the potentially damaging silencing effects of “I’m bad” which now becomes “Oh, Tired-Tired is getting us!”

Learn how to banish the Crabbies for good at CrabbieMasters.com.

http://fashiontribes.com/