15 Ways to Help Children Succeed in School

Posted on August 21, 2007 in latest news

Experts say that there are two wonderful resources which your child utilizes to learn new things. They are imagination and curiosity. In order to help your child succeed in school, you need to encourage your child’s imagination and curiosity.

Things you should do to help your child excel in school:

  1. Relate the daily chores at home to the subjects your child studies in school. For example: Ask your child to sort the laundry with you and count the number of clothes. As sorting and counting is related to math, the child will find the exercise familiar. Teach children to do things for themselves rather than you doing the work for them.
  2. In the similar way story telling can be used to inculcate reading and writing habits among children. Children need active learning. It can be a noisy learning like discussing or it can be a silent learning like reading. Active learning includes asking and answering questions (and trying to get more than just “yes” or “no” answers); solving problems; and discussing a variety of topics. So, let your child see you read, and also read to them and with them.
  3. Help children to break a job down into small parts, so that they can finish the job in parts.
  4. Let your child know that education is important by indicating that you value education. But do not suppress the child’s desire for extra curricular activities.
  5. Try to have a special place where your child can study.
  6. Let your children know that you have confidence in them. Remind them of specific successes they have had in the past. For instance - success in any extra-curricular activities like swimming or doing a difficult homework assignment.
  7. Don’t expect or demand perfection. When children ask you to look at what they’ve done - from their jig-saw puzzles to a math assignment - show interest and praise them when they’ve done something well. If you have any criticisms or suggestions, put them across in a meaningful way.
  8. Sharing your own experiences and goals with your child, will give your child his/her own ideals and thoughts.
  9. Establishing realistic, consistent family rules for work around the house help develop schedules and stable routines for your children. Children need limits set even though they will test these limits over and over again. Children need to know what they can depend on.
  10. Talk to them about school activities and friends. This will help you develop a good rapport with your child and you can also keep track of their daily activities.
  11. Read report cards and messages that come from school so that you can analyze your child’s performance and guide accordingly.
  12. Also meet their teachers at regular intervals and enquire about your child.
  13. Take part in school events whenever you can to see how your child fares in them.
  14. Active learning can also take place when a child plays sports, spends time with friends, or goes to a museum or zoo. Therefore promote group activities in your child.
  15. You should listen to your child’s ideas and respond to them. You should let them jump in with questions and opinions while reading books together. In this way they will open up with you and talk about their doubts and plans.

When you practice this policy of give-and-take knowledge with your children, their participation and interest in school will improve.

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