7 Pillars of a Quality Education: Part Six

This is part six of a 7 part blog post series, taken from Joyce Burges’s book, “Teach Me How To Teach My Child”, available on Amazon.

Teach Your Children That Learning Is a Process

Much of learning is a basic process, however, we add to our learning daily (for good or for bad). Learning is meant to be incremental; a process that is increased by a series of changes. 

Children are like sponges soaking in everything.  Make sure you watch what you place before them.  You begin to recognize this around the age of two.  So, beware, that you teach them the good things and fix limited boundaries…the wise and unwise, the reality and imagination, the truth and a lie. 

Parents can begin creating these boundaries by paying close attention to television, electronics games, group activities, certain magazines, etc.  An older woman once told me to guard my children’s hearts and minds.  She also urged me to take time to read to my children and have them read to me.  I enjoy working hand to hand with my children whether it’s cooking a simple meal or working on a craft. 

Learning is a process… let’s delight ourselves as we see our children tasting this pleasure.