How Does Your Child Learn?
Posted on September 28th, 2008 in Parenting
Learning is the greatest adventure of life. It must be initiated in a child through careful approach. It is a well known fact that children enjoy learning.
But if by any means, he feels it is difficult there begins learning problem. From that moment onwards he will not enjoy learning, rather he would prefer shying away from it. He will consider such occasions as dangerous and would try to avoid them, not to speak about enjoying them.Parents and teachers always tell the students to learn, but never instruct them how to learn.
In reality there is no need to tell your children to learn, but it is important to tell them HOW TO LEARN Maths, English, Science etc.Here the pertinent question is: How does your child learn? The child learns through observation and nothing else. Soon after his birth, the child begins to observe what is around him He explores the world through his eyes since he cannot move a bit.
He sends his eyes around him as far as possible. He observes whatever he could see and learning happens automatically. Even though he is far away from the world of words and alphabets, he gathers information voraciously. By the time we give him knowledge regarding that the child would have collected staggering amount of information himself.
Then comes the stage of a toddler. He uses all his senses to learn touching, smelling, sucking etc. This is crucial time for parents. They may find it very difficult to make sure that the child is far from danger. The best solution may appear to them in the form of play pens. Parents find it easy and comfortable in keeping the kids in the play pen to ensure their safety.
But by doing so they are destroying the inborn curiosity of the child, thereby hampering his desire to learn.Parents should remember that their children are not seekers of some philosophy or theory. They are very practical beings and would prefer learning everything through practice.Hence it is advisable to allow them to learn everything in their own style not according to your style.
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