Importance of talking and listening to your preschooler

When children start preschool, they learn new words and language skills. They are constantly fascinated by the world around them. This is the time when your little one would ask more questions, share feelings, show more gestures, behaviors and moods. At kidskingdom nursery in Al Quoz, preschoolers get several opportunities to spark conversations in classrooms. They become ready communicators that communicate through language, gesture, expressions and behavior.

At this stage it is imperative for parents to converse with their toddlers showing immense interest and understanding. The parents need to be very responsive to the child’s communication attempts and encourage them to talk, read and write. This helps to build a bond between the parent and the child and develop more trust. Listening and talking to the child would increase their self-esteem and confidence. This would make them feel important and share their views and opinions. Parents usually want their child to be a good listener. This would come only when parents start to listen to their child. As listening to the child would help parents know what the child feels and it would also teach them to respect others.

At kidskingdom nursery in Al Quoz, we have few tips for parents:

• Parents can set aside some time for talking and listening to their little ones.
• Parents can share their experiences or short stories that the child could easily relate to.
• Parents can form interesting questions to get answers from children about what they went through the day.
• Parents should be very open to discuss all kinds of feelings to the children such as joy, fear, anxiety, anger, and disappointment.
• Parents should show more excitement and interest when he child starts to speak by adding words like “tell me more about it.” “Great, go one” “Oh really!”
• Parents should listen to the child and understand if they have some strong feelings or problems with something