Studying at home is not easy at all, much less for children who tend to lose concentration easily. But for what His studies are fluent, it is essential that they study at home to reinforce everything learned in class. Even in these difficult times of pandemic that are being lived, there are many older children who have to do the entire academic day from home.
Helping older children to study at home is essential for them to do so in a productive and effective way. Because It is useless if you force the children to spend certain hours versus books, if they don't have the necessary tools to make that time really efficient. Today, October 17, International Student Day is celebrated and taking advantage of the occasion, we bring you some tips to help children study at home.
Study at home
It is very important that the child has all the tools that he may need on hand during his study time. For what, you will have to prepare an appropriate workspace for these tasks. Make sure that the child has a large desk, with a very comfortable chair and whenever possible, with natural light. Although it never hurts to place good lighting, because it is usual for children to study in the middle of the afternoon, when the light is already very dim.
The workspace must contain all the supplies that the child may need to study so you don't have to waste time looking for anything. This is very important since any interruption supposes a new effort to achieve concentration. Try to place shelves near the desk, drawers and trays, so the child can have everything at hand, and always well organized.
The keys to efficient study time
Regarding the study, it is not so important the time that is dedicated to it, but the efficiency of the same. Even spending too much time on homework can backfire. The child may become frustrated, lose motivation and the desire to continue studying. For this reason, it is important to teach children to study well, organizing and distributing the work.
These are the keys to a good student:
- Plan work: Before starting, it is essential to know everything that needs to be done. Place a whiteboard on the desk and help your child make an outline or a list of tasks to do. The child must learn to prioritize, to be able to distribute his study time well. The most difficult at the beginning, the easiest for the end.
- Save work: If the work or the notes are taken well the first time, it saves a lot of time from having to pass the work "clean", a custom that many have. This only serves to waste a lot of time and unnecessary effort. Work right from the start to save time, this should be the maximum of any student.
- Read very well: Both to be able to do the exercises correctly, to answer well the questions of any exam, and to understand what is being studied, it is necessary to read well. This means, read slowly, with great attention, writing down the words that are not understood to look them up in the dictionary and taking notes of everything important.
- Rest between lessons: Pausing every so often, allows the brain to assimilate well all the information received. If, on the other hand, we abuse time and put too much information in memory at once, the opposite effect can occur. The brain collapses and information is fuzzy, confusing and unclear.
Rest, eating and exercise
It is useless to study a lot, if later we don't give the body the gasoline it needs to run at full capacity. Children need to eat from all groups to meet the nutritional needs their bodies need to grow, develop, and function properly. In addition, exercise is essential to stay healthy and a good rest prepares the body and brain for a new session of learning every new day.