activity help?

Question

My neice is to young for school, but she is extremly smart. She knows her abc, how to count, her left from wright, how to write her letters, spells her own name. Things like that. I dont want the fact that she is smart to go to waste, but i am not her parent so i cant put her in head start. Are there any activities that I can do with her that will teach her and she'll be able to have fun to. She wants to read so i want to practice that with her too! ALl advice appreciated. Thank you

Answer 1

Don't worry so much about teaching her much more academics. You don't want her to know the curriculum before she starts Kindergarten or she will end up bored. A lot of parents feel their child should have a “one up” before they start school. Teaching reading is part of the Kindergarten curriculum. Teaching the Kindergarten curriculum before she starts school is like learning German before you take a German class.

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

Help her 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 daughter should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, cut with scissors, dress herself, take care of bathroom needs. She 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 her 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://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/REGISTRATION_INFORMATION/KINDERGARTEN/Kindergarten_Readiness_Skills/

Answer 2

Anything with fingerplay is good. (Manipulatives) We liked Play-Dough... make things and try to guess what it is, mix colors to make new colors. If you want to read with her, then do that too. Start with her story/ picture books and when there's a picture that matches a word in the text, show it to her. Also, going out and about in the world is fun. Go to the zoo, take a trolley or city bus ride, a museum? Eventually most kids like this even out to their peers once they get going in school, so have fun with her now sharing and letting her appreciate how much fun learning can be. Good job, Auntie!

Answer 3

She wants to read - capitalize on that. Go to the local library and let her pick out some books. Then sit down and read them with her. Also, Walmart has some books that help children get a head start, they look like coloring books and you could get one of these for her.

Answer 4

my first daughter was very smart, and we started going to meijer and buying her those preschool workbooks, she got to the point where she would finish a whole one in one day, she never went to pre school and she was reading in the first week of kindergarten.
ttyl
mel

Answer 5

Everyday activities are learning experiences. Ask questions that require more than a yes or no answer.

Answer 6

hmm
give creative things to ur neice