I am trying to teach my 3 year old at home , how do I begin and with what do I begin?

Question

He will be 4 at the end of September, but his birthday is to late for him to start public school.

Answer 1

Don't worry so much about teaching him academics. You don't want him to know the curriculum before he starts school or he will end up bored. It's like learning German before you take a German class.

What is most important is his social and emotion development. Make sure he gets lots of experience with other children (one on one and in groups). Consider sending him to preschool not more than 3 days a week and no more than 3 hours (up a day when he turns 4 and than 5). If you can't do this, find other ways for him to be around other children. Children who have good social and emotional skills do well in school.

Help him to gain self confidence. Don't use extrinsic motivators ("Good job!", candy, stickers). Children who are extrinsically rewarded care more about what others think of them rather than how they feel about themselves. Use intrinsic motivators. Say things like "Look how high you can climb! You did that by yourself! You used so many colors on that painting!" These phrases are all great confidence builders.

These are some basic skills that you son should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize his name, write his name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, cut with scissors, dress himself, take care of bathroom needs. He should learn a few letter sounds and recognize numbers and quantities. You can play "I spy" to teach letter sounds "I spy something that starts with "mmmm." Show him the symbol of that letter. Play counting games. Count all the cars you pass or count out how many forks you will need for dinner. Keep it fun! Here is a link to some more readiness skills http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=u...

Good luck!

Answer 2

ask your local school district for their curriculum standards for the grade he should be in (the one that his birthday is too late for) and start working on those things. It's okay if you teach for 15 minutes and play for an hour then go back to teaching, as long as he is learning it's all good. Make sure you read him lots of books, and talk to him about everything.

The more kids hear the larger their vocabulary gets and that helps them to learn new information better. Talk to them like you would your friends, don't talk down to them, if you think they don't understand a word or a concept then explain it, but never start out on their level, keeping them reaching just a little higher than they are used to helps them learn how to learn.

Answer 3

Well, as a teacher, I suggest not to push him but rather make it fun. You may want to work with him on his identification of colors, letters, numbers, objects and his name. You can also start him on writing his letters. There are plenty of helpful books at teacher stores, wal-mart, target, staples and office max that have skill builders in them. Work with him on following 1 step and 2 step directions. Have him practicing using scissors and glue. Do little crafts with him so that he gets used to art projects. You can also do calendar with him to help get him ready for month, day, week, year and weather recognition. Also, and most importantly, read read read to him. It will not only help him with listening but with word recognition. Ask him questions about the title or the picture on the cover of the story before you read the story. Have him make predictions what the story will be about. Ask him open ended questions during the story. After the story discuss with him what the story was about, was his predictions right, and what did he learn from it etc. Good luck

Answer 4

If he's your only child..... read to him. Read to him voraciously! I did that when my daughter was 3-4 during the summer reading program at our library (we read over 300 books in the 6 week period) and by the time she was 4, she was able to read! I know that not all children will be able to read, but it's amazing what they pick up when you read to them.
Any fun learning games are great too (I don't mean on the computer or tv!). Matching games are great. Anything to stimulate them. Do things to help develop his small motor skills, then you can teach him to start writing. There's so much you can do, use your imagination.

Answer 5

Start with the basics..ABCs, numbers, colors and shapes..when he masters though then move on to letter sounds and so on.

Answer 6

when your teaching basic stuff, try to think of fieldtrips you two can take, like to the ocean, or the playground, or a petting zoo.

Answer 7

Try this site. There is some good info... Good luck.

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/

Answer 8

work on abc's first then slowly add words here's a helpful site and its free

Answer 9

colors, shapes, amimals, letters, mumbers