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Your child’s first year of school should be fun and exciting
time. Children who are comfortable and prepared for it
first school experience are more likely to have
productive years, and therefore associate positive feelings with
education. Since parents are the first and the most
important teachers, you can play a key role in preparing your
children for a successful school experience by pre-exhibiting them
key concepts they will know in school. This may be
done in a fun and enjoyable way playing everyday
also experiment with learning experiences.
The new learning builds on previous knowledge, so more
the exposure or experience of a child with a concept, the easier it is
is for new learning and a deeper understanding to occur.
Provide your child with pre-exposure to concepts such as
Alphabet, numbers, follow instructions, listen, read,
cut, trace, etc. will help them feel more comfortable and
confident when they experience these similar concepts at school,
thus allowing better learning to perform. Schools become
more academic, dependent on standardized and fast-paced testing.
Give your children some familiarity with the concepts they
dating can help reduce anxiety and stress that
support these experiences. Children too stressed out
or uncomfortable are less likely to be able to concentrate and
learn.
Children have a natural motivation to learn and a curiosity
on the world. You can improve and maintain this naturalness
motivation by making learning enjoyable play experiences
experiences too.
For example, children’s games are great resources for combining
learn with physical activity. Duck, duck, goose can be a way
reinforce concepts such as the alphabet by having children
Say the name of a letter instead of the word, duck and a word
which begins with this letter instead of the word, goose.
Hide and Seek can become a learning experience by hiding numbers,
letters, colors, your child’s name, phone number, address, etc.
around the house and have your child find them.
Simon Says is a great game to watch
directions and position words such as over, above, below etc.
Bingo can be used to strengthen the recognition of numbers, letters
recognition, the difference between upper and lower case
letters, letter sounds, colors, etc.
You can go on a scavenger hunt while shopping, driving or at home
seeing how many letters, numbers, colors or shapes
the child can find.
You can also play I Spy where you say: “I spy with my little one
look at something that is … “and you describe a letter, a number,
shape, color, etc. that you can see clearly. Your child then
try to guess what you are describing. Your child may also
Take turns describing something (this helps develop
skills).
Individual interests of children can also be integrated
learning experiences.
Blocks or Lego can be used to teach models
(ask them to build towers with alternating colors), counting,
sorting (separate blocks by colors, shapes, sizes), etc.
If your child enjoys coloring, have them create rainbow paths
letters or numbers by tracing them with as many colors as
possible.
Plasticine can be made into shapes, letters and numbers.
An interest in cars and trucks can be used to learn how to
trace by telling your child to keep his car (pencil or pencil)
on the road (whatever is plotted).
An interest in animals or dinosaurs can be used when learning
how to cut with scissors relating the opening and closing
scissors when opening and closing an animal’s mouth.
You can pretend that the animal is “eating” the lines on the paper.
Your child’s environment may also play a role in their preparation
for school. Provide a number and variety of books for your
child and taking the time to read to them is one of the
important things you can do for their education. Reading to a
the child teaches them vocal skills, vocabulary, listening skills,
orientation from left to right, cause and effect, knowledge of the
world around them, and pre-reading skills. More importantly, it
instills a love for reading and books that will come in handy
throughout their education. After all, every subject
(even math) requires reading.
Our brain absorbs information from our environment on a
conscious and unconscious level, and between 80-90% of all
the information absorbed by the brain is visual. Therefore,
providing visual displays in your child’s room or elsewhere may
really helps learning. Things like the alphabet, colors,
numbers, etc. can be hung or displayed in places where
the child will see them. Even magnetic letters on the fridge
can help with retention and learning. This is why many schools
display numerous visuals in halls and classrooms.
Young children can also learn many concepts through music.
For example, they usually learn their abc by the alphabet
song. There are many children’s bands that teach
concepts through music. Play them in the car or in
your children’s play can help them learn. Even if they
maybe doesn’t sing or even seems to pay
beware, subconscious learning can occur.
You can also practice separating from your child for a while.
short periods of time, such as signing up for a program or playing
group or spend time with a babysitter. Separation
anxiety can be traumatic for some children if not used
being away from their parents, and this anxiety can inhibit
their ability to learn and relax while studying.
Finally, whatever methods you try with your child, the more
an important thing to remember is to make them enjoyable. You
want your child to associate positive feelings with learning.
Take turns choosing activities; give your child a choice
sometimes. It makes them feel less dictated and more
ready to learn. Also offer them a certain variety of activities,
don’t always use the same learning methods all the time
it can create boredom and disinterest. Choose the methods
that work best with your child (every child is different) and
enjoy!
Children are like flowers, they all bloom at different times.
But parents can help nurture them by providing them with experiences that
enable them to become children who love to learn and
school.
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Source by Tina O’Block
