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T.I.G.E.R. Biscuit!!! 😱

 A few years ago, the print on this biscuit was the word TIGER. 
Yes. Precisely.

That was what my son said. Very confidently.

One afternoon during snack time (when he was 3 year old)...

He saw the letters printed on the biscuit he was eating.

I looked at him and laughed!

BUT

In my heart, I thought: Not bad. He is starting to get the idea of how to form an English word.

So, I told him that T.I.G.E.R. actually spelt out the word "tiger" instead of "biscuit".

Then I had to explained to him why the word "TIGER" was on the biscuit.

It was a natural way of teaching him new things. In this case, it was on brands.

Being a stay-at-home mom, one of my priorities is to have my children learn as much as possible. Not academically, but more importantly, practical things in life. I find that learning is more effective when the child is curious on the topic instead of when I choose the topic and "feed" him what I want him to learn.

Thus, my lesson plans are usually based on their curiosities, interests or things they watched on TV.

For instance, he is a fan of Lego, so I printed out articles on the history of Lego and go through it with him. We also watched a video on this topic. (Trying to teach him some research skills and history. Haha!)

My daughter loves to watch "Sid The Science Kid" and she wanted to learn more about leaves as she watched it in one of the episodes. So we gathered some leaves from the garden and I gave them a "Sid The Science Kid" kind of lesson on leaves. She loved it.

More than often, child led learning is the best because they are curious and want to know so they will be "very attentive students".

This will not only result to effective learning but makes teaching a lot easier! 😀










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