Wondering what teaching has to do with this blog??? well am not deviating away from this blog's interest :-) .
My son will not start school any time soon, but I believe that he has the ability to learn new things. I want him to have an open ended learning process and not a result oriented one. I always try and teach him what ever is possible for his age. Most of the time he will not respond to,or do or say what he wants,but with repeated efforts I was able to again his attention.
After the first few trails I found this process of teaching to be very interesting. I mean, creating an environment that sparks curiosity in a child and helps him to explore and learn. The very idea sounded fascinating. How many schools today create one such environment for the kids( Well I am not an expert , but just trying to vent out ).
I decided to make some fun tools for my son to play with and eventually to learn while he plays.
Here is the first set of flash cards that I made for Kaustubh.
To keep me focused on making these tools I decide to do a weekly feature on my blog. Starting from today every Tuesday I will share a new learning tool/craft /activity that I made or did at home.
I am open for suggestions from experienced moms who already do this activity with their kids. Your suggestions helps me to create a fun learning experience for my son
PS: Did you notice the change in my blogs look?? Just trying to hone my designing skills :-)
-Swathi
My son will not start school any time soon, but I believe that he has the ability to learn new things. I want him to have an open ended learning process and not a result oriented one. I always try and teach him what ever is possible for his age. Most of the time he will not respond to,or do or say what he wants,but with repeated efforts I was able to again his attention.
After the first few trails I found this process of teaching to be very interesting. I mean, creating an environment that sparks curiosity in a child and helps him to explore and learn. The very idea sounded fascinating. How many schools today create one such environment for the kids( Well I am not an expert , but just trying to vent out ).
I decided to make some fun tools for my son to play with and eventually to learn while he plays.
Here is the first set of flash cards that I made for Kaustubh.
Please bear with my amateur designing . I just googled for some attractive images and created these cards in Photoshop.. Initially he wasn't interested but after a few minutes, he started to hold them and observe. Now after 3 days, he is able to identify the apple and the cat. He can even make a sound similar to that of a cat. I love the way he makes a funny sound ""Eee Eee" well that's how the cat home meows...LOL
To keep me focused on making these tools I decide to do a weekly feature on my blog. Starting from today every Tuesday I will share a new learning tool/craft /activity that I made or did at home.
I am open for suggestions from experienced moms who already do this activity with their kids. Your suggestions helps me to create a fun learning experience for my son
PS: Did you notice the change in my blogs look?? Just trying to hone my designing skills :-)
-Swathi
Dear Swathi how old is your son? Many schools nowadays follow the phonic system . My daughter is attending one such school and for the first one year it was not a, b, c but Aa Baa, Ka, Da .. and we were very careful not to confuse her with the conventional ABC . In fact I used to find it confusing as this was not the system we had studied.
ReplyDeleteThats lovely... very cute.. Yes.. my kids learnt phonics too.. at first I thought it wasnt a very good way to start the alphabets.. but then I figured.. it made reading so much easier.. :-)
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