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Teaching Tips

Children's Education is extremely important, whether you are a parent who has them in school or are homeschooling or you are a teacher. Here is a gathering of tips and ideas for you to refer to time and again.

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Listen to audiobooks instead of the radio on long family road trips or during the commute. It is amazing how many books one can "read" while driving or taking public transportation. It is also a good way to coerce hopelessly uninterested teens get exposure to the major works of literature-- Jane Austen, Harper Lee, Alexander Dumas are good for starters. (Jean Kim)

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As a teacher, when Christmas or another gift time comes up, there is no gift for the teacher more valuable than books, materials, toys, magazine subscriptions, etc... FOR THE CLASS! When my students have given me gifts that the whole class can use, I have them write a dedication inside the book cover, inside the box lid of the game, etc... so all know who it is from! (Suzie)

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For a Kaper Chart used for Girl Scouts I printed out pictures of the jobs and a title.  I glued or taped those to a cardboard or other type of board and used a paper clip to bend into shape and stick through the back to hang a card on. I laminated the board (before the paper clip was put through).  I used old business cards to put the girls' names on the back of it and have two different envelopes. We pull names out of one envelope for each job needed. At the end of the meeting we put them into the "done" envelope and pull names for the next meeting out of the other one. Then we start over again when the names have all been picked. Another Kaper chart for camping would be to use a large poster board, write the jobs down for each day or activity and pull names and write them or tape the names under the jobs. (Janelle)

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Parents are a child's first and best teachers.  My advice to all parents is to read to your children everyday. Read nursery rhymes, stories, sing songs. All of these will increase your child's proficiency with language and give a great start in literacy learning. (Christine) 

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When you reread books to your child, pause every once in a while for your child to fill in the missing word. When the book is a rhyming book, leave out the rhyming word and let your child supply that. (Christine)

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Buy books as gifts. That way you tell the child that these are exciting things to own. (Christine) 

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Go to the library routinely. Let your child pick his or her own books. Then read them over and over again. (Christine) 

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Children learn best by "doing" and by discovering by themselves -"hands on activities". They learn best with the approval of a caring adult who talks to them about what they are doing. 

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Involve your children in finger plays and puppet shows. Interactive learning is better than dull repetitive learning. Any new imaginative way to get the information across is beneficial.

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Children who are encouraged to draw and write a story (or describe as the parent writes) at an early age will help them develop good language skills.

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Having children use math by counting everyday objects, measuring baking goods, etc. gives an effective basis for math. 

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Children learn more effectively when the parents are involved. The need to know their parents support them in whatever they do helps them to excel.

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Not only reading about a subject, but also doing something in conjunction with and about the subject will be more beneficial as the child will have some hands on experience to help understand and remember about the subject. 

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Teach but listen to the children. Treat them with respect. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 

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If a child is interested in a subject, delve deeper into it for a while. Cover it fully so it is learned all together, not just in chunks here and there. 

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Children love to be talked to about everything in detail. They become more effective in communication skills, and seem to read better. 

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Children follow/learn by example. They absorb more than you know by watching you everyday. If you want to teach them good things, you should be aware of what you do day by day. 

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Explain directions step by step and make sure that they are understood before making the child try and do it themselves. Explore all different angles of explanation.

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Children who have pen pals around the world will have more interest in world history as well as good knowledge of locations on maps.

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Keep children busy if they seem bored. Teach them things they can do and remind them of their "list" of things to do/hobbies when they are bored. Bored children bounce around because they know not what to do. They tend to get out of control and it turns out to be trouble. 

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Siblings who help siblings learn are more confident and both siblings benefit. There seems to be more harmony between siblings who know how to help one another. This can also be effective with students helping other students or children helping people in need.

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Remember to apply the Who, What, Where, When, How to everything that you can. This encourages good thinking skills. 

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Praise the children for the good they do. Don't overdo it though. Too much criticism will make the child feel as though they can do nothing right, so why should they even try. 

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Let them study or read with minimal noises/distractions. Concentration is better with quiet.

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Don't label children. It may at first seem good, but it may backfire. Children should be able to think that they can BE or DO anything.

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Use an egg timer not just for "time outs", but for anything that requires a "time's up". It works wonderfully well with our three-year-old son for bedtime, bath time, playing or sharing a toy. He even asks us to "set the timer" for anything that gives him a secure sense of "beginning and end".  (Amy C)

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This summer I had trouble convincing my five year old son to sit still long enough to get any studying done. After about 15 minutes of GOOD study time he would start to fidget and squirm. His explanation was that he just HAD to get "the wiggles out" before he could concentrate any more. I finally hit upon a solution that worked. We sat on the porch to do his phonics studying and every time he missed a word he had to run. MY idea was for him to run around the swing set, but HE decided he wanted to run around the house instead!! Occasionally he would miss a word and have to run, but more often than not he would miss a word on purpose so he could run to "get the wiggles out!" It worked like a charm for us! (Dana)



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