| Children have the virtue of innocence. Their minds are | | | | Make study times enjoyable, by setting a fortnightly |
| pure and educating them about good values is worth | | | | timetable for teaching a new animal and its |
| every effort. Parents are the best teachers. As a | | | | characteristics. Let them know the types of dogs |
| child graduates from pre-school to a routine academic | | | | and the species of the cat family. Dinosaurs are a |
| schedule, his primary values come to the fore. It is | | | | very interesting animal subject and you will be |
| very easy to relate to the home environment, when | | | | amazed at the knowledge you get while teaching the |
| a child articulates about certain subjects. It is the | | | | child about extinct species. Teach the child that the |
| duty of parents to teach the kids about plants and | | | | little pig 'mees' and the horse 'neighs'. Let them know |
| animals. | | | | that mammoth existed in the olden times. |
| From a very keen age, kids are attracted towards | | | | Audio effects are loved by children. Make 'moo' |
| animals. This is more seen in the cartoons and | | | | sounds of the cow and 'purr' like a cat. Teach them |
| caricatures that resemble animal species. Make it a | | | | the favourite foods of animals and also the homes of |
| point, to buy pictures of animals before you teach | | | | animals. Teach them about the cuddly young ones |
| them numbers or alphabets. Colours are loved by | | | | and that a kangaroo has a pouch to keep the 'Joey'. |
| children and shapes are enticing to them. Kids marvel | | | | It would be a good idea to tell the child about |
| at the shape and physical attributes of animals. | | | | reptiles, mammals, water animals and terrestrials. |
| Mimicry is another talent that kids have an inclination | | | | You will be surprised when the child is able to point |
| to. If we notice, there are so many nursery rhymes | | | | out a Komodo dragon or an Armadillo and expresses |
| and songs that involve animals. | | | | that the fawn is the young one of a deer. Tell them |
| As you stroll in the pavement, let the child watch the | | | | to care about animals and as their level increases, |
| strolling dog. If this is a routine activity, it will be | | | | bring to them the truths about wild life conservation |
| natural that the child is attracted towards the dog. | | | | and the effects of global warming. Kids are blessed |
| Let him hold the leash and feel his ears. A good wash | | | | with great grasping power and many times elders |
| at home and the child is germ- free. If you have pets | | | | have to update their knowledge levels. |
| at home, let the child learn to give. Take the help of | | | | Teach your child some interesting facts about animals |
| your toddler, to organize a kennel and Sundays can | | | | and learn how child labour is affecting the future of |
| be cleaning days. Let him shampoo the dog and | | | | the little ones. |
| towel him dry. These are steps towards bonding. | | | | |