Naturally, education starts as soon as one is old enough to crawl, reach out, mimic, and make sounds. Kids start learning at a very young age and their initial educators are their parents, mostly mothers. Thinking back over my childhood, I too had a few math and literacy experiences while growing up. Prior to attending kindergarten, I remember my mother would count out numbers and encourage me to repeat what I heard and understood. She also taught me an alphabets and numbers song, one I still recall to this day. I would be shown different objects around the house and questioned about their names. My mother always corrected me when I got an answer wrong.
I believe that these experiences somehow contributed to my academic progress soon after starting school by enabling me to have a quicker growth in math and literacy skills. I also realized that I possessed a stronger comprehension of more complex language and mathematics (Aunio & Niemivirta, 2010).
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From the lesson, the strategies and/or concepts that I used in school are memory development and attention. Every time my mother would send me to go buy something at a nearby local shop, I would not only rehearse the list but would also write it down. I would organize the items on the list in a way that I could easily recall in case the piece of paper got lost along the way. Similarly, I applied this strategy when working on class assignments.
With time, I have discovered that I could implement the strategy of metacognition to better understand my own thoughts (Martini & Senechal, 2012). I can do this by reexamining difficult situations or issues, and trying to comprehend what it means and how to go about it in finding suitable solutions. I believe that by applying metacognition strategy to my learning, I will become more aware of my thinking and mental state.
References
Aunio, P., & Niemivirta, M. (2010). ‘Predicting children’s mathematical performance in grade one by early numeracy.’ Learning and Individual Differences , 20. Pp. 427 – 435.
Martini, F., & Senechal, M. (2012). ‘Learning literacy skills at home: Parent teaching, expectations, and child interest.’ Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science , 44. Pp. 210 – 221.
