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How to Teach Children(6 years)
As kids make the transition from toddlerhood to childhood, they grow at a remarkable rate. Their cognitive and language skills develop dramatically during these years, as they transition from simple "why?" questions to enjoying jokes, riddles, and telling stories that follow a sequential order. During these years, children also have rich imaginations, strong fears, and love to play, so it's important to employ educational strategies that are both adapted to their current developmental stage while also challenging them to grow. Whatever your role in a child's life (teacher, parent, or another caregiver), you can make learning productive and enjoyable for both of you.
Ask open-ended questions. Because children are developing foundational language skills during this time period, it's important to engage them in communication as much as possible. Asking questions is a great way to converse with your child while encouraging them to think about the world around them. But make sure to use "open" questions that lend themselves to more conversation.
Examples of open questions are: "Why do you think that happened?" or "What do you think is going on?"
You can also make "open" statements that will stimulate discussion: "Tell me more about your idea!"
You can find great resources online that give lists of other sample open questions.
Closed questions typically lend themselves to one word answers. Asking, "are you happy or sad," can be answered with a single word. Yes/no questions also fall into this category.
Closed questions can be informative, but you want to ensure that you are also asking open questions that will get children talking.
Listen to children and answer their questions. Children will naturally come up with questions while learning something new. Take time to listen to their questions and encourage them to think of an answer to their own questions. This can stimulate their cognitive development by wondering aloud with you. Once you've supported your child to think of an answer to her own question, you can also try to formulate the best answer you can think of that directly answers their question."
Sometimes you might have to ask if you understand their question correctly. You can find out by rephrasing it and saying, "Is that what you're asking?" After you answer, you can ask, "Did that answer your question?"
If your child asks questions at times that aren't good for you, be sure to explain to tell them why it's not a good time. Be sure to say, "I really want to hear about that (or talk about that), but right now isn't a good time. Can we talk during dinner (or at another specified time)?[1]
Be aware that children with communication disorders or delays may not respond well to open-ended questions. Being able to state "yes", "no" or say "juice" or "milk" may be the level the child is at in such a case. We should ask questions from kids, like on Christmas we should ask them Christmas ideas for kids .
Read aloud to your children. Reading to children is the single most important activity for language development and for laying the groundwork for later literacy. It builds sound-symbol awareness, which is an important factor that influences a child's later ability to learn to read. It also builds motivation, curiosity, memory, and of course, vocabulary. When children have positive experiences with books at a very early age, they are much more likely to enjoy books, see themselves as readers, and have a strong foundation in literacy.
Find books with pictures for the younger ages (3-6) and allow children to stop and ask questions or talk about the book during your reading times.
Seek out a diverse array of books that both reflect your child's own life, experiences, and culture and expose them to different ones as well. There are numerous excellent book lists online.[2]
Keep a variety of age- and interest- appropriate books around the house or the classroom to foster children's independent reading. Ask children what they like to read and make those types of books available.
Continue reading aloud to older children. They never really become too old for it! Before bedtime each night or at the end of the school day are great times for this activity.
during this time period, it's important to engage them in communication as much
4. Speak in a kind and respectful manner. It's important to talk to children in the way you would like children to talk. Kids learn best by imitating. If you want your children to be polite, practice good manners and pay attention to the tone of your voice.
Be sure to say "please", "thank you", "excuse me", "I am sorry" when interacting with your children or when talking to other adults in front of them.
Imagine the tone of your voice through the child's ears. Children often pay more attention to tone than they do to what you're actually saying. Have you ever had a child say to you, "Why are you yelling at me?" when you weren't actually yelling? Your tone may sound angry or frustrated without you realizing it.
Discuss emotions with your child. Children naturally have emotions, but they often have a very primitive understanding of what they are. They can be strong, confusing, and scary because of that. Talk with them to help them make sense of how they're feeling.
· Remember that children may not fully understand what emotions are. They may not understand that they even have emotions, with labels. They may not fully comprehend that other people have them too. They may not understand personal behavior causes emotional responses in others, either. Do not assume that toddler or preschool aged children have a full understanding of emotions--much less tactics to handle them.
· Understand children may not really understand what they are feeling. As adults, we tend to be able to mostly label emotions: happy, sad, confused, scared. But children may not have this language and therefore be unable to communicate effectively. A punch to a peer may be the only way a child can use to state displeasure at a cracker being stolen.
· Use language that help describe and define feelings: "Oh, no! I see Chico has tears in his eyes. I think he's crying and really sad. Are you sad, Chico?"
· Talk about your feelings as an example: "Oh, my! Listen to me laugh! I must be happy!"
Then try to calm them down by helping them learn ways to cope with feeling upset, or explaining other points of view.
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Kids learn to argue for things with their parents from TV.
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Milestone for 4 to 5 years kids
Your child is growing up. Have you noticed that your 4 to 5-year-old is becoming more independent and self-confident? If not, you will in the coming year.
Most children this age begin to develop greater independence, self-control, and creativity. They are content to play with their toys for longer periods of time, are eager to try new things, and when they get frustrated, are better able to express their emotions. Dad have big role to play in development of kids and should not be considered lesser than a mom.
4- to 5-Year-Old Development: Language and Cognitive Milestones
Your curious and inquisitive child is better able to carry on a conversation. In addition, your child's vocabulary is growing -- as is his or her thought process. Not only is your child able to answer simple questions easily and logically, but he or she should be able to express feelings better.
Most children at this age enjoy singing, rhyming, and making up words. They are energetic, silly, and, at times, rowdy and obnoxious.
Speak clearly using more complex sentences
Count ten or more objects
Correctly name at least four colors and three shapes
Recognize some letters and possibly write his or her name
Better understand the concept of time and the order of daily activities, like breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon, and dinner at night
Have a greater attention span
Follow two- to three-part commands. For example, "Put your book away, brush your teeth, and then get in bed."
Recognize familiar word signs, such as "STOP"
Know his or her address and phone number, if taught
Other movement milestones and hand and finger skills your child may achieve in the coming year include being able to:
Walk forward and backwards easily
Copy a triangle, circle, square, and other shapes
Dress and undress, brush teeth, and take care of other personal needs without much help.
4- to 5-Year-Old Development: Emotional and Social Development
Your self-centered child is now figuring out that it is not always about him or her. At this age, children are starting to understand about other people's feelings. Your 4- to 5-year-old should be better able to work through conflicts and control his or her emotions.
Emotional and social development milestones your child may achieve at this age include:
Enjoys playing with other children and pleasing his or her friends
Shares and takes turns, at least most of the time
Understands and obeys rules; however, your 4- to 5-year-old will still be demanding and uncooperative at times.
Expresses anger verbally, rather than physically (most of the time).
4- to 5-Year-Old Development: When to Be Concerned
All kids grow and develop at their own pace. Don't worry if your child has not reached all of these milestones at this time. But you should notice a gradual progression in growth and development as your child gets older. If you don't, or if your child has signs of possible developmental delay, as listed below, talk to your child's doctor.
Possible signs of developmental delay in 4- to 5-year-old children include:
Being extremely afraid, shy, or aggressive
Being extremely anxious when separated from a parent
Being easily distracted and unable to focus on one task for more than five minutes
Not making eye contact or responding to other people
Rarely pretending or fantasizing
Often seeming sad and unhappy and not expressing a wide range of emotions
Being unable to build a tower using more than eight blocks
Having trouble holding a crayon
Having problems eating, sleeping, or using the bathroom
Having trouble undressing, cannot brush his or her teeth, or wash and dry hands, without help
Also, if your child resists or struggles with doing things that he or she was once able to do, tell your child's doctor. This can be a sign of a developmental disorder. If your child does have developmental delay, there are many treatments available to help your child overcome it.
Milestones for 3 to 4 kids
At the age of 3 to 4 kids start to speak a few words. They join some words to make small sentences. They start to express their feelings by speaking small sentences. Parents should promote their kids to speak in this age. Kids should be involved in the conversation, this helps them to learn more.
I am always looking for fun ways to encourage and motivate children in developing their fine motor and writing skills. I made these DIY Chalkboard Branch Circles for my Pre-primary class (5 years old) to create an exciting new canvas for children to draw and write on.
There are countless ways that you can use the DIY Chalkboard Branch Circles, such as, writing letters, numbers, shapes, words and names.
At this age we should teach alphabets from A to Z. We should narrate story which is associated with alphabets. Like on Day 1 if we teach A, we should narrate a short story in which emphasis is on alphabet A. For Example : Once there was an Ant her name was Anni. She likes Apples. She has a friend Alligator whose name was Alexander. They both go for a trip on Aeroplane. Alligator Alexander got hurt on the trip, Ant Anni called for an Ambulance and got Alexander treated.
What to do if your kid avoid going to school?
At the age of 4 years mostly kids started going to kindergarten school. It is very common that kids not wanting to go to school. This is because our curriculum is boring. We should make studies interesting.
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Parents should take care of their kids health from the day they take birth.
Kids should not be taken to bath immediately after giving milk or meals. This will effect their digestion as after meals our digestion procedure gets started and our body temperature increases which gets down when we take bath. This is reason that some kids weight less even if they take good diet.
Kids should be given solid diet and before half an hour and after half an hour they should not be given milk or any other liquids. As liquids take space in our stomach and this also effects digestion.
Kids are more prone to bacterias and viruses. They should be given clean water and food. Parents should consult padetrics doctor immediately without any delay.
Kids should not be allowed to put in mouth with the toys they play. These toys have harmful chemicals on them which can create health problems in kids.
Kids nanny should be appointed with due care. Nanny should have knowledge of kids hygiene.
Kids should be kept on milk upto 1 year from birth, after that they should be given more of cereals, vegetables, fruits and less of milk. This will keep them healthy and they will grow in height as well as weight. If parents keep them on milk alone, kids will not grow.
Now a days dipars are used for kids, long use of dipars can create rashes on soft baby skin. Baby skin cream should be used for this.
Precautions to be taken for kids using smartphones
Smartphone is the best thing for kids to play with. Kids do not play with their toys but smartphones. They like scrolling phones with fingers. But parents should take due care so that kids do not do things on smartphones that results in monetary lose. Parents should set a parental lock on smartphones which can restrict things from kids like doing online transactions. Smartphone's emit radiations which are bad for children.
Parents should have settings done on the smartphones before giving them to there kids so that pron or adult websites could not be opened. These things have bad effect on there minds, it is only after a particular age group that one should get introduced to these things. Kids are attracted to high quality displays of smartphones. They like keyboards and other applications moving on smartphone screens.
Kids should not be allowed to put the smartphones in mouth as these have harmful chemicals on them which can get health issues for kids.