{"id":608748,"date":"2009-12-04T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=134459"},"modified":"2009-12-04T01:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:00:47","slug":"the-importance-of-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/608748","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Youngsters can be inconsiderate when it comes to one another’s names<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Names<\/p>\n

Names image: sxc.hu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If it’s an unusual name, they might make fun of it.\u00a0 If an an adult mispronounces it, they may laugh and hurt a tot’s feelings.<\/p>\n

I heard one principal handle this very well when youngsters were mixing up two students’ names on purpose.\u00a0 One didn’t mind, but the other was close to tears.<\/p>\n

She had a discussion and mentioned the importance of a person’s names.\u00a0 She\u00a0emphasized that each person’s name is special.\u00a0 This led to a discussion on where the students’ names originated and what they meant.<\/p>\n

So they shared whether they were named for a parent, grandparent or other family member.\u00a0 Was that name a special one for mom or dad?\u00a0 Did it have a special meaning when defined?\u00a0 When the discussion was over, the children were proud of their names and realized that each person and their name was special.<\/p>\n

I used this same approach<\/strong> in a second grade class when one of the boys was deliberately mispronouncing another student’s name.\u00a0 This led to the students sharing their names and I shared where mine originated, too.<\/p>\n

Do you discuss the importance of family names and why you named your children as you did?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Importance of Names<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Youngsters can be inconsiderate when it comes to one another’s names.\u00a0 Names image: sxc.hu If it’s an unusual name, they might make fun of it.\u00a0 If an an adult mispronounces it, they may laugh and hurt a tot’s feelings. I heard one principal handle this very well when youngsters were mixing up two students’ names […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ymw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}