Every Parent wants their children to succeed in school and in life. Is your child on track for a successful school year? If not, don’t panic – there’s still time to stage a 4th quarter comeback. Your job is to provide coaching, encouragement, and some discipline.
Schoolwork can easily turn into a boring and unwelcome chore. Especially when your child doesn’t see any relevance or connection to his or her perception of the real world. Try to tune in to your child’s emotional signals and use their likes and areas of interest to your advantage. Avoid letdowns by breaking up the rest of the school year into easily manageable, short-term goals. Use these short term goals to reach or hopefully even exceed your year-end goals. Show your child the value of schoolwork. Teach them how the skills they learn in school apply to their hobbies or career interests, and help your child to recognize opportunity within adversity.
Encourage Build good work habits by scheduling study time in 30-minute blocks with a 10-minute break every half hour. Staying on top of daily workloads will help your child avoid the stress of last minute cramming. Make sure your child has a designated work area that’s free of distractions such as television and cell phones.
Work with your child’s teachers and prioritize daily assignments. If materials have a way of getting lost, invest a couple hours developing a system for filing and organizing class work. If you’re like me you might have a hard time dragging your child away from the TV or their favorite video game. You’ll do yourself and your child a big favor if you encourage a healthy balance between schoolwork and playing video games or hanging out on Facebook.
Maybe if we share an excitement for learning with our beloved little ones they will develop a life-long love of reading and learning! There are many ways to better grades - encourage your children to study and play hard!
