Don Earl Parent Blog

Building Your Child’s Skills- Make Learning Fun There are so many fun things you can do at home to build your child’s skills.   If you want to teach counting or colors, make it fun and interactive.   At snack time have them count their goldfish crackers or sort their fruit snacks by color.   Play with them.   Build blocks and count them as your stack up the tower or ask them for a specific color.   Let them use their imagination to build and talk to them about what they are making.   Play a board game with them, or even devote one night a month to family game night.   Playing board games teaches your child a lot of different skills.   It teaches them how win or lose, how to wait their turn, how to follow rules, etc.   You can also use it as an opportunity to teach colors or concepts depending on which game you play.   One of the most important things you can do with your child to help build their skills is read to them every single ...