Education starts early.
Parenting is not only about feeding your child or changing their clothes. Education should start at early age of our children. As the world is changing and everything is advancing every day, it is essential to learn at least one language to be a part of the changing world.
There are some ways that parents can use to teach their children a new language. As English is the most common and international language, it can be a good idea to start with that. How can we help our children learn a language when they are so open to learn?
First of all, it is easier for them to learn things than adults. They usually tend to learn by visuals like games, videos or stories, so teaching them a new language should happen with lots of visuals that can help them widen their imagination.
It is important not to keep them bored with long lessons. Everything should be on a regular basis. Reading an English book with lots of images on it can help your child to start enjoying what you are teaching them. Make sure to choose some interesting visuals that can attract their attention.
Games / Stories!
Give them lots of game cards on which they can see simple words. Teaching them colors can be very easy as it is easy to match the colors with their names. As we are in technology age, we can use all possible sources to help them listen and visualize things in their young minds.
As they can learn faster than us, you can also teach them some practical things that they might get easily. As you can see in the image above, you can teach the parts of body by showing them on their bodies. Some sources on internet can help you again.
How about grammar? I personally don't recommend you to teach strict grammar rules. Even if you do it, they will probably not be able to get them easily. Instead of it, it can be more practical to teach some simple phrases. Some phrases that can be heard in a song with lots of repetitions can hep them to get easily.
Overall, start with introduction of simple words to your children in English. Many children are usually interested in animals, clothes, food, numbers and colors. Instead of focusing on grammar, it is better to let them learn the words in these categories, then the rest will come soon if you do everything regularly.
