Children and learning - part 1

The fact that the parents have already gone to school can help their children to cope with the teaching material with a little help from the teachers.

First, you need to provide the child with a place to focus, explain to him that if he is careful in class, it will be less difficult for him to learn , and help him learn to do homework. In order not to turn learning for the child into a complex and painful commitment, offer him some fun and original way of learning that will stimulate his desire.

What a thrill the first day of school ! Dressed festively to the last detail, one last hug for mom and then running to class at the ringing of the bell, the child enters the new environment, full of hope that in the coming years he will learn many new things and meet new friends.

Entering the school system is an important event for a child and his family, which will completely change the daily routine and force them to take a significant step forward in favor of growth and progress in the child's education .

For the first two years, didactics focused on the process of learning to read and write , through fun and focused methods that are age -appropriate and include games , drawing and handicrafts . From the third year of primary education, the school begins to require the child to be more engaged and responsible .

Once he has developed his cognitive abilities and mastered the basic tools for his development, the child begins to be required attention , concentration , patience, perseverance , memory and a lot, a lot of learning to cope with exams and gain access to the next classes.

In order for the child to manage this new situation calmly without stress and difficulties, as parents you can help him learn by helping him understand that education is fundamental to learning about the reality around him and the functioning of the society to which he belongs. You are the people who should make him develop his skills to learn with ease and pleasure and to provoke the child's curiosity and desire to be educated .

Here you will find useful tips that will help you cope with the difficult task of teaching your child to develop an effective learning method that will make it easier for him to achieve good results. These are simple and fun methods that will draw the child's attention to learning activities without becoming a substitute for the teacher. In this way you will turn the child's responsible tasks into a playful and fun process.

From children's curiosity to the educational method

Many parents are surprised to see that their awake , curious and active child at home and in extracurricular activities does not have much desire to go to school and study , often bringing home results that do not meet his abilities and potential.

In fact, children , from the beginning of their lives, are mushrooms and little registrars, ready to absorb and register everything in their memory through all the stimuli that come from outside: first, through a special emotional connection with their mother , then expand their sphere of interests and relationships with objects and persons from the home environment and, finally, with the outside world. This enriching and emotional stage is part of the natural process of growth and development of children. Their psycho-physical abilities are beginning to refine and their potential is beginning to manifest and can be further developed through experiments and situations in a new environment, including school.

Accustomed to knowing and learning things by stimulating their curiosity , many children may find it difficult to face the rules and pace offered by school education methodology in the sense that they cannot choose what to learn. There you can learn things that do not depend on the personal choice, curiosity and personal experience of children. Their knowledge is offered and imposed from outside, not by choice. That is why you need to make sure that your child is properly involved in this responsible stage of growth . This means that you need to help him by applying the right methods and relying on certain incentives. Collaborate with teachers to show him that learning can be much easier and more fun than he thinks. At the end of primary education , it will be good if the child has learned personal organization and has developed a system to overcome the difficulties in the learning process , because in the upper grades he will face a much greater workload, both in school and and at home and will have to learn a significant number of concepts that need to be easily memorized and usable information that will facilitate the acquisition of knowledge.

The secret is in concentration

Today's children , compared to previous generations, have at their disposal many means of information and intellectual development , both at home through television, video games, smartphones and tablets, and through school, sports and outdoor activities. And although their brains are constantly active, they find it difficult to reflect on what the teacher teaches for more than ten minutes and quickly lose interest. If you want to help your child with homework and negotiate what he has learned, you need to help him concentrate - to begin with, you need to create a suitable environment that is conducive to this. Provide your child with a special place that is convenient for him to read and write - a desk and desk, tailored to his height; good lighting that does not irritate the eyes and a comfortable chair to avoid problems from improper posture, which would cause headaches and pain in the neck and lower back.

With a place to learn at his disposal, without the availability of distractions such as television, games and mobile devices, your child will find the right concentration to perform this important activity, very valuable for childhood but also for his future.

Another important thing for concentration is the right hours to study : since he is at school in the morning, the best time for the afternoon classes is the middle of the afternoon, after having a little fun and freeing his mind by watching animation or reading of a fun book. It would be good for the child not to study immediately after lunch or dinner, because at this time not only the body is busy with the digestive process, but also the mind. This will make it much harder for the child to focus on writing without falling asleep.

To make it easier for the child to learn, you can make him a fresh and rich afternoon snack with fruit juice or yogurt, which will charge him with the necessary energy to complete his tasks. Here the engagement ends until he has to wash his hands and help his mother tidy up the table and pay attention to the family.

We continue with the tips in the second part of our article .