How Parents Can Make Learning Fun

Truth be told, children do not think learning is fun. Those who enjoy learning don’t call it that; to them it is exploring or discovering. Call it learning, and watch them lose interest at the drop of a hat. Then you will struggle to keep them focused while you teach and show and their minds start to explore someplace else, far away!
Nobody likes to feel lectured—neither child nor adult. Of course there are times when it is necessary to have serious conversations with children. But daily learning can be, and should be, fun. Studies continue to show that things learned through activities children consider fun actually stay put. Things memorized for the sake of acing the next pop quiz tend to be forgotten as soon as the quiz is over! Children remember what they learn from experiences they consider enjoyable.
So, to make learning fun, call it something else and do it together! Some of the answers are obvious—reading to your children, educational TV, lesson-themed video games—but let’s factor out some of the technology that is simultaneously ruining and bettering our young people, and look at some other ways to make learning fun.