In the last article we talked about the valid points that show that no child is dull and we mentioned the teachers approach.
In case you missed the part 1 of this article, see details here http://starrygoldacademy.com/successtips/no-child-is-dull/
Let’s continue on the outcome of the research.
These are the suggested activities that has turned the so called “ dull child” to smart and brilliant child.
1. WHILE TEACHING YOUR CHILD ,DON’T LET HIM/HER GET YOU FRUSTRATED:
When kids are having a hard time with homework or a school-related subject, they often explode with anger. Which makes the parent or teacher wonder “What did I do wrong?”
“You didn’t necessarily do anything,” Michael Thompson, Ph.D. advises
“sometimes when kids feel misunderstood at school or frustrated by a subject they get angry or provoke the parent — as a way of making you feel as helpless
or angry as they feel. It’s almost like your child is saying ‘would you hold my hopelessness for a while?’
Or
‘I need you to feel what I am going through, so I am going to make you angry.’”
The secret is that you must not react the way the child expected you to react, if you do, the child might lose interest in learning from you and if that happens, not matter you teach the child, he/she won’t understand.
Just keep your cool.
Then you have to make the child to know that you understand his frustration and you are willing to help. The child will sense that and will have open mind when you are teaching him.
Even if the child is perceived as being dull, an open mind to your teachings could lead him/her to become smart.
Kids are so smart, don’t let them outsmart you.
A perfect example of this was Akin, my neighbor’s son. The family has tagged him as the ‘black sheep in the family’ because he is not performing well academically but his siblings were the best in their respective classes.
His teacher has complained bitterly about his attitude, how he is always feeling frustrated because he was not understanding mathematics
Most times Akin was always sent out of the class.
His father eventually changed his school and suddenly everything changed. His new teacher had to address Akin’s attitude of feeling frustrated when learning and always told him to calm down that he will understand but it will take a gradual process.
The teacher told Akin to always be happy excited during lessons. Even though it took up to 5 months for Akin to start picking interest in Mathematics , he eventually became an average student.
What we noticed was that Akin loves his teacher and would say “My formal teacher understand mathematic better than my new teacher, but my new teacher made me have interest in Mathematics because he understands my weakness and helped to make me stronger”
P.S: There isn’t necessarily one right learning style. By helping your child discover his preferred learning styles, could improve his or her learning rate.
You can try Video Tutorial, your child can learn at his/her own pace by replaying the video several times until he or she understands the topic.
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