Contents:
- Medical Video: Helping your kids succeed in school
- 1. Get to know the teachers
- 2. Visit school
- 3. Create an atmosphere and place that supports learning and making homework
- 4. Make sure your child goes to school in a condition ready to learn
- 5. Embed time management skills
- 6. Teach study skills
- 7. Know the rules of the school
- 8. Get involved in school activities
- 9. Monitor attendance at school
- 10. Take time to talk about school
Medical Video: Helping your kids succeed in school
Guidance and parental support are the most important things that help children to succeed in the academic field.
The following are 10 ways that parents can educate their children to become successful students.
1. Get to know the teachers
Your teenagers can perform better if their parents are involved in their academic lives. Attending school events is a good way to see how your child's school is, also getting to know the teacher. You can also meet with the homeroom teacher to discuss school programs and rules, as well as various choices parents and guardians need to know about.
Attending teacher and student meetings is a great way to keep informed of school. In many schools, the teacher will usually only call the parents when there is a child's behavior problem or if the value drops, but don't hesitate to make an appointment with the teacher and meet to discuss your child's academic development, or special needs.
Remember that parents or guardians have the right to meet with teachers, principals, or other staff as long as the child is still registered as a student at the school.
2. Visit school
Knowing lay out and the layout of the school building can help you connect with your child while talking about his day at school. Find out where the class is, UKS, canteen, gym, field, playground, hall and teacher's room, so you can imagine the world of your child when he is telling a story.
Many teachers now have special websites that include homework details, exam dates, and class events and trips. Or maybe this is listed on your child's school website. If yes, you can use the website to always beupdate with things that happen at school.
3. Create an atmosphere and place that supports learning and making homework
Homework or homework will make children remember lessons in class and practice important learning skills. It also helps children to develop a sense of responsibility and work ethic that will be useful outside the classroom.
In addition to making sure your child knows that homework is a priority, you can help him by creating an effective learning environment. Provide a neat, comfortable, quiet study room, complete with everything he needs to do homework. Avoid distractions like TV and make a schedule of when he should start and when he should finish.
A good rule for PR and effective study time is around 10 minutes per elementary school level. For example, third grade students in elementary school, should spend 30 minutes doing homework or studying at night. 4th grade need to take 40 minutes. If you find that your child's homework is longer than this, talk to your child's teacher.
When your child does homework, always be ready to interpret assignment instructions, offer guidance, answer questions, and review his completed assignments. But don't immediately provide answers or do your own homework. Learning from mistakes is part of the process and you cannot take this from your child.
4. Make sure your child goes to school in a condition ready to learn
A nutritious breakfast helps your child to be ready to study all day. Generally, children who are diligent in breakfast have more energy and will do better activities in school. Children who eat breakfast are also rarely absent and rarely enter UKS with stomach problems related to hunger.
You can help improve children's concentration and memory by providing a breakfast that is rich in nuts, fiber, protein, and low sugar. If your child does not have time to have breakfast at home, bring it in the form of milk, beans, yogurt and bread with peanut butter or banana sandwiches.
Teenagers need about 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep each night while pre-adolescents (ages 12-14) even need at least 10 hours of sleep each night so they are alert and ready to study all day. However, the very early hours of schooling, plus homework, extracurricular activities, and hanging out with friends made many teenagers experience problems with lack of sleep. The effect, it will be difficult to concentrate, short-term memory decreases, and the response is slow.
5. Embed time management skills
If your child is organized, he will be able to focus on the lesson rather than spending his time on other things that are less important.
What does it mean to be organized for children of primary school age? At school, this means having a special book to record assignments and homework. Some schools usually provide this. Check your child's taskbook every night so you know what to do and whether he has done it.
Talk to your child about how to keep the desk neat so that the paperwork that he has to take home is not scattered and lost. Teach your child how to use the calendar and schedule to stay organized.
Also teach your child to always make it to-do list aka list of things to do, according to their priorities. No person is born with time management skills. This is skill that must be learned and practiced, and the child will learn from you.
6. Teach study skills
Getting ready for an exam can be a scary thing for young children and many teachers assume that parents will help learn to face the exam. Introducing your child to a good way of learning early will result in good learning habits in his life in the future.
In elementary school, children usually have to face exams in mathematics, reading, natural sciences, social knowledge, and so on. Make sure you know when the exam is scheduled so that you can help your child learn from a distance and not suddenly on the night before. You also need to remind your child to record important things he learned at school, so he can review them again at home.
Teach your child how to divide a large task into a number of small tasks to make it easier to do. Remember to rest after studying for 45 minutes. This is important to help the child process in remembering information.
7. Know the rules of the school
All schools have rules and consequences regarding the behavior of their students. Schools usually include disciplinary policies (sometimes called school ethics codes) in student handbooks. This rule includes student manners, how to dress, use of electronic equipment, and the consequences that must be faced if violating the rules.
This policy can also include rules and sanctions for attendance, vandalism, cheating, fighting and carrying weapons. Many schools have specific regulations regarding bullying. It's good if you know the school definition about bullying, consequently, victim support, and action reporting procedures bullying.
It is very important for your child to know what is and cannot be done at school, so you must support the consequences that the school gives when your child commits a violation. It will be easier for students if the rules at school are not much different from the rules applied at home. It is important to note that educators can call law enforcement officials to schools for serious violations and their consequences depending on the age of the student.
8. Get involved in school activities
Volunteering at your child's school program is the right way to show that you are interested in their education.
But remember, some middle school kids may be happy when their parents attend school or at school events, and some may feel ashamed. Understand their cues to determine how much the interaction is useful for you and your child, and whether you will volunteer for school activities or not. Explain that you don't mean to spy on him, you just try to help him at school.
9. Monitor attendance at school
Your teenager should rest at home when he has fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or other diseases that make it impossible to move. But besides that, it is very important for them to come to school every day, because catching up on class, project, exam, and homework assignments is more difficult and will affect the learning process.
If the child seems often reasoned not to go to school, there may be other reasons he did not tell, for example bullying, difficult tasks, low grades, social problems, problems with friends, or problems with the teacher. Talk about this with him to find out the cause and find a solution.
Children who are often late for school may also have problems sleeping less. Keeping your teenager with a regular sleep schedule can help him avoid sleepiness in school and reduce the delay.
For adolescents who have chronic health problems, teachers will work with families and limit their duties so they can adjust.
10. Take time to talk about school
Usually it's easy enough to talk to elementary school students about what's happening in class and the latest news at school. But parents can become too busy and forget about the simple question, even though conversations like this can affect your child's success at school.
Make time to talk to your child every day so he knows that you consider what happened at school is important. When your child knows that you are interested in his academic life, he will attend school more diligently.
Because communication is a two-way path, the way you talk and hear your child can also influence how you hear and respond. It is very important for you to listen carefully, make eye contact, and avoid doing anything else while talking (for example checking a cellphone). Make sure you ask the question that the answer is not just "yes" or "no", but a question that requires the child to answer while explaining.
In addition to eating time, the right time to talk is while in the car, when taking the dog for a walk, preparing meals, or waiting in line at the store. The early years of school are an important time for parents to know and support children's education.
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