The process of applying and developing accelerated learning abilities in toddlers and preschool children
How can I help develop the five senses as they contribute to accelerated learning capacities in my toddler or preschool-aged child?
One of the simplest and yet most important things to help young children develop are the five basic senses- touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight. This can be done in a variety of methods of play, capitalizing on games that children often come too naturally. To develop the sense of touch, utilize a “guessing box” filled with harmless objects of a variety of textures. Let the child reach in and explore, all the while naming each object he pulls out, and thus encouraging him to identify the different textures. Be careful to never make this a test, though; there should be no disappointment in guessing wrong.
A similar game can be played with taste and scent when it comes to preparing foods; if the child wants, he can wear a blindfold or cover his eyes while he tastes different things, identifying the types of foods and tastes he is experiencing.
Hearing can be developed by making a CD or tape of various sounds and a corresponding album of photos; include as wide a variety of sounds as possible, from animals, people talking and babies crying to the sounds of water running, clocks ticking and telephones ringing. The child can point to the object or animal that makes the sound he is hearing, encouraging him to seek out those sounds as they occur naturally in his world as well.
Finally, to encourage sight it can be as simple a task as obtaining brightly colored cardboard and teaching the child the names of some basic primary colors, then encouraging him to differentiate between them in the form of the cards.
How can I use the world around us as a way further to develop my child’s capacity for accelerated learning?
A great way to develop small children’s learning abilities is to use the entire room as a sort of classroom. Encourage children to notice simple shapes as they occur outside the home and in nature. Help small children identify opposites by pointing out contrasts between dark and light, hard and soft, up and down and other simple concepts as they apply in play, and out in the world.
Let every trip to the grocery store be a chance to discuss the origins of food and the aforementioned differences in texture; talk about how the food is made, and even encourage children closer to school-age to guess what principal ingredients are present in his favorite foods. If your child has a particular allergy, or knows somebody who does, encourage awareness of the importance of ingredients through this connection. It is also possible to help children learn to count by using objects that occur naturally; the checkout line is a perfect location to impress the importance of numbers on children. Ask questions such as “can we go in the express lane with this many things in the cart? Why? Why not?”
Finally, make it fun for your child to classify objects. This can be done by as simple a task as sorting the laundry, or by sorting items for the grocery store checkout line. Encourage your child to observe the differences in the various types of clothing as you sort socks from shirts, trousers from nightgowns. Point out how things in the grocery store are packaged by weight and type; let children notice soft, light objects are put in bags together, the same way that heavy or cold objects are packaged together. By allowing children to see the simple application of these basic concepts in everyday life, they will become ingrained more naturally than if you tried to set up a classroom and pound all of these concepts into a little mind that just wants to get out and explore!
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