The first mark our child makes on paper is a surprise. To make them learn writing skills they need both interesting and visually appealling things that excite them. Then they want to follow, capture or copy those skills. Also, every child takes their own time to develop a skill. Yet we can motivate our children to learn writing skills. Let’s understand the various stages that children go through in learning writing skills.
Chalks & Crayons It is the best option for children to prepare for writing. They get attracted to the crayon colours as well as they are easy to hold. Motivate the child to make any mark they want on flat surfaces, black boards or on slates. They start with random scribbles. In this way, accustom their arm muscles to the pressure they apply on the surface with chalk. Once they start liking it, give them a box of colourful crayons to start their writing journey.
Make a Pencil Grip A pencil grip can help child to learn how to hold pencil and create marks. Children have soft fingertips that need to get adapted to hard surfaces of a pencil. We can wrap a cotton cloth or clay around a pencil and help children get a grip on the pencils with their fingers easily. Don’t bother how our child is holding the pencil, just make them comfortable by exploring various options in which they use to choose their grip.
Colouring Books Give your child colouring books in which they can use colour on various pictures and shapes with colours of their choice. This process gives them idea of outline. They will also learn to grip pencils and crayons easily. The clearer and more precise they colour and outline the pictures the better they advance towards writing their first alphabet. Do allow them to scribble as much as they like in the beginning. It is a part of the process on the way to writing nicely.
Tracing After child gets comfortable with pencil grip, help them to trace alphabets, by giving them writing and tracing alphabet books. Start with bigger tracing so as to allow free movement of your child’s wrists and fingers. Gradually, reduce the size of the alphabets for advanced hand movement. While regular practicing they can easily write alphabets. To check the gap between multiple alphabets if they are writing by keeping a uniform space between multiple letters, they trace alphabet, introduce to them two and three letter words.
Word and Sentences After children develop writing skills, help them to identify the words by hearing them and writing them without helping them. These will help them in learning spelling along with writing. Their effort to learn spelling as per their understanding will help them to develop a sense of identifying spelling. Be patient and calm as a child learns words and sentences at the age of 5–6 yrs. Gradually to scribbling few sentences, by continuous practice. They easily learn writing and enjoy the process.
Homeschooling is educating a child at home. Currently, home-schooling is accelerating, the most useful and adapted approach to educate kids. Post Covid19 most people will shift towards this method when it comes to educate their child safely. It provides numerous benefits than the traditional method of education. Children who are homeschooled get a chance to study in free and comfortable environment, which will help them to progress in an innovative way. It will also contribute in achieving better goals and knowledge over time.
Homeschool helps in promoting closer and intimate relationships with parents. For those children who need special care, homeschool offers special educational attention. It will also save time and efficiency as they don’t have to rush for transport to send their child to school. A homeschool child is much more active as well as has more growth prospects to achieve a lot of success in their life. There are various advantages of Homeschooling.
Few of them are as follows.
Individualized Teaching In homeschool child gets one-on-one teaching attention and parents also have an idea about their child. They have the freedom to dwell on any topic for longer period of time, if required. On the other hand, at a traditional school, in a normal class strength is at least between 20–30 students. So, it is difficult for a teacher to pay attention to all children individually and their progress in the class. Yet at homeschool, parent can help their child with the weak subjects immediately.
Interest Based Learning Every child has some special interest and different set of preferences. In homeschool a child learns to gainknowledge not just to achieve grades. Homeschool gives a chance to child so that they couldlearn according to theirchoice and preferences. In homeschool a child will not have any competition which will help both child and parents to focus only on knowledge andprogress.
To Provide Safe Environment It is the primary concern of every parent to provide a safe environment for their child. Homeschool gives this freedom to parents up to a certain extent. As parents, they will also not feel insecure to send their child
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Stress-free Learning In traditional learning instances, mostly a child feels pressurized and stressed due tostudies and social pressure. With homeschool, a child gets an opportunity to study in free environment without any social pressure or stress, competition or comparisons to be judged by others. This encourages them to attain valuable knowledge that can last forever.
Better Educational Accomplishments Quality of education in homeschool is much better than traditional education. With more personal care and grooming a home schooled child tends to grab things more easily rather than traditional school children.
Customization of Curriculum as per Child In homeschool it is an advantage to customize curriculum as per child’s needs andcapabilities. The areas where child excel is expedited and other areas where he is weak can be focused, emphasized as well asexplained in much better way. In homeschool a child learns with fun as per the convenience as well as the choice of subjects.
Nurturing the talents of a child, personal care for grooming, guiding them for better social interaction, giving them adequate breaks between studying helps them to enjoy learning. There are other advantages of home school. As a parent home school is the best alternative, just to make sure that theirchild is getting the required learning experience, knowledge and enjoying the subject. As long as parents make sure that the home-schooled children are getting the required learning and educational experiences, homeschooling can be considered a better alternative to formal school education.
Today we are living in the modern age of technology and devices. Despite all the advantages of technology, smart-phones are not the only option and conversation partner in this world. Sadly, it is a serious kind of addiction, which affects human consciousness and relations with the outside world. Parents in this era play a most significant role in regulating the number of hours [if any] their kids spend on phones. Here are few ways to keep your child away from phone addiction.
Engage & Enrol your child in a sports club or other types of group or individual activity groups. Engaging your child in outdoor activities and sports in they is interested in. Football, cricket, volleyball or running and playing in a park for little ones. There are a wide range of options in which your child may enjoy being involved. Find the best sports club near your area and register , spending time in physical activities like running, playing will ensure your kids remain active, healthy and fit. Swimming in season or long walks in winter will give you quality time together as well.
Set a time-out option If you will scold your kid for using cell phone, they will find a way to fidget with your phones when you least expect them to, speak to your child and decide to spend a certain hour for using smart-phone, set passwords and time out option it will not only take them away from cell-phone but provide an opportunity to connect more with your kids and spend quality time with them.
Awareness Alert them about over usage of cell phones Children have delicate minds, they easily grab whatever they see on phones. Help them be aware about the usage of cell phones. Tell them by describing in detail about the health and mental hazards of too much smart phone usage. This will work immensely to thwart them from overusing using phones.
Technology is a servant not a master Use technology to educate wisely. There are various options available to educate your kids through technology. If your child insists on learning lessons via educational videos online, make it a point to stream to bigger screens so that they forget about the device and focus on education, it will help children learn with fun and enthusiasm. Do not use the cell phone as a babysitter!
Set a good example Parents are the role model for their children. When you as parents indulge in longer cell phone usage, children will learn the same. They are bound to emulate this habit just as they learn language and manners. Set an example to not use phone too much in front of children. When your profession demands high usage of cell phones, do that in an alone space or when your kids are out to play or busy with their own activities.
By applying all these habits your child will avoid over usage of cell phones. This change is important for the whole family and the learning experience specifically.
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