Teachers are the first crush for majorities. What about your kid?
I am sure
the answer is yes.
Do you
know why? Because they are filled with love, affection, feelings, emotions,
patience, willing to hear....the list is endless.
I am sure
you must be thinking, we as a parent also share the same emotions with the
child but we are not their first crush. Why So??
The only
reason that I could understand out of my experience is we impart the same
emotions but the shelf life is less. Along with these emotions we also impart
anger, scolding, yelling, screaming, and shouting. Willingness to hear them is
almost next to zero.
These
emotions are so sharp that they leave a long lasting impact on child’s mind and
as a result we lose the opportunity of becoming their first crush.
Don’t
lose hope we have lost the first position but second is always open for us. It
is still not late, a slight modifications could work wonders, try it yourself.
Due to
this pandemic situation we all are lockout. We all our missing our past life,
the same goes with kids. They are also missing their friends, their activities
and on the top of the list their school, their teachers.
What can we do as a parent?
Just try
to become their teacher and how that can be achieved?
Try
involving the following in your routine:
Make
learning fun
With change in generation and technology we can’t
sit back and teach them in that same old method. We have to make learning fun,
energetic and something that quenches their thirst of curiosity.
Activities
Try to
include more and more activities. Now a day’s schools emphasizes on learning by
doing. We have to adopt the same. With this, the toughest concepts could be
easily drilled in their mind and its durability is also high.
Role
Play
With modernization, the teaching aid provided by the schools during
lock down has also modernized. Schools conduct zoom classes, PPT presentations,
short videos, etc to introduce the new concepts and to sustain their attention.
What we
can do is rather becoming their teacher, we can become their students. We can
ask them to role play the role of a teacher. Many new things could be
discovered during this role play.
We can
help them brush up the concepts that they have learned, in a fun loving way. We
can even put forth few questions to activate their curiosity.
Be a
motivator
Teachers always motivates their students to become more independent in
life. They give them ample time to find a solution for themselves. This is how
she instills confidence in a child.
Because
of constrain in time and both parent working, we have made our kids dependent on
us. We have not introduced independence, self belief, curiosity, clarity, initiative
to try new challenges.
Introduce
new concepts with positivism
Always introduce new concepts
with positive energy. Never let negativism enter any concept i.e. never say,
‘Let’s do a difficult topic today’ or ‘Listen carefully, this concept is very
difficult, even I found it difficult when I was at your age’, ‘Better
concentrate, it is a very difficult subject’, etc.
The way
you introduce a concept the child pursues it in the similar way. So even if you
introduce a difficult concept with positivism it is more likely to seep inside
their brain and they enjoy doing it. Suddenly a very difficult topic becomes
very simple for them.
This is
what that is done by teachers at school.
Correct
medium
Each child is unique. They have their own medium for grasping new
concepts. It may be auditory, visual or kinaesthetically.
In
auditory medium they learn it through audios, speeches, explanations,
presentations, etc. On the contrary there are kids who learn through visuals.
They easily grasp when they see it in text format or pictorial presentations or
videos.
Even
there are set of kids who are totally different. No matter you introduce a
concept visually or auditory, they are always kinetic by nature. They are
always on a go, but that doesn’t mean they are not attentive. They are equally
attentive and grasp concepts like others. The only thing is they cannot sit
still.
So you as
a parent have to identify which medium suits your child.
Revision
Once a
concept is introduced and explained to a child that doesn’t mean your job is
over. You have to revise the same concept again and again at regular intervals using
different methods. It could be in the form of quiz, questionnaire, role play,
discussion, etc.
Revision
is important because at this curious age there many things to be grasped. If we
don’t revise these important concepts again and again, there are chances for
them to be forgotten.
This
doesn’t mean that they were not attentive at the time it was introduced or they
are weak in a particular subject. It’s only about revision. May be the child
has not used or revised these concepts in near past that’s the reason they are
not able to recollect it.
At school
revision is given priority.
At last I
would like to summarize by saying:
For a parent to become a teacher is not easy but not impossible as well. We can always try making an attempt.
Final Question?
How many of us can try to become child’s second crush???
(You can
type in your answers in the comment section below.)How many of us can try to become child’s second crush???
