Storytelling
Traditional Behavior Management
Cradleboard
Mother Nature
Praise
100
Tell us a story!
How did you get your name (full name)?
Open question! First to respond
100
What are the three sisters?
Corn, beans, and squash
100
What is the Navajo name for cradleboard?
Awéétsáál
100
What is the Navajo word for Mother Earth?
Nahasdzaan
100
What type of parenting style?
Open communication, sets clear rules & expectations.
Authoritative
200
What does storytelling teach children?
To be a good listener
Build relationships
Understand feelings
Build trust, confidence and how to make good judgment
Respect – for traditions, parents and peers
200
What is the fourth sister?
Sunflower, bee balm, tobacco
200
What is the name of Zach Ben and his wife's business?
Hint: Baby food line
Bidii Baby Foods, LLC
200
What activities can you do as a family to reconnect to Mother Earth?
Earth offerings, taking a walk, hiking, gardening, planting, camping, sheep herding, sheep shearing, playing outside, etc.
200
What type of parenting style?
Child-driven, rarely gives or enforces rules, overindulges children to avoid conflict.
Permissive (Indulgent)
300
What does it mean to listen with your heart, ears, and eyes?
Listen with your heart or empathize (understand and share child's feelings).
Observe (nonverbal cues) and listen to what your child(ren) are saying
300
What does ACE's stand for?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are experiences/trauma that can negatively impact a child under the age of 18.
300
What are some other traditions and events throughout a child's life that we hold important as Navajo people besides the cradleboard?
Beauty Way Ceremony
First laugh
Kinaaldá (Coming of Age ceremony)
300
What has Mother Nature taught us?
To respect Mother Earth, plants, animals, and all living things. Everything has a purpose.
Learn how to be respectful and coexist with all living things.
300
What type of parenting style?
Parent-driven, sets strict rules & punishment, one-way communication.
Authoritarian
400
"What would you say?" handout
Situation #2
"You're on the phone. Your child keeps interrupting your conversation."
How would you respond?
"Would you like to get a book and sit close to me while I'm on the phone?
400
What does PCE's stand for?
Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) are experiences in childhood that build a child's sense of belongingness and connection.
400
What are other examples of traditional nurturing besides the cradleboard?
Wrapping and massage, shawl carrying, talking to children, lullabies, bonding activities, kinship terms, language, discipline rather than punishment.
400
Name a value or skill that the environment has taught us?
Responsibility, spirituality, self-awareness, good judgement, leadership, teamwork, determination, empathy, courage, humility.
Include herding sheep - responsibility; good judgement, self-awareness, leadership, teamwork, compassion, humility, endurance
Raining - respect; reverence, empathy
400
What is a Helicopter Parent?
Overprotective, pays close attention to their child's activities/schoolwork to protect them from pain & disappointment and helps them to succeed.
500
"Walking in Child's Moccasins" handout
Listen to the statement, identify the feeling behind it, and respond by phrasing a statement that shows you understand the feeling.
"I want to visit my grandma & cheii. You never let me see them."
The child misses their grandparents, wants to visit and/or bond more with their grandparents. Doesn't understand the reason for not visiting grandparents.
Phrase: "We can't visit them as often as we would like but we can make plans to visit sometime this month."
500
Is this a logical or natural outcome?
When asked to bring in toys from outside, the child does not. Since child did not bring in the toys, the dog chewed the toys.
Natural Outcome
Natural Outcomes: The result of something the child does.
Logical Outcomes: Predetermined consequence set by the parents/caregivers
500
Name a part of the cradleboard and it's significance in Dine' culture.
Ears, rainbow, female side (Mother Earth), male side (Father Sky), lightning pattern, footboard (base), backboard, white shell, turquoise, etc.
500
If you were an animal, what would you be?
What qualities do they have?
Open question! First to respond.
500
What are the 4 major parenting styles that we discussed today?
Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive (Indulgent), Uninvolved (Neglectful)