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Pri·ma·ry·  E·du·ca·tion· 
 
The  Im·por·tance·  of ^ Good  Li·ste·ning·  Skills 

There's ^ an  ex·pre·ssion·  which  has  been  a·round·  since  the  in·tro·duc·tion·  of ^ com·pu·ters·  which  goes -
ru·bbish·  in  - ru·bbish·  out .
It  means  - if  you ^ don't  put  the  right  in·for·ma·tion·  in , don't  blame  the  com·pu·ter·  for  ma·king·  mi·stakes· .

This  a·na·lo·gy·  pro·vides·  a  good  way  of ^ un·der·stan·ding·  why  ma·ny· ^ in·te·lli·gent·  chil·dren·  ex·pe·ri·ence·  di·ffi·cul·ty·  lear·ning·  at  school . Chil·dren·  who ^ are  not  good  at  li·ste·ning·  ca·nnot·  get  in·for·ma·tion·  in·to· ^ their ^ minds  a·ccu·rate·ly· , and  so  will  ex·pe·ri·ence·  di·ffi·cul·ties·  with  thin·king· . Un·less·  some·thing· ^ is  done ^ to  ra·di·ca·lly·  im·prove· ^ their ^ li·ste·ning·  skills , their ^ cog·ni·tive·  and  lan·guage·  de·ve·lop·ment·  will  be  slowed  down .

One ^ of ^ the  most  ob·vi·ous·  signs  that  a  child  is  ha·ving·  di·ffi·cul·ty·  with  li·ste·ning·  is  - an  i·na·bi·li·ty·  to  fo·llow·  a  se·ries·  of ^ in·struc·tions· . For  ex·am·ple· , "Put  your  shoes ^ a·way· , pack  your  bag , have  a  show·er· , then  go  to  bed ." Fail·ure·  to  ca·rry·  out  all  of ^ the  in·struc·tions·  gi·ven·  is  o·ften·  mis-di·ag·nosed·  as  naugh·ti·ness·  or  la·zi·ness· , when  more  o·ften·  than  not , it  is  be·cause·  the  child  has  poor·ly·  de·ve·loped·  li·ste·ning·  skills  and  so  is  on·ly·  a·ble·  to  pro·cess·  one ^ or  two ^ in·struc·tions·  at  a  time . In  the  long·er·  term , this  o·ften·  leads  to  pro·blems·  with  rea·ding·  and  spe·lling· ; and  e·ven·  dy·slex·i·a· . Chil·dren·  who ^ are  stru·ggling·  with  lear·ning·  and  co·mmu·ni·ca·tion·  o·ften·  de·ve·lop·  se·con·da·ry·  e·mo·tio·nal·  and  so·cial·  pro·blems·  such  as  ex·treme·  shy·ness· , a·ggre·ssive·ness· , hy·per-ac·ti·vi·ty· , or  e·ven·  ADD  -  a·tten·tion·  de·fi·cit·  di·sor·der· .

We  can  show  you ^ some ^ sim·ple·  steps  to  fo·llow·  which  will  help  your  child  in  be·come· ^ a  good  li·ste·ner· , thus  e·na·bling·  him /her  to  gain  the  full  be·ne·fit·  of ^ the  e·du·ca·tion·  pro·vi·ded·  by  the  school , and  of ^ e·qual·  im·por·tance· , the  e·du·ca·tion·  pro·vi·ded·  by  you ^ as  the  pa·rent· .

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