Children are naturally curious creatures. From the moment they can talk, all you ever hear is a question of ‘why?’ for everything that you do. It’s annoying in the most wonderful way! All parents hear the constant questions from their children, and it’s something magical to see their faces light up with every new nugget of information. You can literally watch them soak in the information you give them and fall in love with new things. Children are hungry to learn from a very early age but as they get older and turn into teenagers, this often changes.
Keeping children interested in learning is hard, and getting them to fall in love with the idea of learning altogether is something to overcome for every parent. Their school friends and their teachers are able to help you to foster their love of learning, too, because once they book an Italy school trip, your children are very likely to want to go! You can play a big part in instilling a love of learning in your children and here are some of the things that you can do below.
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- Work with them on their interests and passions. Children are always interested in something specific and they discover from an early age what they enjoy. When you allow your kids to discover what they like, you can then support them physically, financially and emotionally in their interests and endeavors. You can also get their teachers to encourage them, too, and you’ll help them to foster a love for the things that they love, too.
- Provide opportunities for hands-on learning. Going on a trip? Make it educational. Buying educational books? Make it fun! Do they have a favorite meal? Teach them to cook it. Hands-on experience is one of the best ways to help your children to love learning as they are out there and doing it.
- Make it fun and not a chore. If you send your kids to their rooms to learn their multiplication by rote, then you’re going to make learning feel like a chore. No one likes chores, not even adults, so why would your children like them? Make it fun with songs, games and creative activities.
- Show that you love to learn, too. We always do well with demonstrations, and if you can show your own children how much you get out of learning new things, too, you’re going to give them a reason to love learning even more. Demonstrate all of the things that you’re passionate about and show off how well you do – they’ll see this and feel inspired.
- Get to know their learning style. There are VARK surveys out there that you could use with your children to help to discover their learning styles, and doing this is going to help you to determine the best way to help them to learn.
Learning doesn’t have to be boring, and all of these tips are going to help you to get there in no time at all.