Busy Little Learners

Busy Little Learners

Letters, numbers, shape, colors, animals, these all seem to be basic learning concepts, right? Well, we all learned them somewhere. Who taught you? A parent? A grandparent? A teacher? Early childhood is prime time for learning. Little minds are constantly busy and moving! Why not use that to their advantage?  Helping your little one learn is one of the most important things you can do as a parent. This can be very overwhelming to some parents.

Where do I start? How do I do this? What if I mess up? Well, first there is room for error. Helping your child learn can be fun for you and them. There are many free to low cost ways to help your child learn. Children are naturally wanting to learn, so bonus!

How do you start? Well, with basic things like having a routine for them helps. Setting aside time each day or as many as you can.  You can do things like read together, do learning activities like puzzles, letters, numbers, and so on. These skills are important at a young age. Make games to help your young one learn. I find many fun games and activities on Pinterest. Many of the things I find can be made out of things around your home or things that can be purchased cheap at the dollar store or a craft store.

You can even get little bags with these simple activities in to help keep them organized. If you have the space you can create a learning area for you child to help them learn better. They feel like they have a space that is all for them. This helps prepare them for school by learning to sit for a few minutes at a time. It also helps with learning to listen and follow directions.

It is becoming more and more important that our little ones begin learning at a young age. Also, little ones understand that learning is important and can be fun! Pick activities and games which you feel your child will enjoy. Make several different things so they can have a choice and switch things around so they don’t become bored. You could even have them help you make some of the activities as well.

By also helping your child learn you get to influence their learning at a very young age. Plus, you as a parent or grandparent can help build your bond between you and your little one. It gives you and your little one a structure time to spend together each day. Then at some point once they can do the activities on their own they and do them for themselves. This could potentially help you have a little time to do things you need because you know your little is busy doing something.  And your little one has their self esteem boosted because they have learned to do something on their own! How cool is that?!