Parents usually ask me about strategies and tools for your young children to learn more and better. Many times they expect me to advise specific methods or specialized classes, but the truth is that everything is much simpler.
As simple as observing and accepting that a child is a small growing human being and that we must respect it as being curious, active and in constant motion, that is, understanding the child in his natural state instead of forcing him to move faster or towards A goal that would contradict your needs. Here I leave you three ideas for your children to learn more and better.
Respect your rhythm, before it is not better
Nerd, before is not better. But it should be very clear to everyone and not pressure children to acquire knowledge or skills prematurely, penalize those who do not carry that rhythm or assess arriving earlier.
In fact, everything seems to indicate that advancing the beginning of literacy, for example, is not favoring at all making these children passionate readers in the future, nor improving functional illiteracy rates. He doesn't even get them to really read before.
That they know how to recognize the letters with four years based on repeating them every day or making chips is a stupid sovereign, a waste of time and is useless. The children will learn to read. At that age, what they need to do is play. And just teach the child to read to show a real interest, without tricks or blackmail to say he wants.
Do not correct him continuously
Another horrible mania of continuously correct the child Some adults have nothing more than hindering the child's learning, preventing him from discovering his solutions, eating his self-esteem and getting fed up until he was nauseous.
How heavy! Really, unbearable I sometimes hear adults crushing the child with continuous corrections and instructions. "No, it is not done like this", "Take the pencil as I teach you", "You do it wrong" ... it really is not necessary. Children must be taught and set an example. But not to correct them crushingly on things that they should do: a puzzle, a drawing, a construction.
If you detect that you continuously correct the children, correct that bad habit. You are making learning difficult. In order for them to take advantage of the teachings they need to err, repeat, try and find their solutions. You are there to help them, explain if necessary (when necessary) but not to judge and conduct each of their movements. Relax.
Do not punish him or offer him prizes for his learning
Learning is a natural process in humans, in fact, it is what best characterizes our species. And our children have that natural impulse. They love to learn. They need to learn. They enjoy learning. They are curious and eager for knowledge.
If they are not, it is because we adults charge their talent and their curiosity with the corrections and with content and teaching models that go against their needs. If a child does not love to learn, we are teaching him badly.
And the worst part of all is to consider learning a career in which the one who achieves evaluated external results is rewarded and the one who is not punished is punished. Learning and knowledge have value in themselves and they are only significant if they are born of genuine interest in knowledge, not fear or desire for material objects or praise.
It is not punished. If the child does not learn what he is supposed to learn or refuses to do tokens or homework, it is that we are teaching him badly and that the learning model we offer him must be changed, it should not be crushed. Do not punish or give rewards for learning.
Remember that adults are the ones who We choose the relationship we have with our children. We adults also have the duty and mission to teach our children and accompany them in their discoveries, challenges and research.
It is not that complicated, really, it is enough to ask ourselves clearly that the goal is not for a child to learn things before or follow exactly a program, but to feel sure that knowledge is pleasure. Enjoy these three ideas for your children to learn more and better and soon I will give you a few more, I have a good list.
