Catch them young

Learning is not all about textbooks and reading material. Parents are going one step ahead and making their kids learning process fun and easy going. Here are a few effective ways to give pre-schoolers a learning advantage

Children are versatile and you will be surprised how fast they can learn something once you teach them. Before you dedicate yourself to a teaching method, figure out how the kids learn best.

From there, you can choose teaching methods and techniques that are right for them. There are primary steps through which their learning process becomes easier.

Parents should consider these steps and work accordingly on each step. It is very important to use right mediums and right tools to give an effective way of learning for kids.

Mediums: Digital learning platforms: Digital learning can have a positive impact on children. About 58 per cent of Indian children have shown positive behavioural changes after using digital learning platforms.

Parent’s expectation and concerns regarding children’s cognitive growth will be improved by using these platforms, which has now become almost at par with traditional learning tools. It also develops kid’s language skills and improves its grasping capabilities.

Workshops: Children learn best through everyday routines and interactions. The workshops help children to explore critical skills that they need to know. It also improves their internal skills, making them more innovative and creative.

Homeschooling: Many parents choose to teach their children at home, instead of enrolling them and making them study within the formal settings of public or private schools.

With homeschooling, the parents take full responsibility for their children’s education. Homeschooling helps parents to monitor their child’s progress and provide friendlier and relaxed environment, which enables the child to learn everything in detailed.

Learning through play: It’s a form of creative expression, its fun and most of all it’s crucial for social, emotional, cognitive and even physical development. Learning through play is fast becoming recognised as a way to enhance learning and nurture curiosity.

As children are seen enjoying what they do and are deeply engaged in activities that are relevant and meaningful, they remember things for longer and at the same time develop holistic skills for lifelong learning. It usually happens in an environment where the child has opportunities to imagine new things, take risks and share experiences with others.

Tools: Personalised learning: Personalised learning through various forms helps kids to make their own decision; they are more in the activity. They start relating to things, making it more fun and fruitful experience.

Visuals, images: Visual Thinking Strategies offers a set of useful questions to foster creative and critical thinking.

Indulge in storytelling: Storytelling forms a crucial part in developing your child’s overall personality. What seems like a simple pleasure of childhood has many benefits attached to it, and parents need to take out time to read to their children.

There are innumerable advantages of storytelling for kids, especially for preschoolers to any age group, it helps them to be more focused, increase their concentration and helps them to become a patient listener.

Sounds and music: Children usually learn through different forms and patterns. They learn best through pictures, images, sound and music, things, which they can relate too.

By:Manoj Barot
The writer is Director - Marketing, AppyStore.in