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How to Teach Younger Children

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The younger the children are, the easier it is to teach them. They are eager to learn, and are curious about everything. Their minds are like blank slates, waiting for information to be placed inside. It is never too young to teach a child, and parents should understand, that a young brain is open for information. Once a child gets older, and once their brain has not been used since birth, teaching and them remembering becomes more difficult

Steps

1. Teach them childrens' sign langage, while you teach yourself. Even at six months, a child can watch the videos and listen to the songs that teach Sign Language. They will watch, absorb and remember, and will be able to use the information themselves in a few more months. It is important , that the parents or parents watch with the child, so that they themselves will learn and can use the signs together.
   


2. Preparing breakfast in front of a young child is also a way to teach them. By the time a child reaches one year old, they should know about the foods they eat or drink. They should know how to set a table. Teach them, by telling them what is a fork, and a spoon. Teaching is an ongoing activity. Talking to them as you cut open an orange, will teach them what an orange is, and if you mention the color, they will learn the color orange also.
   


3. Buy books for the younger children. Buy books with simple story lines, and those that are repititious in words and phrases. Read them the sing song nursery rhymes, and make up little dances for them, or special movements even if they sit in a chair, with their hands. Make everything fun so they will enjoy learning.
   


4. Read a magazine with them, show them the pictures and teach them colors, words, and shapes. Buy them puzzles, and make room on the table for it. This should keep the child amused for quite a while.
   


5. Teaching does not have to mean sitting down and learning. Teaching should and be done on a daily basis, with everything that you do, or your child does with you.
   
   


• Brush your teeth in the morning, and teach them about their teeth.
  


• Wash your hands before you eat, teach them about cleanliness.
  


• Say prayers with them, if you are so inclined,and teach them why.
  


6. Answer questions when your child asks, remember, the child has only you to teach them, so teach them manners, how to tie their shoes, how to say thank you and please, and anything else that you know about.

Tips

• Remember, that you are smarter than the child at this stage, so do not feel uncomfortable teaching them how to read. If you cannot read well yourself, you still know more than they do.
  


• They love you, and need you, so be comfortable with them, find things for them to play with, and if you need to learn more crafts, just visit wikiHow, and find more.
  


• Enjoy your children, take them with you to visit the library, help them pick out books they would like to have read to them. Get them a library card of their own. This is always fun for a child to have.

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Sources and Citations

• Child sign language Source of information.

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