Being a parent is the hardest job on this earth!!
Would you agree?
Of course, Yes!!
It takes a complete toll on your physical and mental state of being. Yet!! It is indeed the most rewarding one too.
And, often the rewards are highly satisfying in terms of unconditional love and learning it brings on the way. The journey of parenthood is indeed one of the toughest with challenges at every step.
Parenting though comes naturally to each one of us yet there is an art involved in being a successful parent. Dealing with smart young kids is often very challenging, and you need to strategize your ways of dealing with them.
“A child may not remember what is being taught but will surely remember what is being practiced”
You are your child’s role model. Your kid will look up to you for drawing inspiration once he or she grows up to be an adult.
You need to set the right example right from now as your baby’s mind is like a plain slate that gets written by the habits, behavior, and attitudes displayed to him by you.
In this post, you would get to know in detail the best five teaching strategies to adopt in daily life as a parent.
The foundation to a healthy and a successful lifestyle is laid right from the beginning. What matters at this stage is how effectively you can influence your little child to learn from you?
There are a couple of teaching strategies to adopt to give you the great results that you would love to see in your kids.
1. Do it yourself:
You want your child to wash hands before eating, but he often forgets. You want your child to eat at the dining table, but he or she chooses to eat in the living room or chooses to eat while watching TV……..How would you correct your child’s behavior??
By displaying or practicing the right behavior yourself. Kids learn things faster when they see them being practiced by everyone else. Let the entire family eat together at the dining table every day, and then child will start understanding that this is how it is supposed to be.
2. Teaching through play:
Play games which your child likes to play. When the child turns three, he or she will love to play all the time. A child may have strong likings or preferences towards certain games.
Play house or kitchen or teacher with your child.
Teaching while playing is one of the best methodologies that work. Talk to your child like another child. Try to understand a child psychology.
Play all kinds of pretend games with your child. Do what they love to do. This brings you closer to them in every manner, and they start relating and understanding you better.
Whatever learnings you give while playing games will be remembered by your child forever. This makes learning and teaching so much more fun, and the child also enjoys to be a part of it.
3. Bring your kid out on errands:
When you take your baby to the supermarket, you are exposing them to many things around.
These short outings satiate the curious mind of your young one and makes him learn a lot of new things that he sees around.
Make sure you actively involve your child while picking up grocery or other stuff. Let him know the names of the objects picked. Small learnings like this channelize the minds of these young ones and help them learn set on the right track faster.
4. Give value and importance to your child:
Ask for your child’s help in daily tasks. Allocate certain tasks to your little one that should be done by him. Your child should do work like keeping the newspaper back in its place, cleaning the study table, putting his teddy in place, etc..
Once, your child finishes all the tasks that are expected of him in a day then applaud him by doing something he or she likes.
5. Smile and be patient:
Not everything can be taught to a child, and not everything can be learnt by a child. But eventually, a child learns to do things the way they should be.
Just, be patient while teaching your kid and learn to practice good habits by yourself all the time. This will have a deeper impact on your child’s conscience, and you would see the reflections of this exposure once the child grows up to 6 years and above.
These are some of the teaching strategies that will surely be loved by your child. Just try to be as humble and patient as you can because your behavior is keenly observed by your child all the time. These little wonders are smarter than you think they are and they are learning every second from the environment they are exposed to.