What activities do you do with your children to help them learn?

[20twenty20]

The children in question are 5, 7 and 10.

I'm not so sure that worksheets are the best way to learn, especially for the younger two.

Where are you getting the worksheets from? Have you got specific worries about your children?

The best thing you can be doing is spending time interacting with them. Reading, cooking, talking, taking them outdoors, playing games. Helping them with work set by school. Letting them see you read for pleasure.

Hello! I've helped my children learn how to count in 2s, 5s, 10s and 4s by pushing them on the swing and they say the next number every push! Also helped them to count in French!

@purpledaisies is this true for the 10 year old as well?

No need to do extra academic work with the younger 2 after school?

I was just going to go over their math and do some reading with each of them...

CPG books. They cover the curriculum.

Read. Read aloud. Reread favourite books.

Play lots of board games and cards. Working in school, I'm always shocked by the number of children who don't play games at home with their families. There's such a variety in the market and they help with number skills, verbal skills and social skills as well as being great fun.

Baking is great for maths, shopping is great for writing lists and maths. Board games too!

Why are you asking?

It’s important (probably!) to do work the school sets. Beyond that, unless you’ve got specific worries you’re best off trying to make them interested in the world around them and building skills through doing fun things.