The Genius in Every Child!

I am no expert in child education but I strongly  belief  that there is a genius in every child and it is the parents responsibility to discover and awaken it. We must identify those negative influences in our environment that prevent the genius from revealing itself in our children, and focus on those factors that awaken and nurture this genius, that enhance its growth.

My husband loves to read and he was adamant on making sure our children develop an interest in books, when my first son turned one we read a book to him daily, He is four years old now, he reads and spells very well, he represents his school at spelling bee competitions and competes with 6 year old pupils and he always wins.

The mistake parents make is relying solely on the teachers in school for a child's formal education.
NO! Its mainly a parents responsibility to make sure your child is always ahead in his or her academics.

No kid is unsmart every child is a genius at something, our job is to find it and encourage it.

Seven Little Tips

1. At the beginning of each session in your child's school request for a copy of the curriculum.
2. Secondly, spend at least 30mins each day with your child giving lessons on areas of the curriculum yet to be covered in school.  Eventually your child would always be ahead of the pack
3. Thirdly, to help develop your child's vocabulary do not communicate with your him/her using what I call "'baby words"' don't modify your words, my 4 year old uses words like embarrassing, convenient, impressive etc this is because we have used these words while speaking to him in the past.
4. From age 3 Enhance your child's numeracy by randomly asking him/her to add or subtract.
5. Make your kids excited about learning time, for me I have a song we sing as we march to the kids library.lol!Get colourful tables and chairs and create a colourful space for learning with a mini blackboard.
6. Don't overwhelm your child with more than he can handle,work at his/her pace.Every child is different.
7. Teach your child other life skills swimming, playing a musical instrument etc. No good thing you teach a child is wasted.

Consider these Questions

 

Can I hurt my child by starting early? Well, Of course not, you may help significantly. Studies conducted over the last 35 years concluded that early reading gives children a significant advantage in school. Children who start reading before the first grade maintain their lead in reading and comprehension over their "regular pace" peers through grade school. Research also shows that early readers are also likelier to excel in other academic subjects as well.

Can I teach a baby to read? Not really. They can recognise some shapes but it is not really reading. Most children are not developmentally ready until about 3 years of age.

What about phonics? Any reading program you find based solely on phonics is both boring and difficult for the child and is incomplete. A successful reading program must combine phonics with at least some elements of whole word approach.

So where do I start? The most important tool for teaching your child to read is - story time. Point to the words as you read them their favourite story. This gets the idea into their head that those funny shapes on the page are actually words just waiting to be deciphered

Our busy schedules make it hard atimes to stick to a daily routine of finding enough time to implement learning time but do the little you can,when you can.

‘’Loving a child doesn’t mean giving him all he wants, to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult”’