lundi 13 mars 2017

Teaching With Grade School FlashCards

By Ann Roberts


Although kids learn at different speeds and by different methods, elementary school success is critical to education. A child who has difficulty reading or who finds math intimidating from the very start may struggle all through school. Teachers, tutors, and parents can overcome early failure with the use of grade school flashcards. These simple, traditional learning tools take students a step at a time in establishing a great foundation for advanced learning.

If you're afraid you can't teach, remember learning or teaching your toddler the alphabet. Almost everyone gets an ABC book for a birthday or Christmas present. Kids love to sing the ABC song. Flash cards can help children learn individual letters and put them in order. Once they recognize the letters that make up words they already use every day, they are on the right road to learning. Recognition of numbers is also important.

Cards that teach phonics are great for students who have trouble learning to read. Once a child is grounded in the sounds of letters either alone or in combination, they can begin to sound out words they know. Soon even an unfamiliar word will be easy for them. Making a game of learning the sounds helps, like showing the word 'tap' and then 'tape' when learning about short and long vowel sounds. The concepts of the letter C and the combination Ch are easily demonstrated with the use of cards.

Math is a real bugaboo for many students. Memorization helps a lot, and children will enjoy it much more when working with a teacher or parent and a set of cards that drill addition, subtraction, and multiplication. When two times two becomes automatic, everything in life is easier. Counting by units - by twos, fives, or tens - is fun, too. Children often use these shortcuts in their games, counting steps or hops.

Learning a second language is made easier with cards that show commonly used words. Knowing enough to converse in a simple way is a natural method of learning. It's the way we all learn our native language and its complexities. A good drill is to show a card with a common word and then ask for it to be used in a sentence. This can be a game, with a small reward for a correct answer.

Many children are labeled as learning disabled by the fourth grade; many have given up by then. Parents who follow their children's progress and use flash cards to reinforce or re-introduce lessons that have been difficult can keep their kids from falling behind. Children can even help younger siblings in this way.

Those who haven't tried this method before will be surprised at how effective it is. A few weeks can turn failure into success. Reading or math can become a thrill rather than an insurmountable barrier.

Online sites have the basics, as well as creative new cards to stimulate both teacher and student. All this system requires is patience and perseverance until goals are met.




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