Read, read and read some more

Posted on by Priscille d'Arifat-Koenig

Encourate your child to read - Have fun with learningIf your child likes reading then you’ve won half the battle towards him or her being motivated to learn.

Reading is learning in disguise.

It stimulates the mind, brings knowledge and it improves vocabulary and memory skills. Moreover unlike tablets and screens it allows us to be more focused and relaxed.

For many children though, the act of reading in itself is boring and tedious. That’s because they are still learning to be comfortable with it and have to spend a lot of energy into working out what the words are and understanding them.

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Hijacking board games

Posted on by Priscille d'Arifat-Koenig

Board games for learningGames are great for learning!

They can help your child grasp and process concepts quickly and make the new connections last.

This is one of my main strategy to engage children and have fun while learning.

Having said that, lots of parents complain that they don’t always have the time to to prepare these games.

And true, it often requires some time to create some of the learning games from planning to finished output.

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Visit a farm with a camera and let your child create a scrap book

Posted on by Priscille d'Arifat-Koenig

Visit a farm and create a scrap book out of itIt doesn’t have to be a farm of course, it could be a zoo, a beach, a forest, an outing to the park.

The  aim is to trust your child with the camera and let him document the outing with his pictures, even if they are blurry or with a tad too many close-ups.

In the lot, there still might be some nice photos too.

Then, have them printed out and create a scrap book of the outings.

Depending on your child’s age and willingness, you may also have him write some text or illustrate the pages too.

Or you may want to write down what he tells you about the day.

Don’t turn this into a novel!

Four to five pages is plenty enough for small kids and ten-ish should suffice for older ones.

Do check our art page for some scrapbook ideas.