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Schooling during COVID-19 is a new experience for all of us. For a parent or grandparent trying to make homeschooling—or partial homeschooling, as who knows what the year will bring?—a happy and successful learning experience can be challenging.
Here are 10 tips that we know can make your kids school
year, and yours, much more enjoyable and
productive:
- Hankering for a field trip? Take one — Virtually! Many museums and historical sites
provide virtual tours these days, and some of them are geared specifically to kids and teens.
Check out your favorite museum, next door or across the globe, for virtual tours. Open your child's eyes to a wider world this way…
- Teach a subject by tapping into your child's interests. Does he love to cook? Teach him fractions via measurements. Teach ecology and plant biology in your garden. There are lots of references for such teaching expeditions which you can find online.
- Schedule your "in-school" time when your child is wide awake. If you know that your child is still
sleepy at 8:00 am, start at 10:00 instead. And don't make him do his homework immediately afterwards.
Give him a break; but do let him know when it's time to get back to his studies.
- On the heels of this, we'd like to stress that it is not good to be rigid, but it is important to
have a regular schedule and routine for schoolwork. If a child was up late at night, bump the school start
time up an hour, but do not skip it for the day. Everyone needs structure to get things done well!
- Constant action is not great for anyone. Schedule some relaxing down time each day; whether it's
listening to calm music, taking a relaxing walk, or, for the younger kids, a short nap. DON'T make this a time for movies, social media, or
other electronic activities.
- Though we don't want our kids to miss out on academics, remember that there is much to learn from
talking to other people — perhaps an older relative — from helping with household tasks, gardening, or
talking with you about things that are out of the range of a kid's immediate experience, like history or
politics.
- Even a child can volunteer to help others. You might encourage your child to rake leaves for a neighbor,
help cook a meal for a relative, walk someone's dog, help mom clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes. Make your child part of his community, even if that community is your immediate family. There is nothing as rewarding, even for a child, as feeling that they have helped someone in a significant way. Teach your child to do laundry, wash a floor, clean his bedroom,
or vacuum the house.
- What kid doesn't like to play games? Games help boost your child's cognitive skills and can help
teach cooperation when played with a sibling. Who knows, your daughter might have the makings of a chess
champ. Learning new skills will give your kids confidence, too
- Get your child moving during the day: walk, jog, play catch ... You don't want him to fall asleep during his school hours, and exercise is stimulating.
- It's okay to offer your child "rewards" as learning incentives. For little kids, you might give then their favorite snack or meal. For bigger kids, offer more substantial incentives for academic and learning successes. We all benefit from incentives in life, don’t we?
Beyond these tips, use your imagination to make learning fun for your big or little ones. Fit the fun to
your child's interest and inclinations. This can be a great learning year for your child, and an opportunity to make your bonds with each other greater, deeper, and stronger!
To find out more about LearningRx's programs for preschoolers,
elementary students, middle and high school kids, college students, and adults, go to www.learningrx.com. If you are interested in finding out how
LearningRx can help your student, you may contact one of our centers around the country..
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