How do i better educate my child?

There are 2 things I can mention.

School & Family.

well,a kid will pay more attention to his/her teacher rather what family says.so you should be carefull of which school you send your kids.

after that, you & your family is very important, if you spend lots of time watching TV or going out, playing, etc, you won’t be seeing your kids sitting their room doing their homework, reading books & paying attention to news. so you should be doing part of what you want your kids to do. read a book yourself first, then ask your kids why they’re not reading theirs.

after all this, encourage them for what they do. & at the same time do not forget punishment. although what I mean from punishment is not only physical punishment. when you’re angry at them, if you don’t pay attention to your kids the way they understand why, they won’t be doing what have made you angry ever again.

These are the best ways I know of.

The school my kids went to was great, they taught my kids to read and write and do math fairly well. So when they got home and their homework was finished, I encouraged my kids to pursue their own interests, and we would explore what they were interested in together.

The school provides the basics.

What I think you need to do is find out what sparks your children’s imaginations, what they WANT to learn, and encourage it. Learn with them! They will see your enthusiastic love of learning new things and model it. If it is a foreign language or a musical instrument, it is not irrelevant. It stimulates their brains and sometimes translates to other skills in unexpected ways.

Kids are born curious about the world. They ask constant questions. Why is the sky blue? Why do the stars twinkle? How come birds lay eggs but cats don’t? If you let a child start asking questions they never stop. We sometimes discourage their natural instinct of inquiry, and hush them or tell them “because it is”. Grab them by the hand and say, good question! Let’s find out. Where can we look this up? Let’s do an experiment!

Grab those interests, be it in why spider webs are different patterns or what makes flowers grow, and run with it. Plant those seeds, crawl around the garden looking for orb weavers, explore the world and make learning about it FUN and interesting by letting the child’s own curiosity and interest drive the supplemental learning. The main thing is the kid will learn to keep asking questions and finding answers, and develop a life long love of learning. The school makes them sit for hours doing worksheets. By the time they get home, they need a different approach, to keep learning fresh and fun.

Learning takes place everywhere. Your child may not want to be hothoused into a high flying academic. Provide a stimulating environment and talk to them every night about what they have learned today. Encourage them to do their homework to the best of their ability. Try to find a subject they enjoy and turn them onto learning through this avenue. General knowledge of the world and news is not going to improve academic performance, you’d be better off starting with the basics such as spelling, grammar and vocabulary as well as numeracy skills. These will provide the platforms for greater success. Reading is crucial but fiction is as good as non-fiction, and more interesting. Maths can be improved using puzzle books, logic problems and su-dokus.

I wouldn’t recommend the news channels, it shows too much violence. Instead, try showing them news articles by other kids. Encourage them to keep a blog on-line. Have them read about people doing things for their community. You can teach them to plan a day, for instance have them plan a day at the park. Have them watch the national weather channel or go to the national weather guide on the Internet. This will help them to determine which day would be best to go to the park.

You could also take them to museums. Don’t just limit them to books. Kids learn better when they see things for themselves.