How to create a learning environment?

Education and learning your child are every where, not only at school but also at home and in every situation he lives. The moments you spend with your child can take advantage of to learn things,  creating a fun learning environment for very little you need love, patience and enthusiasm.

In this article teach you how you can create an environment for your child to learn with a good teacher: yourself.

» Worry about the game, not the success
While it is true that children follow the same basic patterns of learning,   it is also true that there are many nuances. Some children learn best to listen and see the information,  while others learn by doing and practicing. No matter the method,  which is really important is that your child is encouraged to play objects safely and explore the world around him.

» Read aloud
Reading aloud to your child helps you imagine what he hears and greatly improve your vocabulary. In other words, the vocabulary that the child is two years is proportional to the number of words you've heard talk before that time. Children may not be able to respond verbally when they are young, but process what they hear.

» Reduces background noise
You may be very interested in a TV show or not like silence, but for your child will be better that you spend the time to it and you decrease the background noise. The noise makes it difficult for children to distinguish between the sounds they need to know and those who do not.

» Bring them to the music
If you write them to music lessons or take advantage of times when they are bored to touch a piano or an instrument. Children who study a musical instrument develop better verbal skills and greater dexterity. Other research also shows that music improves memory in general.

» Develop the art
When kids get bored do not know what to do, the holidays are a difficult time in that aspect,  because the "I'm bored" is frequent and we can not entertain them at every turn.
One of the best ways to allow the creative flow is let your child create either writing on a piece of paper or playing with paints and crayons. Besides allowing your imagination to expand, this will help develop fine motor skills (holding a pencil or crayon, clutching a bottle of glue). Ideally regularly do art without you put too many rules,  but can create freely (of course within the paper and not on the wall).

There are many things you can do to encourage your child, but the important thing is that they are moments of fun for them, and not anintelligent desperation for doing yours. Eventually the children develop their skills, along with what you teach him, but little things can help, educate and keep you entertained.

Teaching children the importance of respect

Respectis one of the most important social skills that a person can have. From small and begin to learn how to interact respectfully with others, especially with adults around us. Teaching children the importance of respectis one of the most important tasks we have as companions and educators. In this article we look at some tips for teaching your children respect.

» Teach respect by example
One of the most fundamental things to teach respect is that giver who receives respect. This is especially important in our case,  since it occurs much more exacerbated in children. If we do not respect our children, they will not. The example inrespect of learning, it is completely essential.
If we respect the screams, we are giving mixed messages and confuse the child (apart from the frustration that comes when you get the opposite result to that hope). Always remember to lead by example, be as respectful as you can with both children and adults.

» Give value to respect
Not only the example of adults is important, but we can also teach respectby other children. The next time you see another child in a situation where you are being respectful, acknowledge and praise him in front of the children. Thus, you will be checking that respect is an admirable quality in all children equally. Of course you must not only praise when they show respect for other children, but above all you must praise your own children when they show this beautiful quality.

» Being a patient guide
Another way to build respectis to understand that children are being educated and who have not yet learned to be handled correctly as usadults, we have many more years of experience. Therefore it is expected that from time to time have behavior problems.

Remember, most of the time it just does not know how to express. Teach them to identify their emotions ("I am sad", "I am angry") is important to ensure that the child is emotionally healthy, have a good performance, and become a respectful person.

» Praise respectful attitudes
You can also use different times to remind children how important it was to use respect on this occasion, trying to speak from your perspective and how you perceived the action. For example:  "Remember when we went to the grandparents? Really liked how you helped grandma cook and Grandpa listened without interruption as you told that story."

With a loving and patient guide can teach children about respect.

Learning to read

» When to start?

The sooner the baby comes in contact with the best reading. From 6 months you can start to tell little stories. Note that the book is a great tool set, therefore, may be present in the child's life as well as toys.
The first thing to do is grab the baby book and put in their mouths,  at 12 months will want to start to turn the pages and point the drawings. You must remember that the attention span during reading time is only 13 minutes, and that language acquisition occurs just between 10 and 30 months, when they begin to repeat words and voice tones change.

» What kind of books are appropriate?

There are books of fabric and plastic that are very useful because they can be washed and used to play at bath time. Meanwhile,  cardboard are ideal for when your child wants to start turning pages. From year to three, those with images and illustrations in vibrant colors are preferred, along with those of animals that allow learning about sounds , shapes, colors, textures and actions. As for the pages, there are books from 5-30 pages. Suggested is to diversify the topics to hear so little reader preferences.

» Is it good to set a schedule for reading?

Read a story before bed time is a routine that kids love and can be repeated at other times of day. The important thing is to find the time and the right place.

» How incentive to read?

•Set an example
Are more likely to become a reader if you see that your parents read and are in contact with books. Show her that you love to read and will be more challenging to set a reading schedule.

•Books appropriate
There are some who will love, such as those with rhymes, illustrations of animals or large print. It is important that a suitable size and easy to handle.

•Establish the habit
Reserve a special time each day to read a story aloud. Fifteen minutes is ideal. If it gets restless,  interrupted the reading because it's time to change activities.

•Repetition
Reading the same book or the same stories can be monotonous for you, but the child enjoys it and will serve to absorb more information. Soon you will notice that remembers and repeats whole sentences.

•Carefully
Mark well the words, try substituting the name of the character in the story for your child, it changes the tone for a special character and exaggerated actions.

•Time
It is important that you give time to be trapped by history, as well as to discuss what was read.

•Participation
For starters sitting the child in an appropriate place so you can see what they're reading. Invite him to discover the drawings or photos,  lets look at the letters and ask that you think will happen in the story.

•Complete reading
Children need to complete what they are doing. Therefore, if you are reading him a story about getting to the end. If it is a large book is a suitable point to finish reading, as the end of a chapter or page.

•Do not use the books as a reward
If the reading is linked to a system of rewards and punishment, there will be an enriching experience. For example: do not say that if you sort the toys then you will tell a story. The idea of ​​reading should be a habit, part of a very pleasant day time.

•Tell stories
Not just about reading books, you can also tell stories over dinner or while traveling by car. They can be classic, real or invented stories and have him as the main character. This is advisable for active kids,  who does not like to sit and listen,  but I always get excited about stories where they intervene.