by Rachelle de Bretagne

Created on: November 14, 2008   Last Updated: November 29, 2008

During the course of a teaching career, a teacher will be faced by a multitude of different learning abilities in children. It is their job to be adaptable and to teach children to understand and to enjoy their learning. Often, children fall by the wayside because of lack of creative teaching methods, and many are simple to introduce from a very early age. This article covers ways in which creative teaching tools enhance a child's learning of basic educational skills in different areas.

*Writing.

*Reading.

*Math.

*Leisure.

Writing.

There are many little catchphrases which help children to grasp the layout of letters. One of the major hurdles children have is defining the difference between a B and a D. To a child these look very similar, though a creative catchphrase which will help them to learn is the phrase "Bees don't fly backwards". They remember this and it becomes second nature that the B is always written in the forward direction.

The letters of the alphabet are often written by copying text, though the creative teacher will get the child to create words without the use of aids. After a child has drawn a picture, for example, getting the child to give that picture a name, going through the letters of the alphabet which form that name and teaching them not only how to write the letters, but how they sound reinforces their learning of letters.

Reading.

We all come across words which are difficult to read. A creative way of dealing with phenomena like those silent soundings in words, like "ph" in phone, or "Kn" in knife is to gather the class of youngsters and to have a lesson where every time these words are present in the text, the teacher makes a "sssssssssssh" noise that the children share and understand. Of course there any many hidden nuances in the English language, though making reading fun is one of the most important aspects of teaching it.

Encourage parents to show children that reading isn't some form of punishment by setting homework projects where the child learns reading as a part of pleasurable activity. For example, looking up television programs and times will show them that reading has other benefits than to please the teacher.

Reading aloud can often hurt a child's confidence. Other children are often unkind to the child with reading difficulty. Creative reading is a better way to introduce the reading process. With simple stories, you can gather the class for a story telling, and instead of the emphasis being on their correct reading skills,

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