Learning Kid

At a young age, the grasping capacity of the kids is much faster. They can remember the things very easily. The only difficulty is with understanding. Kids can be made to learn things in enjoyable ways. Children learn things faster when learning is blended with entertainment. Here are some tips to make the learning more fun for the children.

The basic learning method starts with introducing them to people, things and places around them. Children can learn these subjects through verbal communication. Kids learn these things before they turn 3. Later on, they are introduced with numbers and letters. Basic science is also introduced at same age. The science includes names of birds, animals, their sounds, trees, flowers, leaves and many similar things. These can be taught by showing them and making them feel.

Younger kids can enjoy their classes for identifying colors. Use various things in front of the colors. Like use tomato in front of red color and so on. There are toys which are specially designed for colour identification. These sets comprise of various toys like apple, flowers, ball and many more. Children can learn about the colors, names of the things and shapes simultaneously with the help of these toys. Shapes like square, circle, rectangle, triangle and oval can also be learned from the various toys. Read the rest of this entry »

Kids inherently have an immense curiosity to know about the natural world around them. As parents, we hear questions like ‘Why does the moon change?’, ‘Why can’t I see the germs?’, ‘How far is the Sun?’, and hundreds of similar questions everyday that only children can ask. While sometimes it can be difficult to answer these in a way small children can understand, it is very important to encourage them to ask questions and to be curious. Children are most receptive when they are curious about something and that is the best opportunity to teach them.

As grown-ups, most of us have lost that curious nature somewhere along the way as we grew up. Maybe it was the methods of traditional education, or maybe, it was just a natural process of growing up, we can’t say. But, we know that our kids live in a vastly different technology driven competitive world. The questions kids ask may not have changed that much since our time, but the kind of answers our kids receive today can be far better. When they ask about volcanoes, you can show them a 10 minute video on volcanic eruptions and all the science behind it. Or, when they ask, where the Earth came from, you can actually play a video showing a simulation of the solar system forming from a giant cloud of stellar dust. Now, compare that to verbal answers you would have heard as a kid. Read the rest of this entry »

Does your child act before he thinks?

Does your child pat a dog, even though you warn him not to?

Would your child ignore a ‘wet paint, don’t touch’ sign and check it out for themselves?

If you’re busy nodding your head then chances are your child likes to learn through trial and error.

“You can tell me all you want, but I’m going to find out for myself” is their motto. They don’t like to be told. Experience is their teacher. The lessons learned at the school of hard knocks can be bitter, which makes parenting these kids pretty tough.

Inside school these kids are hands-on and tactile. They love to experiment and tinker. They learn about flight by making paper aeroplanes and flying them through their classrooms. They’ll adjust the nose, tail and wings to make it fly longer. Read the rest of this entry »