Yap..........Learning is fun........And you know it!
Before you try to deny that statement, stop and think for a second. When you learned something new, be it how to shoot a great picture with your digital camera or just finding out that brangelina just announced they are separating (just an example, please don't shoot me! :D), I bet you are more than just happy, you probably be thrilled. The idea of you knowing something more than everybody else or just knowing that you'll be in the loop, like everybody else always makes us feel good.
Now....I'm not writing this to encourage you to learn anything new, because you probably already are. I'm want to talk about how to make your children have the same notion. I'm sure even if you don't have kid yet, you've seen or heard about the horror stories from parents and teachers on how they tried to get children to study and learn something.
Actually children by nature love learning, the need to learn is already embedded in our DNA. Think about it, babies learned how suck milk from their mother's nipple or bottle as soon as they are born, then they learn how see, how lay on their tummy, how to crawl. The question is if we have this DNA inside of all us by nature, why do we drag our feet every time the teacher or our parent said that we need to learn how read or count. That's because our earliest memory of learning is, us being forced to sit down and listen and repeat, the worst part is when we failed we got punished oneway or another, and when we succeed we don't always get compliment that we deserved.
And when it comes down to start planning for my baby's education, we (me n my hubby) decided no matter what he will learn, we will try as best as we could to make it fun for him. We really don't him to have the idea that learning is boring and restricting. First of all, we agreed that he will start learning as early as possible also fun as possible too. So, as soon as he can see, we started to have him learning math and reading. Don't worry we are not those kind of parent that pushes their children to become another Einstein or Mozart. Our goal is to help him struggle less when he's growing up. And every time we try to teach him anything, we made sure that he and us are in a good mood. Trying to teach anybody, especially children when you are in a bad mood or in a hurry is a sure recipe for disaster. Because you will be impatient hence you'll have less ability to listen or sense what your students needs.
The other key point for us is encouragement. Every little accomplishment is complimented and given reward. For example, we teach math by showing cards with different number of random placed red dots on them, and every time we finished showing 5 cards, we cheered, clapped and told him what a great kid he is. Even small accomplishment, such as flipping and laying on his tummy will get him the hugs and kisses rewards from us. We try to instill in his memory that learning is fun and every thing that he does count. That way hopefully as he grows up he will never lose his appetite for learning.
Before you try to deny that statement, stop and think for a second. When you learned something new, be it how to shoot a great picture with your digital camera or just finding out that brangelina just announced they are separating (just an example, please don't shoot me! :D), I bet you are more than just happy, you probably be thrilled. The idea of you knowing something more than everybody else or just knowing that you'll be in the loop, like everybody else always makes us feel good.
Now....I'm not writing this to encourage you to learn anything new, because you probably already are. I'm want to talk about how to make your children have the same notion. I'm sure even if you don't have kid yet, you've seen or heard about the horror stories from parents and teachers on how they tried to get children to study and learn something.
Actually children by nature love learning, the need to learn is already embedded in our DNA. Think about it, babies learned how suck milk from their mother's nipple or bottle as soon as they are born, then they learn how see, how lay on their tummy, how to crawl. The question is if we have this DNA inside of all us by nature, why do we drag our feet every time the teacher or our parent said that we need to learn how read or count. That's because our earliest memory of learning is, us being forced to sit down and listen and repeat, the worst part is when we failed we got punished oneway or another, and when we succeed we don't always get compliment that we deserved.
And when it comes down to start planning for my baby's education, we (me n my hubby) decided no matter what he will learn, we will try as best as we could to make it fun for him. We really don't him to have the idea that learning is boring and restricting. First of all, we agreed that he will start learning as early as possible also fun as possible too. So, as soon as he can see, we started to have him learning math and reading. Don't worry we are not those kind of parent that pushes their children to become another Einstein or Mozart. Our goal is to help him struggle less when he's growing up. And every time we try to teach him anything, we made sure that he and us are in a good mood. Trying to teach anybody, especially children when you are in a bad mood or in a hurry is a sure recipe for disaster. Because you will be impatient hence you'll have less ability to listen or sense what your students needs.
The other key point for us is encouragement. Every little accomplishment is complimented and given reward. For example, we teach math by showing cards with different number of random placed red dots on them, and every time we finished showing 5 cards, we cheered, clapped and told him what a great kid he is. Even small accomplishment, such as flipping and laying on his tummy will get him the hugs and kisses rewards from us. We try to instill in his memory that learning is fun and every thing that he does count. That way hopefully as he grows up he will never lose his appetite for learning.
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