Teaching techniques needed!!!

Gladys - posted on 11/25/2012

I think playing is the best way for them to learn. I know that lots of parents disapprove of letting their children play electronic games but i think we have to "move along" with the new era. They learn fastest when they are interested in the game. But my son also learns through us playing with him or educational toys.



My son is only 2.5 now but he recognizes numbers 1-10, even 0. We repeat the numbers to him when we play the toys. We bought a toy clock for him where the numbers came with round blocks. He loves round stuffs and he loved to play with it. I think he was not even 2 during that time. He managed to put the blocks in the correct slots (the slots were marked with the same numbers) only 3 days after playing with it. And my husband made him count from 1-10 and then got him to run round the dining table with him after the count of 10. They repeated for many many times and after that session, my son was counting 1-10 almost everyday.



For alphabets, we showed him lots of videos. There are a lot of good educational videos for toddlers on You Tube which you can download and use to teach them, lets say, 30 minutes a day. You can look for TUTITU, a very interesting video which my son loves. He learnt his Capital Letters there. Now, he can recognize most of the alphabets, not by sequence.

Another one is Super Simple Songs. My son loves their videos and is singing the Seven Steps song almost everyday. And their ABC song is good for you to teach your children Small Letters as most videos focus on Capital letters.



My suggestion is, play with them, let them learn from interesting videos, sing with them.



All the best!

Neetu - posted on 10/03/2012

Im mother of 3 plus boy and 6 yrs i read all the comments ya i agree we can teach them by fun method only. you all lucky mom here in India we have to make them write also at 3 its really dificult for them to write.i think i shd move to germany with my kids.ha ha!

SiewYean - posted on 10/03/2012

At this age, it can be frustrating to get them to sit down and go through alphabet and numbers. I suggest you make up some games and she will learn as she plays. Here are some simple learning game ideas you can use at home

http://www.kids-activities-learning-game...

Gaynor-Marie - posted on 10/03/2012

Relax!

If she is in kindergarten the chances are she is tired. She just needs your love and it will come. In Germany and Finland they don't even start teaching reading and the like till the kids are 6 or 7 and by age 11 they are ahead of most students in the U.S. so what I' m saying is pushing will be counterproductive, when she is ready it will come. After school let her relax and play. Oh just so you know mother of six lived in Germany, California and Australia. Kindergarten in California was so much stress and pressure I took my daughter out and home schooled her. It was less stress having a daughter start school in Germany and learning to read in her second language.

Sophia - posted on 09/29/2012

frist mom... a child cant think when you are . frustrating about helping her . find a way to help her without getting crazy. its homework now as she gets older it will be other things she cant do or tell you.please relax she does it wrong because she is not relax with you.

Alison - posted on 11/12/2008

i used jelly bean or m&m's. example: 1st we eat 1 red jelly bean. or we find 3 blue m&m. it teaches colors and counting. you could use any thing. when we are at the park i will ask how many swings do you see, where is the yellow slide. learning can be fun, they don't even know they are learning.

Nina Kerr - posted on 11/12/2008

hi my daughter just started kindergarten this year...and she already new all of those things and how i did it was flash cards colors letters and then reward her for as many as she got right... she does not learn from my husband AT ALL... but i just try to chill out and take a step back and like lots of Moms have said have fun... i think sometimes its hard to do that as a Mom because you always have a million things running through your head!!! also WORD WORLD on channel 2 is how my daughter started spelling words that show is awesome!! READING !!!

Isabelle - posted on 11/12/2008

I've had great success with learning books from the dollar store; there's a disney line of sticker books, activity books and flash cards. I've also let my son on the computer onto the fisherprice website. it has great learning games for the alphabet and counting. Try being more of an assistant than teacher.

Andrea - posted on 11/11/2008

Like the other teacher in this thread, I say don't push it. If she does it at school, she'll be fine. If she can't do it at school, she may not be developmentally ready yet. It will come in plenty of time.

Melissa - posted on 11/11/2008

This is a great way to teach her - and best of all - stress free:



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HollyJo - posted on 10/27/2008

Easy no real time involved flash cards.....

Line them on the floor and ask her to find them. Then she's teaching you "so she thinks" and you get to just sit while she figures it out! The leap fridge game...ask her to go find a letter on the fridge if she doesn't know what it is ask her to plug one ino the box and find the right one. Then she's doing the work herself and you aren't the mean mommy. Sometimes my daughter and I are to much alike and we get frustated with each other. If I step out of the situation as much as possible and give her the idea that she's in control it tends to go smooth. Good luck!

Christina - posted on 10/27/2008

Magna doodle or aqua doodle worked for my boys! :) or cute scrapbook paper with the alphabet on it and "craft time"

Amy - posted on 10/27/2008

I had the same problem with my 4 year old. I thought she had a learning disability! I would say the letter, have her repeat it back to me, and she culdn't (turns out, wouldn't) do it. My 2 and three year olds would be yelling the letter to her from across the room. Ha! : ) Finally, I just chose 3 letters a week, and put them up on a wall in our kitchen with a picture coordinating with the beginning sound attached to each letter. It was not overwhelming for her, I'd just casually ask her every once in a while what the letter was. At the end of the week, she got to choose three new letters to learn for the next week.

Aleisha - posted on 10/25/2008

yeah, my boy definately listens to anyone else but me. so i'd rather leave it up to his teacher, he loves her.. haha. but at the same time, i buy those trace the letter books and he seems to love them.

Bronwyn - posted on 10/23/2008

As a teacher, I have the same problem with my own two kids. My advice is have fun with your kids, and model a love of learning. Leave most of the teaching of the 3 R's to teachers, because kids listen better to people who aren't their parents!

Melissa - posted on 10/23/2008

I feel your frustration, my 5 yr old daughter doesn't want to learn from me at all...She is a model student and listens so well to others... so why not me?

Rebecca - posted on 10/21/2008

I like to keep magnet letters on my fridge. Leapfrog is an excellent learning tool, and they have magnet letters called "fridge phonics". You place a letter in the letter holder, and it will sing what sounds the letter makes. It's cute. But no matter how you decide to teach, try not to quiz her. Instead, just keep playing games and repeating the correct letter sounds. I'm sure she'll eventually take it more seriously. My three year old did :)

Sarah - posted on 10/19/2008

I try to find something that interests my kids and use that. For letter recognition I heard about this DVD from my sons preschool teacher, called The Letter Factory from Leap Frog. It introduces letter recognition and the sound of all the letters. My 4 year old loves watching and she knows several letters and their sounds. It's kind of like hiding vegtables in their food, but only you are hiding learning in their fun.

Kylie - posted on 10/17/2008

Hi Tracey

I'm a mother of 4 boys.

I play games with fruit.

Grapes are great for getting the shapes etc and when he gets it right he gets to eat one. not all kids like grapes but works for us.

We turn everything into a song. And have an abc book that comes out many times a day. We are always counting, steps to the letterbox, plates on the table etc.

Try and turn into fun and not so much of a chore.