1. Limit the amount of TV a child watches in a week.
2. Limit the amount of time a child spends playing video
games.
3. Play board games like Scrabble, Boggle, Backgammon,
Chess, Rummy, Risk and other games that require math, spelling, reading, and
strategy skills.
4. Read to younger children every day and encourage older
ones to read by providing a wide variety of books and magazines.
5. Encourage natural curiosity by helping a child
find answer to questions. Even when you know the answer, sometimes
instead of answering the question help a child to look up the answer. Not
only will the child learn the answer to the question but will learn more about
the subject and also, how to do research.
5. Ask questions about everything (What kind of bird is
that? How did people mend clothes before the invention of sewing machines? How
did people decide where roads would be place?). Then have your child help
you look up the answer.
6. As you do ordinary chores like washing dishes,
laundry, or pulling weeds talk about what you are doing and why.
7. Use learning games, books, and projects as rewards
rather than punishment. It reinforces the fun of education.
8. If a child shows an interest in a subject,
encourage her or him to look for more resources on the subject and develop a
project incorporating what he or she learned. (Beware: This is how
someone ended up with a dog sled in her living room!)
9. As child is preparing for a quiz or a test, let him or
her ask you the questions he or she thinks might be included. Don’t worry
if you do not know an answer. It is a great way to model to find an
answer.
10. Create a question jar containing papers with
questions that will spark an interesting discussion or journal entry.
When a child is bored, he or she can draw a paper.
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