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How to Keep Learning Fun

It's important to keep learning at home interesting. Learning feels easy when you're having fun! Does this mean you need to bribe your kids with candy or their favorite screen time so they'll do the work? Do you need to spend hours preparing learning activities that feature their favorite movie characters? Should you try to make each and every experience silly and game-like? Probably not. Keeping your child interested when learning at home might be easier than you think. Kids will find fun in their learning all on their own when they have these needs met:

How to be Patient with Young Kids

  As an elementary school teacher, I frequently get remarks about how patient I am with children. Parents and other adults say things like, "I don't know how you do it! I'm just not that patient," or, "I'm not a very patient person." If you agree with these statements, I hope this will change your mind. Patience is not a talent. It's a skill . Your ability to be patient in any situation, including with your young child's learning, is not something you are born with or without. It is a skill. Just like any other skill you have (driving, cooking, reading, etc.), you had to learn it. If you feel like you "just don't have the patience" to help your young child learn, know that you have the ability to change that. After all, doesn't your child deserve to be treated with patience while they learn?