How to Start Teaching Your Toddler at Home?

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How to teach your toddler at Home?

 

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Because of covid, the physical schools are still closed now. But education is not”. Both The parents and the teachers are putting in the best efforts to provide kids the best education. The classes are happening online now. It seems a little difficult for a toddler to attend online classes who haven’t gone to school yet. The epidemic started in February 2019 and since that they’ve only experienced the home environment. The kids during the year 2019 till now have seen only the family members. They are not aware of the school environment and the teachers. Thus, they got the least experience. But there’s nothing to worry about. 

 

Mothers are the first and the best teachers for their kids. You can always make a schedule as per your comfort. And start teaching your kids in the best way possible. Here, I'll be sharing a few tips for the parents whose kids are between 1 year -4years for HOMESCHOOLING. Homeschooling is a progressive movement these days to educate the child. 

 

There's not any proper curriculum for the age 0-2 years. Kids learn by what they observe, etc. But following a curriculum is always the best to stay productive. You can always ensure that your child is meeting all the milestones. During this time, you can grab a lot of information via social media. It’s always better to connect with other parents of your same kid's age. You can take help from Google, Facebook groups (homeschooling, worksheets group), and a few online free classes like from the yellow class.

 

There’re so many kits available in the market depending on the age of the childlike Flintobox, Class monitor, Firstcry Intellikit, etc. You can always take advice from experienced parents on how they’re dealing with their child’s education. 

 

By 2 years of age, you can start teaching alphabets, counting the number, colors, shapes, dancing on a rhyme like "twinkle twinkle little star" etc. This is how I am also doing it for my toddler 2.5 years old right now. Here are a few tips on how you can plan to teach your kids at home. 

1.      Make up the Mind: first, the parents must decide that they’ve to put in an extra effort into their child’s education.

2.                 Set up the Environment: Make sure that you have all the basic school accessories for your kids. It’ll give them a feeling that this is the time to study. For eg; give them a school bag including books, required stationary, lunch, water bottle, and a few snacks, etc.

3.                 Stock up on homeschooling supplies: There are a few things that you must have bought before starting like black-and-white board, Fundough, Marker, Colors,stationary, Books.

4.                 Invest in the Products like educational toys: kids grow so fast that we grab quickly what we’re trying to convey to them. They cannot express themselves verbally much, but they understand everything and try to communicate with us through non-verbal gestures. Their brain is storing a lot of information, especially in the first five years.

You can spend your money on buying educational toys like puzzle boards, flashcards, kinetic sand, blocks, magnetic tiles, etc. depending on the age and the requirements.

5.                 Plan your kids' to-do activities: It’s not about teaching kids all day. It’s about giving them quality time but not quantity time. You can plan out their activities in advance and keep a habit tracker of the same. For eg; coloring leaves, playing in the sand and the water, giving them utensils to play with, giving them Mic to speak, etc. it’ll save your time and energy if you plan out everything in advance. And not forgetting, also adding the meal planner for your child.

7.                 Focus on each skill: when it comes to homeschooling, skills are the most important things to focus on. Because of the pandemic, kids cannot experience much of the outer world and physical activity. It might lose their self-confidence as well. But there are many activities as well that you can do with them to boost up their confidence.

8.                Worksheets: Worksheets are a great tool to make the concepts clear. It helps kids in improving their cognitive and other skills. You can find it easily on the internet nowadays. You can follow my Insta reels for the worksheets.

9.                  Following Montessori Learning Techniques: There are a few schools that are into Montessori teaching techniques. You can enroll your child in the same for better learning exposure.

10.            Reward them: It’s your responsibility to appreciate your kids at every step. You can always encourage them to do more by rewarding their efforts.

11.              Let them create the Mess: Yes! You read it right. Kids love being themselves and they like to create a mess. Let them explore, read, sing, dance, talk, touch, and feel, etc.

 

The above points are the basic things to teach your kids at home. Kindly pour in your suggestions on how do you teach your kids at home?

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