Before you start to work on anything together,
make sure you have the child’s attention.
The child will absorb your level of enthusiasm.
Link new information to old with illustrations,
analogies, and examples.
Help the child act out the idea.
Show connections, common themes, or organizing
principals of new material.
Try to get the child to think up personal
connections.
Tie abstractions to concrete experience.
Pictures or diagrams help organize many types
of material. Help the child make art, maps, or lists of things
in categories or draw "cartoon" sequences to get information
into manageable form.
Remember that the child still needs many
specific instances before generalizations can be made.