Study Skills-Helping your child along

Improving study skills always leads to better grades. Never forget that making learning fun for your child  will create the most return over the long term, as far as learning and good grades are concerned.

Study habits are learned at home. Parenting means teaching our children these skills and making them habits, study skills are so important that some think grades are a measure of how well parents teach their children to study, more so at primary school level.

Despite the fact, good study habits are largely, a discipline we instill in our children, we must always bear in mind that learning through play inspires children to learn more. Any opportunity to mix play and learning together should be taken.

Let them play while teaching them to recognise all the shapes on their jungle gym

 

TV and Video games are not considered play since they increase anxiety and aggression. At the top of the study skills as a parent is seeing that your child is paying attention to the teacher. Other methods of improving study skills are listed below:

• Visit the class and see for yourself how your child is doing.
• Make sure they answer questions regularly in class. 
• Ensure they begin their studies and homework soon after arriving home. 
• A desk, adequate lighting and a comfortable setting are helpful.
• Find a suitable regular place and time to study
• Homework should be prioritized. 
• Remember to praise children for work completed properly and on time.
• Regular, scheduled play breaks are important.
• Physical movement like playing with friends or going outside to play with the dog.

Good study skills emphasize relaxing and thinking about the challenge (brainstorm possible solutions) before tackling it.

Rewarding a student for a good grades is a judgement call. If it works for your child, why not, remember the bottom line is that our children learn to enjoy learning for learning's sake. This is why making learning fun and learning through play are such excellent study skills.