The three costly mistakes parents make when helping their children learn and how to avoid them. In all the years I have been teaching young children I am always surprised at the amount of money parents spend on helping children succeed in school without knowing if what they are doing is actually going to help.
?br>Well, I am here to tell you that it needn’t be that way.
First, do not believe all that you read in newspapers and magazines.燭hey present a constant stream of information about new, exciting ways to help your child learn.營t is always encouraging to learn about new educational programs or resources that promise to help your child succeed in math or learn to read in two weeks.燤ake no mistake most of these programs do work and work well.燘ut just because they work for some children does not mean that they will work for your child.
?br>Before you rush out to buy the newest foolproof way to help your child, stop and think about what your child needs to learn and whether this new program or educational resource is exactly what your child needs right now.
Secondly, don’t automatically believe everything that friends or family tell you about how to help your child learn.燭hank them for trying to be helpful, and acknowledge that what they say may have some benefit for you, but chances are they are talking about how they were taught, what helped them learn when they were in school.燬ome of what they suggest might be just the kind of help you need but you need to be aware that times have changed since they were learners and educational practices have changed with them.
?br>If you come up with an idea that you think might work for your child, check it with your child’s teacher first so that you are not spending on something that will conflict with what your child is doing in school.
?br>Thirdly, don’t assume that just because your friend found a wonderful tutor for her child that the same tutor would be perfect for your child.燭here are many wonderful tutors out there and they all work in different ways.燳our child might learn in a different way from your friend’s child and so the same tutor could be good for one child and not so good for the next.
?br>Always check out how a tutor is going to help your child and make sure it matches both what your child needs to learn and how your child likes to learn before you buy his or her services.
?br>Don’t waste any more money on buying the kind of support that is not going to help your child.燜ind out what your child needs to learn and how he needs to learn it and then find the support that will work.燭hat will be money well spent.
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