Make your child confident through public speaking

Syahmi.....his first apperance in public!

As clearly proved by Developmental Psychology, childhood is one of the most important stages. In childhood, the foundation of a person is established. It is necessary for parents to really guide their child in this early stage of their life. Most of the values parents would instill to their child in this stage would be absorbed well and be carried through the older years.

There are a lot of things that could be considered educational and must be taught to your child. You as parents could choose from loads of things to let your child learn. There is one thing that would really be a great learning for your child that is public speaking.

What are the essential effects of public speaking? Public speaking is something that when mastered would definitely be an advantage.

At a young age, it would be very good if you encourage your child to speak in front of others. See to it that you allow your child to reach out and speak out his or her mind regarding things. It would be an advantage that your child could speak with those older than him/her.

Well done Syahmi .....1st place in reciting
 Al Quran (K.Terengganu)

What could be easy means of polishing your child’s public speaking potentials?

At home, you could initiate the ways on how your child could learn the basics of public speaking. By a simple storytelling, you could be able to squeeze out the objectives learning public speaking and let your child absorb it.

You could also try something which involves a simple researching. As we all know, when you speak in front of people, you just do not need to hold on to your personal opinions, it would be a plus if you have references. You could share this important knowledge to your child by preparing simple yet effective steps.

Ask your child to talk to you about pets. Tell her to use your internet and if he or she has the knowledge on computers, it could be the best medium of research. Without it, you could ask him/her to use books or other references available at home.

When you think there is a need for your child to have formal lessons or training, you could enroll her/him in a speech class that could harness the potentials for public speaking.