Making Learning at Home Fun
When we think of learning activities, we tend to think of School. Maybe even a school building itself. This notion is that in order for your child to receive stellar learning you have to go somewhere. Not necessarily true. When your child's at home, you're their teacher. But everything doesn't have to feel like a classroom lesson. Get your kids excited about discovering something new by disguising the learning activities as a fun time. Try these engaging and effective activities that you can do at home.
Play Learning Games
Learning can be put in motion by playing games that get your Preschooler on their feet moving! Start with basics- a rhythm song or poem counting out colors, numbers, or days of the week. A game to find the animal in the room or find the missing sock to make the match. What you choose to teach with this game is only limited by your imagination.
Basic Phonics Learning
One of the most wonderful gifts you can give your child is teaching them to read. Assisting your child in reading readiness with learning the basics- letters make certain sounds. Create Learning phonics a fun quest. Doesn’t have to be a stationary act of staying in your chair repeating sounds. Instead, hunt for letters, make alphabet books.
or bring out the sand and place it in the roasting pan. First, you draw the letter in the sand while sounding out the letter. Then have your child trace the letter and repeat the sound three times.
Practice Writing
Teaching your child to write is something they will take with them for the rest of their life. Skills of Pencil to paper and beyond. Help them learn the alphabet and the motions of each letter. Connect the dots. Use Play-Doh to shape letters or draw letters in shaving cream. Bring out the sand and place it in the roasting pan. First, you draw the letter in the sand while sounding out the letter. Then have your child trace the letter and repeat the sound three times. They'll be entertained and better prepared for school.
Preschoolers have an appetite for learning their colors. A pack of colorful pom-poms and an ice tray gives them a fun activity to learn how to count, and start sorting, which also encourages gross motor skills. At the same time, you're helping them develop their fine motor skills by letting them pick up the tiny objects.
Expanding Counting Skills
Teaching your child how to count and recite numbers seems so simple but a great place to start and opens the house to so much more.
In an article published by; Rushton, S. Neuroscience, Early Childhood Education and Play: We are Doing it Right!. Early Childhood Educ J. 2001 that research shows that hands-on projects activate kids' brains and help them learn better.
If your kids are showing they are ready for a challenge try an alternative of the game that will help them to think beyond counting how many objects they actually see before them.
Math is all around us. It is interwoven into our everyday lives. Perhaps adding the number of white jerseys to the number of blue jerseys equals how many total players on big sisters soccer team.
Explore World Cultures
A little creativity help teach your child about world cultures in a way that will make learning fun while enriching their awareness of other people's traditions and ways of life.
For example, pick ato “visit” another part of the world by cooking together cookies from another part of the world. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/swedish-butter-cookies/ Enjoy them while having book time learning more about kids from that region-https://www.swenglish.life/shop/p/counting-sweden.
Allow yourself to think outside the box. Remember when you were your child’s age. What ways of learning and fun activities did you get excited about?
The Magic of Peake Academy Digital Preschool Program is in the understanding of the wide lens through which children learn. Fun exploration and discovery can evolve out of reading, writing, math. Inspiring your child to reach their highest outlook of themselves and the world around them. PADP guides them in taking great steps to the Peak of their early childhood learning mountain.
At PADP, we know what it takes to support your child in their individual learning goals.
Whether you are a busy Stay-at-home mother or dad, going back to work full time, or starting to homeschool. Maybe, a family member is helping watch the kids a couple of days a week. Perhaps, you intuitively feel your child needs a little extra help with letter sounds. We understand what it takes to foster your child’s early childhood education. We know the amount of energy that goes into supporting your child in navigating the stresses, and the victories. Wearing the teacher hat can feel at times exhausting, defeating, and even lonely. This is why we created our Peake Academy Digital Preschool Program Membership! The value in community support, at your fingertips resources, and hands-on tools to assist you in this stage of your child’s learning and development.
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Here’s another treat for you on Halloween. This packet has lots of activities, from pre-writing skills to coloring by numbers. A great way to make learning fun at home this holiday!
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