Teach Your Child How to Learn Even before your child enters school, it's important to introduce him or her to the concept of learning. Make your child is comfortable with the fact that he or she will fail sometimes...it's OK. Teach your child how to handle a learning challenge so that he or she can succeed, build confidence, and fall in love with learning. Games are a great opportunity Children learn by seeing, doing and hearing. And because games combine all three of these methods, they are extremely popular learning tools. Endorsed by parents and professionals alike, games show your child that learning can be fun and introduces him or her to the idea of not giving up until he or she succeeds. A great introduction to reading teaches your child how letters relate to one another and gives him or her the fundamentals of how the English language is constructed. Your child will understand the sounds letters make alone and in combination, giving him or her a head start in learning once enrolled in school.