Educational goals

Of course there always are, besides the social goals, educational ones too, but only as far as those have any meaning for the children. If they are not interested to learn the skill I want them to learn, they will learn it mechanically and only with pressure, and then the skill remains without essence for them and they will not become more social!! I don't refer to routines like toilet training, or getting dressed. But also those can be taught without pressure. As the children become more social, skills can be taught more easily and then they will understand the value of them. Panagiotis had learned the good morning routine at school. He told me several times robotlike "Good morning Panagioti, your hand". I imagine that his teacher wanted the children to shake hands with her and since he did not give her his hand, she would say: 'your hand'. For Panagiotis this was obvious a procedure he did not understand. When I took him from the schoolbus in order to play with him at home, he looked me in the eyes as soon as he saw me and said: "Let's play!" I consider this a much more valuable 'good morning', because it came from his heart. I have not learned him to say that, but he told me this spontaniously.