| When you have kids, you want the best for them. You | | | | But that's not to say that these are mindless - older |
| want them to grow up with everything that you didn't | | | | kids often talk about and remember the TV shows |
| have, which means more opportunities for success | | | | they watched when children for years. These can be |
| and happiness. Here are some important things to | | | | ways of fostering children's creativity, albeit passively. |
| remember, and ideas to enact so that your children | | | | Too much is bad news though; try monitoring TV |
| grow up better than you. | | | | watching and video game playing so that it doesn't |
| 1. Talking to your baby will help her speak more quickly. | | | | exceed 3 hours a day. |
| From a young age, you can begin to read to your | | | | 5. Museum trips and family outings are relatively |
| children, even if it is something that you're reading and | | | | inexpensive ways to teach your kids about culture. |
| they can't understand. Children are comforted when | | | | They will be sure to remember these times for years |
| they hear a familiar voice, and the more vocabulary | | | | to come. |
| they are exposed to, the more they will retain. By the | | | | 6. Take your kids outside of their comfort zone. |
| time they are able to read, they will remember all of | | | | Expose them to new things, whether they are places, |
| the times you read to them, and will carry around | | | | foods, or people. This will help them to see the |
| books and want to read on their own. The more | | | | differences in life, and realize that there are always |
| accessible you make books to them, the more likely | | | | people less privileged. |
| they will take advantage. | | | | 7. Mathematics can be taught in the kitchen. Counting, |
| 2. Animals are a great way to teach kids about life. | | | | sorting, measuring, and patterns are all educational |
| Cleaning and taking care of animals shows kids | | | | school supplies that can be relayed in the kitchen. |
| responsibility. Having dogs, and cats especially, are | | | | 8. Science: For children the world is so new that |
| great ways to make children more sensitive to tension | | | | everything has yet to be learned. Nature, plants, bugs, |
| and to reduce stress in the household. Take them to | | | | weather, the sky, all of these things are without reason |
| the zoo, or a local farm. | | | | for children. Let your child experience them, and |
| 3. Blank notebooks are ideal for journal keeping. Not | | | | encourage her to ask questions, even if they are |
| only will educational school supplies teach kids writing | | | | constant and annoying. |
| and drawing skills, fostering creativity, but it will also | | | | Having children is our ultimate purpose in life. Nurturing |
| allow them to look back on their memories and | | | | them will help them become healthy, happy adults. It's |
| understand the workings of consciousness. | | | | important, however, to let children experience life's |
| 4. Television is a slippery slope. On one hand, there's | | | | difficulties too - you don't want to provide too much, |
| lots of informational TV out there these days, but a lot | | | | only to watch your kids flounder in the real world. |
| of the programs kids watch don't fall into this category. | | | | Finding a healthy medium is the best way to raise kids. |