Human being is the most intelligent species on earth. We the humans have changed the world a lot and have done few incredible things which are no doubt impossible to perform by other living beings.
But in this post we are not going to discuss about “evolution of human”, today we will get to know about the top 10 tips to start teaching your toddler. Kids are one of the most curious creatures and start paying a lot of attention to their surrounding from the moment they come to the world.
Toddlers automatically start adapting themselves according to the surroundings. Slowly they also learn to crawl, walk and identify things and people’s faces. Parents must work on converting their kid’s attention in something useful by gifting them toddler friendly toys which will boost their overall progress.
Your kid will start pronunciation by saying mamma and dada but soon he/she will learn other things too. Your kid will also start scribbling things and you need to teach him/her to do scribble alphabets. Let’s have a look at the tips featured below.
No your kid will not start writing alphabets properly after holding pencil or chalk for the first time. If the little monster won’t find writing interesting and funny he/she will probably not even hold the pencil.
You have to make the things funnier or else it will be almost impossible to teach your toddler. Bring colorful pencils for your toddler so that the pattern they will write will amuse them. Begin with holding their hands and showing them how to write random alphabets and signs.
Your little one will be able to learn and write letters if it will be easy for them to memorise and identify things without much difficulty. Bring your kid alphabet drawings, shapes and other relatable toys.
Put great effort on making your kid familiar with the letters and numbers easily. Make him/her to spell out the letters while pointing on them. Doing this will help them in relating a certain letter with the sound and they will learn much faster.
Before teaching them how to write you have to teach them the right way of holding pencils and chalks. If they don’t have enough strength to hold the things, they can’t proceed.
You have to work on developing hid/her hand muscles so that they can write more. Allow your toddler to play with play-doh, clay and other things to develop and strengthen their hand muscles.
Invest on pencils and crayons which can fit your toddler’s palm easily. Ensure your kid get a comfortable and good grip. A nice and firm grip will ensure easy writing as well as good handwriting from the beginning.
Toddlers are too small to humiliate on their mistakes instead of give them rewards whenever they write something. Here reward does stand for chocolates or toffees only, your excitement and jolly behavior can do wonders.
Kids do the things with more enthusiasm when they find the people surrounded are amused by whatever they are doing.
5.Be their Friend
Spending time with kids can help you in fighting with stress and anxiety. Kids are no doubt one of the most adorable creatures on earth but it is also true that parenting isn’t an easy task.
Teaching your little one or toddler is the most difficult job you would have ever done in your life and the situations become worse when your kid does not find itself comfortable with you.
Ensure a warm and friendly relation with your kid before teaching him/her anything. Praise your child for even his/her smallest achievements.
Your kid will not start writing letters at once. Firstly they start scribble things and most of the parents find it annoying. Scribbling is like the first step of writing thus you must allow them to scribble.
When your kid learns to hold things work on strengthening their palm and later guide them how to write letter while scribbling.
Teaching tools and education toys can help you a lot while teaching your kids. If you are going to buy these kinds of toys for the first time, you may be overwhelmed by the options available.
When it comes to choose worthy teaching tools or educational toys for your kids make sure to go with the simplest ones. Small children will learn from tools having less clutter. I have made a small list of such tools which will help you in teaching your little monsters without much hassle.
We are obsessed with smartphones and other daily life gadgets and some people also get addicted to it. You must keep your child stay off from digital tools during the early years.
Your kid will lose interest in learning once get hooked with smartphone or other digital device. There are many electronic chalkboards and tablets available for kids and you may think about bringing one for your toddler but these devices will not help them in developing better grip for a pen or a pencil.
It is true that these days our world and personal life is being dominated by technology and it’s almost impossible to keep your children away from gadgets and devices. You have to make great effort to restrict your toddlers from using smartphones.
Parents often lose temper over their kids and sometimes situation becomes worse. Most of the parents got more violent and harm their babies.
If you think you can be a good teacher by abusing them on their mistakes, you are wrong my friend. Kids are soft hearted and you have to behave super softly to deal with them.
Every person is different and yes every kid is also different. You need to understand your kid and act accordingly. Some kids are shy and some aren’t, make effort to figure out why your toddler isn’t giving more attention on its lessons instead yelling him/her badly.
Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs in this planet, seriously yes. When it comes to teaching little monsters, parenting becomes a tougher task to perform.
Teaching a toddler isn’t a toddler’s task no matter even if you are a university professor. If have to act very softy to deal with your loved ones. I hope the tips provided here will help you in teaching your kid.