Learn What is the Best Way for Your Child to?

Children and teenagers learn by observing, listening, exploring, experimenting and asking questions.

Being interested, motivated and engaged in learning is important for children once they start school. It can also help if they understand why they’re learning something.

And as your child gets older, he’ll enjoy taking more responsibility for his learning, and getting more involved in making decisions about learning and organising activities.

Your role in your child’s learning 
Even if you think you don’t know much about learning and teaching, you’re your child’s first teacher. Your child will keep learning from you over the years.

And even if you had a bad experience at school, it might help to remember that approaches to learning in schools have changed. Your child’s experience at school will be different from yours, so try to be positive. This will help your child feel positive about school too.

Children learn in different ways – some learn by seeing, some by hearing, some by reading, some by doing.

And at this stage, children still learn through play. Plenty of unstructured, free playtime helps balance formal lessons at school and also gives kids a chance to unwind after the routines and rules of school.

Children also learn by using objects in lots of different ways. When your child is experimenting, exploring and creating with a range of materials, she learns about problem-solving in situations where there are no set or ‘right’ answers.

Children aren't born with social skills – they have to learn them, just like they learn to read and write. Giving your child chances to play with other children is a great way for him to develop the skills he needs to get on with others. These don’t even have to be organised plays or visits. For example, taking your child to the park helps him to learn how to interact with and share a common space with other kids.

Here are some practical tips for helping your primary school-age child learn:

·         Play rhyming games, letter games, and shape and number games with your child, and practise taking turns in games and activities.

·         Use simple language, and play with words and word meanings, such as clapping out the syllables of words or playing word association games.

·         Continue to read to your child even when she can read for herself.

·         Let your child hear and see lots of new words in books, on TV or in general conversation, and explain what the words mean.

·         When your child shows you or tells you about something in his play, try to pause, give him your attention and ask a question or two. 

·         Help your child discover what she’s good at by encouraging her to try lots of different activities.

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