|Tips#1: Read Together Every Day|
|Read to your child every day. Make this a warm and loving time when the two of you can cuddle close together. Bedtime is an especially great time for reading together.|
|Tips#2: Give Everything A Name|
|You can build comprehension skills early, even with the littlest child. Play games that involve naming or pointing to objects. Say things like, "Where's your nose?" and then, "Where's Mommy's nose?" Or touch your child's nose and say, "What's this?"|
Are you the kind of person who would enjoy working with children every day? If you are you probably know you would need the right qualifications to make this dream come true. For example you may need to take a child care course or study to become a teaching assistant, if this is the right role for you.
If you think you might like to become a teaching assistantor take on another type of role that involves working with children, it is best to find out as much as you can about your desired role before you do anything else. This will ensure you see every side of the role instead of just looking at the positives and ignoring the negatives! Every job has a downside and even though you may love the role you choose, it is worth finding out what the downsides might be in your case. This is not to be negative about them but simply to help you choose the role that would be right for you.
Of course you also need to consider how you will train for the role you want to take. If you are of college age you will find it easier to go straight into the right course. But suppose you are in a full time career already – how will you manage to study when you already work from nine to five?
|Tips#3: Say How Much You Enjoy Reading Together|
|Tell your child how much you enjoy reading with him or her. Look forward to this time you spend together. Talk about "story time" as the favorite part of your day.|
|Tips#4: Be Interactive|
|Engage your child so he or she will actively listen to a story. Discuss what's happening, point out things on the page, and answer your child's questions. Ask questions of your own and listen to your child's responses.|
The secret is to study from home with a remote or distance learning course. You can go on a child care coursein this way, or study for any other type of course that enables you to eventually work in your chosen career.
Another good tip for finding out how you would fare working with children is to find someone who already works with them on a daily basis. This will enable you to ask plenty of questions so you get a better gauge of what it is like to work with kids. It might also help you judge which age group you would most like to work with. One thing you should bear in mind though is that some careers automatically mean working with a specific age group. For example if you want to work in a play group you will be working with pre-school children so this is something to think about.
One thing is certain though – a career spent working with children can be an immensely rewarding one. The more you know about working with them and the more you understand about what your chosen career could have in store for you, the easier you will find it to choose the right path to take. So what are you waiting for – get started looking for the right career today.
|Tips#5: Read It Again And Again And Again|
|Your child will probably want to hear a favorite story over and over. Go ahead and read the same book for the 100th time! Research suggests that repeated readings help children develop language skills.|
|Tips#6: Talk About Writing, Too|
|Draw your child's attention to the way writing works. When looking at a book together, point out how we read from left to right and how words are separated by spaces.|