Wonder how you can engage your 2 to 8-year-old child while revising newly learned words with him or her? Make learning fun and sticky with a fishing game!
By integrating revision into playtime, your child would awe you with his or her enthusiasm towards learning!
This is a sneaky trick that all well-intentioned and effective parents should master.
We are here to share with you how to help your child LEARN through PLAY.
How to Play?
In a swimming pool or bathtub, add the revision cards and let your child fish for them.
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If your child is able to write, you can extend the game by making him or her write out the word to score a point.
Why Play?
This game will ease your child into learning mode, especially on days when he or she feels sluggish. You will not only cajole your child to recognise and practise writing the strokes, but you will also be able to determine his or her level of competency.
When you start to teach your baby, you will notice that your baby will learn and REMEMBER new things really FAST. However, you may also notice that your baby will FORGET what he or she learned really FAST too. For memory retention to take place in the brain, a neural pathway needs to be formed. It takes time for the neural pathway to stabilise into long term memories.
If a new word is not repeatedly flashed to a child since its initial introduction, the neural pathway will disappear and the child will not be able to recall the word.
For an average baby, it takes 7 to 8 repetitions for a permanent neural pathway to be formed. However, babies dislike repetitions as they seek new and interesting experiences; early childhood educators and parents will find that getting babies to revise the words would be far more challenging than introducing a new word to them.
The Solution
The trick is to instill a habit of learning in your infant. You have to find out the memory retention gap (MRG) of your baby and implement a learning routine that coincides with his or her memory lapses cycle. It is the onus of the adult to find out the MRG so that the learning routine would be appropriate and effective. Repeating the words too often would bore the child while inadequate repetitions would not lead to mastery.
Coupled with games to stir his or her interest, your baby would be on his/her way to mastering 400-1000 words before the age of 4-5 years old.
The Teaching Formula
1. Instill a habit of learning in your infant.
2. Implement a learning routine that coincides with the memory lapse cycle.
3. Introduce games to keep your baby interested.
Reference:
Translated from 四五快读 by 杨其锋
Adapted from How to Teach your baby to Read by Glenn and Janet Doman
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Pique your children’s imagination and bring them on a fishing adventure with their favourite sea creatures. You can throw in some of their toys to spice things up for them. Whether they dream of becoming a diver, a marine biologist, or a chef, there are Free YouTube videos for you and your children to cook up some adventures together!
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Here is a list of Free YouTube videos to set your child into the mood to play and learn.
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2. Flash the Cards
Have you heard about the right brain education programmes like The Shichida Method and Glenn Doman’s series of guidebooks such as Teach your baby to read?
These programmes predominantly advocate the use of flashcards to activate the right brain.
“The secret to training the right side of the brain is through speed flashing because it activates the part of the brain that fosters our imagination, memorisation skills, and visualisation abilities.”
You could consider alternating between speed and slow flashing the cards to activate both sides of the brain.
Speed Flashing Demo
Slow Flashing Demo
If you are wondering how you should be conducting the flashcards lesson with your baby, you should certainly check out this video here which summarises the key highlights from Glenn Doman’s Teaching Methodology.
In Summary, the 3 Golden Rules when teaching your child are:
1. Always Stop Before Your Child Wants to Stop
2. Every Lesson Has to Be Fun, just like playtime
3. Choose the right time and environment with the least distractions
3. Bee Hunt
Go honey hunting with your child and feed those “Honey Words” to your pet bee with this Collapsible Bee Hunt Game!
With just a set of invisible velcro tapes, you could turn these dull flashcards into an exciting game for your child.
These are just some ideas to kick start your learning journey with your baby. We have more Surprises in store for you to excite your child every lesson. Turn each learning session into an Arcade Game with SurpriseME Learning!
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