Grimwade Educations

Children learn in 2 ways - when they see others do something or when they do it themselves. Therefore, one of the best ways to help your child learn is by way of getting them to do it themselves. This will imprint the activity in their memory for a longer period of time. Here are some fun ways to help your child learn. Irrespective of the subject or topic, your child needs to have the enthusiasm to learn. You will need to build it up at every point of time before you start an activity. 1. Maths - this can be divided into many categories as you like. Depending on your child's ability to grasp and understand, you need to encourage your child to take part in the activities. For example: if you are teaching fractions, one of the best ways is to make a dosa/ pizza/ sandwich (anything which your child likes) and then divide them into equal parts. You can then convert the same to a story and teach the concept. 2. Science - science is a subject that has more number of ac...

Mastery: It Takes Time Hoping students will become geniuses, prodigies or exceptional students while we change what they learn every few weeks is like hoping your children make strong, meaningful friendships while you move to a different town every few weeks. Mastering a skill takes time. Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes ten thousand hours to master a skill, a benchmark used by many to be the amount of time it takes to master something. This comes from research and studying such people who have great skill such as athletes, musicians, artists or academics. When we take a look at the classroom, we literally take this opportunity away from children. In each subject in elementary school, students are expected to change units every few weeks. For example in science students might study 'Hearing and Sound' for a few weeks, then they must move on to 'Rocks and Minerals' and then to 'Building with a Variety of Materials'. In gym class, students w...