Dear Sir / Madam,

I would like to enhance my 6 year old daughter's overall knowledge. I send her to the best school in the area, but still I would like her to have more knowledge than she acquires from her school.

What should I do?

Please help me in this regard.

amySlater

Hello there,
It is my experience that all parents want their children to excel in school.
It is also my experience that this education should start at home. Just having infants in the room that adults are having converations in has proven to increase their vocabularies and other important skills. Sometimes the "best" schools are not really the best schools. I can't even begin to stress the importance of reading when it comes to boosting intelligence. Read to your child, and let him or her read to you. Provide lots of opportunities for reading and learning how to spell different words. At the age of six, I would even go as far as to say that some of the childrens programs on public television such as Sesame Street can help your child learn new things. The Internet is full of resources for parents who are interested in helping their children learn different subjects and there are different types of "games" in every toy store that are actually learning tools. The opportunities are virtually limitless and this is a great time to encourage your child to develop a love of reading. Most of the children who have trouble in school never got a firm grip on basic reading skills and most of these kids come from homes in which the parents could not or would not take the time to read to their kids on a regular basis.
Good luck,
Amy

Dr_Calculus

I agree with slater in this regard. However, I feel one other important thing is to get your children to realize that their education is important. Once they get their priorities straight, they will be able to push themselves. Remember, it won't help if you keep pushing them. You must teach them to push themselves. I have personally experienced this (being a high school student), and I find that once a child gets the stimulus to learn, the quality of the school no longer matters because the student will self-study if the school isn't up to scratch. Hope this helps.

-A math nerd

ROLCAM

I would recommend very vigourously to emphasise the importance of the
3Rs.
1) Reading
2) Writing and
3) Arithmetic.

Reading is very important to expand her vocabulary.
Buy her a dictionary and get her to study a few pages every night.

Writing , get her to write over and over again certain answers to
important questions. This will improve her memory enormously.

Arithmetic, tell her that this is a fun subject.
Get her to say loudly "I LOVE MATHS ".

with best regards,

rolcam.
retired teacher.

RickJ

I think reference materials, aimed at kids of her age - or a bit older - can be a great source, like

an illustrated Dictionary
a one volume Encyclopedia,
World Almanac for children, etc.

Fr_Chuck

Don't push her too far and too fast, give her time to be a child.

She should have a well rounded activities. Music and music lessons often inspire and help in leaning in many areas.

Sports, we can not forget that everyone is not the same, your desires and hers may not be the same. Let her try and explore all areas.

Here in the US, there are many things, such as the Leap Pad system (not trying to sell it) we use it for our 5 year old.

forgiegn languages are good now, esp if you speek them also. My wife does french, spanish and something else, she adds this to just daily life.
Plus that leap pad thing does language also.

Controled use of internet games help in many things also.

find the current interest of the child and let them explore that