Let’s face it. The right preschool learning activities can make it a lot easier for your toddler when school starts.
Once they become toddlers, we watch our children grow quickly right before our very eyes. It seems like yesterday they were a baby learning to crawl, walk, and feed themselves, and now they’re in school, involved in activities, making friends, and learning to be more and more independent.
Did you know that the brain of children is stimulated by the variety of sensations that she sees and hear every day? So this is a great time to begin teaching ABC.s and 123’s.
Preschool Learning Begins At Home
Toddlers and older kids respond to the stimulus offered by experiences in their home and environment.
Once they become toddlers, we watch our children grow quickly right before our very eyes. It seems like yesterday they were a baby learning to crawl, walk, and feed themselves, and now they’re in school, learning to be more and more independent.
It’s never too soon to start your child on the path to preschool learning.
Simply talking to your toddler helps her develop the vocabulary she will need as she enters school and begins to read.
As you point and name objects, she will begin to understand the meaning of words, and will eventually begin to incorporate those words into her vocabulary.
Once your child is old enough to walk, you’ll likely find yourself constantly watching out for them to explore both their environment and their own physical skills.
12 Smart Tips To Make Learning More Fun
The early learning sessions you have with your child can play a big role in his or her future educational gains. For this reason, it is important for you to make the activities fun and exciting, so your child will be enjoying the experience and creating a bond with you that will last a lifetime.
The following suggestions may help you to stimulate your child and stimulate her skills while making life more interesting.
1. Get kids involved in preparing for preschool
Tell parents both verbally and physically how you can use their input.
2. Have fun with a colorful theme
When beginning a new subject or topic to teach, why not decorate the class related to a theme. For instance, if you will be teaching about dinosaurs, why not have posters hanging in your classroom about dinosaurs?
3. Read every day with your preschooler
Children who read frequently are better readers and better students. Studies and research show that students who read for fun have better reading scores.
4. Use preschool worksheets
There are plenty of worksheets to make learning fun for children.
Provide something fun related to your topic that children could take home to color, solve a puzzle or show off such as stickers or a colorful book that they can keep.
5. Use preschool books to learn new words
Always have interesting books to kick off a new subject.
6. Add A Fun Project
Set a time during the day, maybe Friday, where the students are required to work on a project together related to the topic. Students could try to piece a puzzle together, watch a video and write or draw what they really like from it, or play a game that will help them remember what you have taught them.
7. Add a video to learn hard subjects
You may want a speaker to come in and talk about the subject other than you. Find out from parents if they know someone that would be willing to come to the classroom to speak on the topic you are teaching. Have the speaker bring something with them that will help the students remember his or her visit.
8. Have an educational playdate
Who says that playdates have to be about dolls and toy trucks?
Talk with other parents about preschool learning and maybe they would be willing to help you. They may be interested in getting their kids together to participate. There is no rule that says you have to teach your child alone.
And it will probably more fun for your child to have a side kick to learn with. What was Batman with Robin?
9. Go on a field trip
Research your local community on events that will aid you in your teaching. There may be a free zoo day and you just happened to be teaching on animals.
10. Look for fun, cheap educational products
Watch out for sales. Sometimes products you may need to accompany your topic can be purchased at a reasonable price.
11. Use online games to learn
Visit online forums, blogs or create your own social networking profile to connect with other teachers to exchange ideas.
12. Provide encouragement for Kindergarten.
Parents play a crucial role in their children’s education. Children who report that their parents encourage them to read are more likely to read a higher volume of books than those who say that their parents leave it up to them.
