Ways to nurture learning in your preschooler

Nurturing is essential to the proper development of your child. It is an important ingredient that helps the child grow physically, emotionally, mentally, culturally and spiritually. Providing a health diet, proper shelter and medical care is not enough for the child to grow into a strong individual. He needs adequate nurturing to grow into a healthy individual. The everyday interaction you have with your child whether it is cuddling up or teaching him to pick his plate is plays a major part in nurturing him. Here are steps to take that will foster learning in your child:

Your child’s world should be a safe playground for growing and developing. Give him the gift of a secure home in which he feels protected and loved. The environment should develop a sense of wonder, excitement and interest in your child. Children are able to sense the moods and emotions of their parents. Do your best to protect your child from stress, anxiety and other adult problems.

Children need to be acquainted with vocabulary at a very fast rate. Provide them with the words that they need to succeed. This is the most important step you can take to ensure the language development of your child. Explain to your child what you are doing, the more information they have the better is their understanding of the world around them.

Read to your child on a regular basis. Children who are read to on a regular basis become good at reading, gain literacy skills more rapidly and perform better in school.

Don’t just emphasize on education, children learn best through playtime.

Bridge the gap between the world of learning and the real world. The more meaningful is the school work of the children the more interested they are in learning.

Develop organization abilities and time awareness. Start planting the seeds of organization and time awareness, which is essential for growth in school and adulthood. Arrange your child’s bedroom so that he knows where things belong when not in use. Discuss the concept of time in ways in which the child can understand easily.

Encourage interests and passions in your child. Help your child discover his passions by providing a variety of hands on experiences like swimming, music, painting, dancing etc. The more you encourage your child to express his interests the more he will transfer his passions to the academic world.

Allow your child to deal with negative situations by letting them fail in some things then encourage them to find a solution to the problem.

Foster creativity in your child. Create an area in your house where your child can freely express himself without worrying about the mess, like painting and sketching provide plenty of materials to write draw and create.

Focus on the emotional I.Q rather than just the academic performance. Many enthusiastic parents over-emphasize the academic skills and ignore social and emotional skills. It is essential to emphasize on social skills. Your child may be a mathematical genius but he must also know how to get along with people.