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Using Flashcards
Beverley Paine
Flashcards are a simple, versatile, yet often under exploited resource.
There are many types of learners and it's up to us to accommodate our
children's learning styles with activities that appeal to each child,
and extend their existing abilities. Visual learning aids are
generally universally appealing, especially if they are not used in
isolation. Sitting with our children and talking to them while we use
visual learning aids, such as flash cards, helps to make the
experience successful. Flashcards can be bright and colourful and make
a real impact on visual learners. Because they need handling, they
should also appeal to kinaesthetic learners. You can introduce texture
as well, by making your own flash cards.
For children at reading age, flash cards can be used in conjunction
with word cards. These are simply cards that display the written word.
Word cards should be introduced well after the pictorial cards so as
not to interfere with correct pronunciation. They are a great way to
present, practise and recycle vocabulary.
Flashcards are a really handy resource to have and can be useful at
every stage of childhood. Even teenagers can use flashcards as memory
aids when revising material.
It's really easy to make your own flash cards. Use photographs,
pictures from magazines, draw simple pictures or copy from the
internet or clip art. Make the pictures the same size and paste onto
card, using different coloured card for different sets. Laminate the
sets, or cover them with self-adhesive plastic sheet, as you make
them. I still have a few sets I made almost fifteen years ago. Making
your own is not only cheap, but you can also tailor them to suit the
activity you're working on; for example, to use in conjunction with a
story book, or to accompany project work.
You can use flash cards as memory testers, for drill work, in
identification activities, or use them in games. I made a set of cards
showing household items. We would play a game where a card would be
pulled from the pile and the child would find the object on the card
in the room or house and we'd all say the word. We also had a set of
small boxes, inspired by the Montessori approach to education. Each
box had several small items in each box to match the cards. The child
would pair the item with each word, then self-correct by turning the
cards over and checking against the pictures.
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