Teaching of the parents and teachers of a toddler may differ.

Teaching toddlers is sometimes hard, time consuming and can seem like a job in itself. This is however very rewarding for parents, grand parents and other close relatives that try their hand at teaching these children or have their children taught by someone else.  Daycare facilities and early preschool teachers take the tedious task of teaching toddlers for a price while some volunteer and thoroughly enjoy doing it. Sometimes hiring someone to tutor/teach your child is the best way to go about it. I'll present an example to express how the teaching of the parents and teachers of a toddler differ. Let's say little Jimmy is age 3 and trying to learn his colors. The stay at home mom (Sally) tries to teach him the colors with crayons. She comes up with her own strategy of making a mark on paper with the crayon pointing at it and saying the color repeatedly to her son hoping that he will understand. After days of the repeated method Jimmy still doesn't comprehend well. Sally becomes frustrated with the process and enrolls him in preschool. The teacher (Mrs.Mary) takes a different approach with her given materials such as work sheets, crayons and brightly colored objects.  She first instructs Jimmy to look at the objects such as a bright red ball as well as blue and let's him compare the color of the ball with the red crayon. After a few hours he comprehends what color is, learns the colors and moves on to the next lesson. Jimmy knows how to write his numbers up to ten already. The work sheet is a coloring page with big numbers in black and white.  She instructs him to color certain numbers red and others blue. Not only is she teaching him colors but sharpening his skills on his already known numbers. All within the day he has learned his colors and enhanced his skills of identifying numbers; finishing two tasks at once.  Sally picks Jimmy up from preschool and on the drive home he's telling his mother all about colors and numbers and she's so excited, proud and relieved.  Sometimes a professional teacher is the best option. Some toddlers take to learning easier and it's best to spend that time trying to teach your child at least once to see what approach he/she will take best. Every toddlers a unique person and should be treated as such. Teaching these small children may be tedious but it is all around worth the work.   Need help teaching your child maybe you could benefit from the Preschool Genius Learning pack click  Here! for more information! All kids are Precious! To be considered for mother of the week please fill out the form to your right!Thanks. :)