PSALMS 127:3 MAGNET MINISTRY WHOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT 

What is meant by wholistic development?
  • Wholistic development is a process that focuses on addressing all of the needs of the child in life: emotional, physical, relational, intellectual, creative and spiritual. 
  • It is the process of helping the child come to self-actualization --> The realization of the fulfillment in one’s own talents and potentialities. Especially considering the individual drive, or need present in each child.
  • This perspective of development encourages educators to look at the child as a whole focusing on strengths rather weakness. 
  • This is an alternative approach in education which helps the child open up more, and explore different methods to learning and developing.
  • The Wholistic approach allows the educator to focus on the unique aspects of each individual child.

Area's of Development

OUR APPROACH TO EDUCATION 

  • Through hands on activities with our students we have come to the conclusion that ministering to all of their needs, and not just a selected few -- is the most effective method for us to promoting child development. 
  •  This is why we carefully and thoughtfully minister to each child’s spiritual, physical, socio-emotional, and mental needs.
  • Much like a flower, a child will grow and mature to a limited extent. Regardless of whether, or not their specific needs are met.
  • But, to a degree of nurturing, what the child receives will determine whether, or not that child truly blossoms.
  • By facilitating the Wholistic development of each child under our care. We are helping each child  fully blossom. Reaching his, or her God-given potential.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: RESILIENCE
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  • Resilience – the power or ability to return to the original form, position after being bent, compressed, or stretched; ability to quickly recover readily from illnesses, depression, adversity; buoyancy.
  • As children become resilient, they understand and accept these two facts. They see life as challenging and ever changing, but they believe they can cope with those challenges and changes. They view mistakes and weaknesses as opportunities to learn, and they accept that losing may precede winning. They have a strong sense of self awareness and self esteem, including feelings of worth and competence. 

PHYSICAL: HEALTHY HABITS = HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 

  • Our children are encouraged to respect, and value their temples. Children are trained to cultivate their physical health, and it is their responsibility to their best to maintain good health so they may successfully reach their destiny. ​
  • We teach, proper eating habits, exercise, rest and recreation as part of a balanced and happy life.
  • Our overall goal is to help  adolescents acquire knowledge about their physical development, and use this knowledge to make good decisions in their life that will promote healthy development, and a healthy life style. 
1 Corinthians 6:19
​“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.”

1 Samuel 2:26
​“Now the boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the LORD and with men.” 

RELATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES 

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  • We encourage children to have an open, respectful, and ​positive attitude when interacting with peers and others.
  • While adequately negotiating challenging relationships. This pathway to success gives children the ability to develop and maintain healthy relationships. 
  • In addressing this pathway. The goal is to help adolescents  increase their capacity by building and maintaining  healthy relationships in the wide range of human diversity. 
Luke 6:31
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT: LIFE LONG LEARNERS 

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  • We teach children that God is the source of knowledge, understanding and wisdom; everything we know and understand originated from Him. 
  • This pathway refers to the child's ability to think critically and creatively. While setting goals, and working towards accomplishing their desired goals. The goal is for children and adolescents to increase their capacity to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information; to achieve mastery in required and selected content areas; to use information to effectively solve problems; and enjoy learning. 
​Proverbs 18:15
"Intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for knowledge.” 

Daniel 1:17
“To these four boys God had given knowledge and skill in every aspect of learning and wisdom” 

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT: CO-CREATORS 

  • We encourage children to express and explore their creative nature through technology, art, language art, culinary and music. 
  • We respect the spontaneous and essentially creative nature that is constantly unfolding in each child. ​

​​ Genesis 1:27
“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” 

Ephesians 2:10
“For we are His workmanship, created in Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them”
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1 Cor 3:9
“For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building.”  

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: PREPARATION FOR PURPOSE 

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We believe children should be trained in both secular and sacred areas of life. Because every child is different. They all have different temperament, responses, abilities, talents and characteristics. We believe in training up a child in the way of wisdom to live in the reverence of God if they so choose.

Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go (and in keeping with his individual gift or bent), and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
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