Kids Learn Through Doing

Parents who spend time with their
kids in involvement activities teach their children that
learning is valuable and fun. These lessons can be taught
through reading bedtime stories, doing arts and crafts
together, letting your child help you with baking, gardening,
house cleaning, feeding pets and playing games. Daily chores
can become games when you find simple things your child can do
themselves to contribute.

There are also lots of fun educational games on the market
like Candy Land, High-Ho-Cheerios, Twister and UNO that focus
on colors, counting and following simple instructions. Board
games teach kids to learn to play with someone else, and also
take turns.

Construction games like building blocks, Lincoln Logs, Tinker
toys and anything by Quercetti www.Quercetti.com encourage
kids to use their creativity through thinking and reasoning.

You might even have one special evening a week that you call
game night where you play several games together, or if you
have the time, you may want to play one game each night before
bedtime.

-Angela

Children reflect their parent's attitudes about school

Children look to their parents for ideas about school – what to expect and how to view the learning process. Before school begins, you can help your child develop an attitude that learning is fun and going to school is a blast. If as a parent you act like school is a chore, is boring, is hard work, your child(ren) will most likely reflect the same attitude.
- Angela Brown