Helping Children to Learn

Three essential Es...
Encourgement
Encouriging and praising the children is a great way to give them confidence in who they are and what they do. Encouragment will make them more receptive to new ideas, experiences and skills.
Recent studies show that boys sometimes need extra encouragement with learning to read than girls.
Example
The best teachers are those who inspire by example.
How can we help
Show lots of enthusiasm for new experiences and new ideas. Getting the children engaged in any type of physical and social development by planying active games is great idea.
Tell stories and show that you enjoy reading and writing. When teaching numbers, do simple working out aloud so that the kids can hear the processes of adding and taking away.
Teachers should explain to the kids that we can't know everything all at once, sometimes it's great just to wonder.
Teachers should praise persistence, knowing when to stop and/ or take the next step.
Environment
How can we help
We should provide an invironment in which learning can thrive in the classroom. We should make sure that the children have plenty of opportunities for quiet so that they can develop concentration and learn better.