Learning to study is not easy, especially for young children. Get in the habit of studying And making the hours allocated are truly productive is a task that must be learned gradually. Because children can spend many hours sitting at the desk, without getting to understand very well what they have to do or study.
Therefore, it is very important that we teach them from an early age, so that, once they reach the stage where they really have to dedicate hours of study to carry out their subjects, they are able to do it themselves. Most importantly, they know how to organize themselves, how to distribute the work, where to look for the information they need, or how they should present their work to get the best grade.
Tricks for teaching young children to study
Teaching children to study can be very difficult for many parents. In some cases because it has never been learned correctly and therefore cannot be taught. In others because we think that children so young do not need to do so many tasks and with the aim of making life easier for them, we do not instill in them that very important habit.
Whatever the case, the point is that there is always time to teach children to study. But it will always be much better and more effective when children are young, because that is when they absorb all the information like sponges that they are. Here are some tips for teaching young children to study. With dedication and patience, your children will get used to studying on their own even at home.
Planning is the key to success
Before you start studying, you need to organize the work that needs to be done. Teach children to divide work by level of difficulty. It is best to start with the most complicated, which costs more or is more elaborate. If tasks are planned based on the time available, it is easier for them to be more productive when they start than when they have already been studying for a long time.
Cleanliness and order in your notes
Many students have the habit of doing their work or taking notes very quickly, which is known as "dirty", and then clean it up. That is a double job that wastes a lot of time unnecessarily. Instead of doing assignments or wasting time passing notes cleanly, teach children to do their homework right the first time, in a neat and orderly way.
When taking notes in class, it is very important that they are able to write down key ideas or points. Also the most important data or that must be memorized, as well as the titles of each topic covered in class. In this way, they can always expand the information with other tools. Something that you must also teach them to use correctly.
Tools to teach children to study
Nowadays children have the most powerful study tool, the internet. However, there is so much information on the web that finding what you are specifically looking for can be overwhelming. As a result, children will waste a lot of time, entertain themselves, become scattered, and lose interest in what they should be doing. Teach them to use the internet in a productive way. Take care yourself to find pages where children can find resources, there are many, very well prepared and perfect for young children.
Create a folder with the links to those pages that you think are most effective for your children's studies, depending on the subjects or needs of each child. Thus, it will be much easier for them to enter the computer and search the link directly, rather than having to do a general search that wastes their time. And remember, if children are going to use the computer, install a parental control so that they cannot see inappropriate content.