How can your child be a fast learner?
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Most of the development in a natural process. However making sure that the child gets the required nutrition ( vitamins, minerals etc)and an environment that stimulates his brain might help to complement the learning process
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Whatever your level of education in the language, the first thing you should do to help your little brother learn french is to pay attention to him for at least fifteen minutes at the days he has french at school. Ask him to bring you his book and you can see what he is learning. Since you may have passed that stage before as him certain questions like Cat Chat. If your pronounciation is not good. Get flash cards and let him write the words next to the picture. Sit with him to listen to adorable programmes such as Dora at 7am weekdays and or 8am on the weekends. I\nfind that children learn much better with support from someone else no matter much the helper knows. Of course its even greater if you  know a lot.
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This means how long can the child focus on any one particular activity.\n\nFirst of all, the activity must be one designed for a First Grader.  \n\nThere is really no 'average' because each person differs.  Some kids grow up more slowly even if they are destined to be really swift.  I know, I was one.\n\nSome teachers are so dumb they do not know who is smart.\n\nBehavior problems can make a few smart kids appear dumb.  Some kids may need eyeglasses (again, I was one, it was like a new world opening up when I got them).\n\nIf you are under 30 if takes someone older and with educational experience to assess your child.\n\nAttention spans at this stage range from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.  Smarter or more mature kids will have a longer one.\n\nBut, the subject matter also makes a difference.  If someone very interesting visits, someone who knows lots about animals, for instance, and is a good teacher they all might listen enthralled for a whole hour, even more so if actual animals are brought in to look at.\n\nKids this age are just starting to find out about the world.  They are interested in animals, types of machines and vehicles like airplanes, helicopters, trucks, fire engines, police cars.\n\nThis is where they learn the alphabet and start associating letters with words...\n\nWhen that work is done (their attention flags), the teacher may switch to fingerpainting.\n\nChildren this age like STORY TELLING very, very much.  You will GREATLY help your child if you also participate in story telling, at least three times a week.\n\nThat is a big plus that trains your child to focus his / her attention.  They also see that lots of good stuff is in books...\n\nThat has a BIG PAYOFF for the rest of their lives.\n\nADHD kids should be given fish oil supplement along with calcium and magnesium tablet that is broken up and grinded into their food.  \n\nThe drugs are a very poor substitute for an insufficient diet.\n\nMake sure your kids take a daily kid's vitamin and drink lots of water.\n\nKids MUST also have physical activities like playing ball, running around, sack races (you get the picture)...\n\nIf they do not have enough of this it will greatly contribute to learning problems in the more mental activities.
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For learning her ABC's, you can use any computer really. I would recommend including a Touch Screen, and a one-button mouse with your purchase, to make interaction with the computer much easier for her. You must be VERY patient with her regarding her learning to interact with the computer, and with her learning the content of the programs. \n\nWhat country are you in? If you are in the United States, then even if your daughter is on a "Life Skills" certficiate track at school, she should have goals relating to learning reading (actually, goals relating to each of the core academic subjects). Talk with your daughter's special education teacher about which goals tie in to the reading/language arts state standards and benchmarks. No Child Left Behind and the new reauthorization of IDEA requires that she have academic goals in the five core areas (Reading, Writing, Math, Science/Social Studies). However, your daughter may still be working on pre-reading and pre-writing goals that lead up to the regular standards. Ask about what activities they have been doing with her for the eventual acquisition of print recognition and writing. The school probably also has had your daughter on a computer already, for at least once per week (in the school computer lab or on a classroom computer).\n\nFrom your saying that you wish to "open up communication," I take it your daughter does NOT speak?  If she is not talking, then there are touch-board communication devices that greatly assist with basic communication. They range from 2 panels up to dozens of panels.  Once again, IF you are in the United States, your IEP committee should be looking at how to help her express herself in social communication. What does your Speech Pathologist say? Has your committee done an assistive technology assessment?\n\nFor your home computer, I would recommend the Reader Rabbit series, starting with their Infant, and then Pre-School programs, so that your daughter can learn how the computer works. Also, try the activities at these links (not all may interest her, but they are worth a try):\n\ngood training for computer interactivity and basic vocabulary skills at...\nhttp://www.pctots.com/infant-development.htm\n\nthen add...\nhttp://www.learningcompany.com/\nhttp://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/101/317/\nhttp://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games\nhttp://www.4thekidstoystore.com/edso.html
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Mentally challenged, how? Do you mean IDEA-defined Mental Retardation (overall slow learner, also with difficulties learning communication and/or life skills)? Or are you looking at someone with learning disabilities (normal intelligence but extreme difficulty with one or more areas of academics)?\n\nIf you mean MR, you should look at the following sites for a better understanding of what MR is about:\nhttp://www.thearc.org/\nhttp://www.aamr.org/\nhttp://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs8txt.htm#whatis\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001523.htm\n\nIf you mean Learning Disabled, you should look at the following sites:\nhttp://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/learning_problem/learning_disabilities.html\nhttp://www.ldonline.org/\nhttp://www.ncld.org/\n\nAs far as "activities" are concerned, for MR you should look at their mental age (NOT their current chronological age), and their next step in the developmental ladder. For instance, a 15 year old with the mental age of a 5 year old will be attracted to activities and games targeting kindergarden/first grade level.\n\n"Activities" for LD kids are the same as for their same-age peers, with modifications to support them if academic skills are needed. A 15 year old with LD in reading/writing, would be interested in any activity the other 15 year olds are doing. However, if there are written instructions, he/she would need the directions read to him/her.
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Well you can start from the basicsin reading,Make his parents aware(if they are not already) of the situation and offer extra help for him. By you teaching him on your time and getting a tutor or a certified teacher to teach him at home on his time... I found that these methods work. Find his interest and give him book on those interest for him to read..
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I think the best way to teach a young child fluent english is to teach them to read at an early age. Any child is curious to learn, so the earlier they learn to read, the more interested they become in reading. Once they start to get better at reading and understanding the meaning of the words they are reading, the better they will become at speaking. Also by knowing how to read when they start school, the better they will be at their schoolwork!
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Hello :) I have a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology and have worked with dyslexic children. You are right. You need to find a Speech pathologist or someone in Special Education to give your daughter sessions. It will help her alot. But, from now till you find her a specialist, here are some things you can do to help improve her reading and writing: \nThe reason why dyslexic children have a problem is because they did not develop something we call 'phonological awareness'. We can spell, because we can differentiate individual sounds auditorily; whereas they can't. Begin with ONE SYLLABLE words such as 'pen' or 'bin' for example and don't write them down. Just face her and say the word, then ask her what the first SOUND is? Then the second SOUND...and finally the third SOUND. Say the word slowly more than once and MAKE her say them out loud as well while she's figuring it out. Mind you, I say 'sound' and not 'letter'. Do this often until you move her from one syallable words to multisyllabic words SLOWLY and only when you know that she's 'got it'. It is imperative that you are 'consistent' in these exercises with her. Make a game out of it. This should help her immensely in time. \nIn relation to math; and specifically small and big numbers. You need to teach her about 'quantities'. Dyslexics have problems with deciphering SYMBOLS and not in understanding concepts. You just need to chose a different way of getting the information across to them. Get one small pouch / sac and another bigger pouch / sac. Put just a few marbles in the small one and ALOT of marbles in the bigger pouch. Ask her to hold them and tell you which one is heavier and explain that the bigger one is heavier cuz it contained MORE marbles. After that, physically count the marbles by getting them out one by one and putting them in two bowls so that she has a visual representation of the difference in 'quantity'.\nFinally, I hope this helps until you find a specialist. A good specialist will teach you (the parents) on how to address all these issues with your daughter along her school years and will know what 'ways' to use to get 'concepts' across to her. Just be patient with your girl and know that she is very bright; just sees things differently than others. \nAlso, I have met speech therapists from Bahrain in conventions, but unfortunately I don't have their contacts. I am sure there are centers there you can go to; maybe even the school can direct you to one. Good luck hun :)
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Yeah, we motivate kids to learn English by playing games, but it cause too much energy and time while kids these days are really hard to be controlled! You could try to give them presents i.e stickers, bookmarks, pencils etc. We do that here and it's pretty effective.
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By teaching them something fun or something that they want to learn. This is how it is done in Kindergarten.\nFood, play, short poems (remember Seuss), Chinese things like chopsicks, noodles, mother, dad. Sing, color or draw but do not spend so much time that it will loose their attention. Take breaks for exercise.\n  See below for an interesting website.
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I think there's no limit to how quickly kids will learn to use and master the computer.  I just hope there will be more tools available to help them grow their minds with them, and not just pacify them with games.\n\nWith proper encouragment, kids will be able to more quickly learn essential skills like programming, graphic design and networking skills that will make them the next generation of innovators.  It can also obviously aid them in developing more quickly in whatever other field of interest they may have.\n\nThe obvious challenge is to create software that mimics games while teaching kids important concepts.  Hand/eye coordination isn't enough; they have to start to use their minds in a more critical and creative fashion.  The software that can do that will have really achieved something for them, as well as for the rest of us.
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Teach them the alphabet, just to get them familiar with letters and the sounds they make - both seperately and together - then read to them. Encourage them to read behind you, scrolling their fingers across the words as they go. At first, they'll only be "reading" from memory, but eventually, they'll begin to recognize patterns in the words that they are reading and incorporate them outside of the book (noticing that c-a-t refers to cats on tv as well as in my storybook). By the time they learn to actually write the letters, they'll remember how to spell certain words when it's convenient.
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As s Literacy Specialist, I can tell you there are a lot of things you could do to help your son. \nHowever, before you go about helping him, find out how the school approaches reading. Do they have a phonics based program or whole literacy program? (It is usually one or the other).  You do not want to teach a completley different way at home than what the school is teaching. \nAnother thing, is to find out exactly where he is struggling.It is too broad for me to tell you what you should be doing to help him when I do not know where his struggles are. Are they decoding, fluency,  inferencing, etc? (All of these factors affect comprehension)\n\nIf for instance, he is having trouble decoding words  you could use word tiles to strenghten his vocabulary and use some basic phonic instruction. (There are some great work books you could use out there). \nHowever, if he is struggling in fluency he needs to immerse himself more in reading and monitoring himself.    \n\nTalk to his teachers and I bet they can tell you where he is struggling. However, the best thing he can always do is to read, read, read. If he does not enjoy it much, then you could take turns with him reading aloud. \nHope this helps!
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Some I ran into:\n\nBe careful that they are learning to read the words and not just memorizing them.\n\nUnderstanding phonics is a big one.\n\nTwo letter sounds "ee" "ea" "ou".\n\nThe silent "e" rule.\n\nDo not push them beyond their limits time wise or level of book wise.  Time you will know, when they get antcy or stop paying attention, etc.  Let them pick the book to use, if its too hard that is okay, but they will realize their limits and see progress that way.
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As a matter of fact, children upto the age of around 11 or 12 pick up things more quickly than grown ups do. BUT, it is NOT the age that matters, but the curosity to know more and the will power to learn. \nRemember,\n"WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY."\nHowever, if you consider a very old person, s/he could have some problems realting to old age (memory) that would affect their learning abilities.
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First of all, make it fun for her. Best way is to make a board game or fun flashcard or something like that. Then, promise her to do something fun with her if she stays on task and pays attention. Make ocational test to see her progress, but dont make them long. Last, the "lesson" should be no more then 20 min.
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I believe the best way to learn any language, especially for children, is the way you learn your first language--through listening and speaintimidatedeating, and repeating.  One word at a time will build vocabulary in words we use everyday.  For example, start with breakfast.  Name the foods in English.  Begin with a few.  Add new words as old are mastered.  Don't try to do more than the children can handle.\n\nMusic is also excellent.  There are many wonderful English language children's songs that make learning fun.  For example "Coconut Soap" teaches parts of the body.  "Wash my cheeks"  you rub cheeks.."wash my arms" you rub arms etc.  This can also be used with teens if you tell them they need to learn it to teach the younger children (otherwise they might be "too cool" to sing a kid's song).\n\nThere are also numerous ESL schools that cater to children.\n\nIf your children are older you might connect them with an English speaking e-pal so that they can practice their writing and at least feel unintimidated by using a foreign language.\n\nBest of luck.  A TESOL Certified teacher.\n\nThe most important thing is to keep learning fun and interesting.