1. Be ready to start
Before the kids actually get going with their home-learning session, make sure they have all the books, materials, and stationery they might need. There’s nothing worse than getting started on a task only to find out that you’re missing essential tools or materials. By investing a little time into their pre-study preparation, children don’t have to break their focus and look around the house for a highlighter or go digging around the e-learning platform for instructions.
2. Plan, plan, plan
Helps your kids plan out their study goals for each day, such as how many pages to read or what topics to cover within a designated timeslot. If they need more structure, create a study calendar with them and plot down their tasks. This way, as a parent, you can also have a daily or weekly overview of what needs to be achieved. Completing these goals will also help the kids feel accomplished and help them stick to the routine.
3. Find the right time to study
Studying around the clock never guarantees the best results. Every person and child has an optimal study time when their brain is working at maximum efficiency, whether it’s in the morning or later at night. Outside of having to tune into mandatory e-learning and online classrooms, find time windows that work best for the kids and take advantage of them so their brains retain the information they’re studying.
4. Use a timer
Now that your children have set their study goals and you have helped them identify their optimal study times, use a timer to help keep track and make sure they stick to the home-learning timetable they’ve created. Setting a timer helps keeps them focused and committed to home-learning until the timer goes off for the next task.