Educating your children takes more than sitting in a circle and reading. Our everyday activities are extremely important too. I bet you do (or did) all of these things for your children:
1. Listening to your children talk about their day and telling them about your day. They are learning sequencing.
2. Playing with your children and following their lead. You are building their confidence. It is likely to transfer over to their school subjects as well (Pincus, 2012).
3. Checking the weather and talking about what to wear. You are helping them apply information to their everyday life, make predictions, and draw conclusions.
4. Letting them roll down a hill or spin in circles. You are allowing them to build their vestibular system. The vestibular system controls our posture, balance, alertness, concentration, and stillness. It sounds strange, but without this type of movement, kids can't sit still (Connell & McCarthy, 2014).
5. Listening to music together and singing (no matter what it sounds like). You are naturally developing your children's listening skills (2014).
Did you get a 5/5?
Connell, G., & McCarthy, C. (2014). A moving child is a learning child: how the body teaches the brain to think (birth to age 7). Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.
Pincus, Donna B. Growing up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
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