Children start to learn incidentally from infancy. This is evident in their natural acquisition of language, social skills, mannerisms and life skills, such as eating with utensils. A parent can increase incidental learning by providing natural life lessons, choosing to model desired behaviors and encouraging the child to read on a regular basis. Teachers can adopt some flexible, natural lesson plans that require students to use problem-solving skills, deductive reasoning and trial-and-error to find a solution. In both the home and classroom settings, praise, verbal recognition and positive reinforcement will help solidify these lessons and make it more likely that the child will repeat the behavior.