Homeschooling Begins at Birth

Many parents do not wish to undertake their child's education, however they may be overlooking a very important fact.
Parents are a child's first teachers.
During the first years of your child's life, they learn how to speak and how to behave by watching you.
Whether you want the job or not, once you decide to have children you will always be a teacher of sorts to your child.
Since being your child's teacher is now one of your new job descriptions, let us take a look at how we can guarantee our child a strong start in their education.
Read to your child daily.
Begin as early as possible and read to your child each and every day.
You can set up a routine to read to your child before bed or before nap time.
This is a very enjoyable activity for parent and child, but it runs much deeper than that.
When we read to our children we expose them to written language, which is different than the language we speak.
Through the enjoyable activity of reading to your child, you are teaching them to understand the language of books.
This is extremely important in raising good readers.
Studies have determined that children that are not read to often struggle much more with learning to read.
Children that have been exposed to books are able to easily understand the language of the printed word.
Make reading to your child a priority and a part of your daily routine.
Play with language.
Invest in some alphabet blocks, foam bath letters and magnetic letters.
These can be used from a very young age to teach your baby to recognize letters and also words.
By forming words and reading them to your child you are teaching them about language and letter sounds.
Children that are exposed to written language prior to beginning school definitely excel in the language skills.
Teach your child colors and shapes.
Babies are learning from the moment of their birth.
By talking to your baby about colors and shapes and making that a part of your daily conversation, your baby will naturally and easily learn to recognize colors and shapes with no formal lessons.
As you dress your baby describe the color of the clothes you are putting on them.
As you play or eat, point out the different shapes that surround you.
Babies are capable of recognizing colors and shapes even before they are able to speak.