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Beginner Child (Birth – 2 years old. Are growing rapidly. Tire easily. Cannot sit still for long - only one or two minutes. Learn best one step at a time. Fear separation from parents. Express their needs by crying.
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Beginner Child (Birth – 2 years old • Are growing rapidly. • Tire easily. • Cannot sit still for long - only one or two minutes. • Learn best one step at a time. • Fear separation from parents. • Express their needs by crying. • Senses attitudes of respect, joy, and anticipation in connection with church, the Bible, and Jesus.
Kindergarten Child (ages 3-5) • Enjoy repetition. • Extremely active. • Tire easily, cry easily. • Lack fine muscle coordination. • Capable of limited listening. • Have short attention span 3-6 minutes.
Primary Child (ages 6-9) • Behave in boisterous and energetic manner. • Eye-hand coordination for fine-muscle skills. • Learn best from hands-on experience with concrete object. • Longer periods of interest and concentration. • Motivated by recognition. • Appreciate variety within a fairly stable routine. • Enjoys group games, projects, quizzes and activities. • Develop a sense of accomplishment.
Learning Styles • What is your learning style • What is your spouses/partner learning style • What are your children’s learning style • Why do you need to know is anyway!
General Guidelines: • Observe Observe patterns of behavior. When you or your child experiences success. what are the circumstances that brought about that success?
Experiment Experiment with what works and what doesn’t. Keep an open mind and remember that even if an approach to learning does not make sense to you, it may work for your children. We do not all learn in the same way.
Focus Focus on natural strengths, not weaknesses. Unfortunately, it’s so much easier to pinpoint areas of weakness that need improvement than to bolster sources of strength… But you can’t build much on weaknesses - strengths provide a much better foundation!
Learn Learn more about learningstyles in general. Pay close attention to your children’s and your own learning styles in particular.
Listen Listen to the way a person communicates. If you only talk to others the way you want them to talk to you… you may discover you’re speaking a language that is foreign to them! Listening carefully can teach you how you need to talk to them.
May the Lord Bless You! May the Lord bless you and guide you as you lead His precious children to the foot of the cross.