We all want our young ones to be brought up with a good education to establish not only a great vocation, but also to give them a good understanding of how the world operates . However, there appears to be this lasting fight of taking your minors away from their toys or the TV to force them to do their homework. In schools it appears that the playfulness is taken out of studying, so it’s no surprise youngsters are bored. It doesn’t have to be that way though. Instead of this false dichotomy of having fun and studying, it’s better to fuse playing and studying and make studying fun again.

Children learn a lot more when they either see a pragmatic purpose as to why they’re learning a particular lesson, OR if learning is simply fun.

For example: tell the youngsters to imagine a birthday cake, and 3 friends. So how much cake should each person get? Ask them to draw the cake, and then cut out a slice for each person. They’re not even aware they’re learning the concept of fractions.

It’s now realized that once you familiarise a subject to a child in an enjoyable way (for instance music), youngsters are more predisposed to becoming interested in it later on in life. If you just sit them down, face them toward a chalkboard, and ask them to listen to the teacher talking, you’re more likely to encourage daydreaming than learning.

In terms of toys, what to buy the kids? These days there’s a huge array of toys. Take heed that kids love to play with practically anything, even the wrapping paper that hides the Christmas toys! So anything from traditional toys to hand-held electronic games, as long as the focus is on studying and helping your youngsters to become more inquisitive (which promotes self-learning).