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Back to School Time (continued)
Back to School Time (continued): "
5. Help organize. Another of my favorite tips. Organization is as important as preparation and routines. Organize those homework areas, notebooks, planners, backpacks. Show how you organize for your tasks, projects, jobs. Have a special place at the end of the day for the backpack to be – filled with the next day’s assignments – so it’ll be ready to go in the mad rush of the morning. Insist on it. It’ll save headaches.
6. Encourage a “study buddy.” There’s strength in numbers, so encourage your child to seek out a friend he can study with, someone with similar goals and interests. They should talk, email, or IM each afternoon or evening to make sure they understand homework. Come test time, they can study together and with other study buddies to challenge each other, quiz each other, and keep each other on track.
7. Review each school day. Every day, review the day with your child. Ask him what he’s learning, reading, writing about. How’s he coming on that assignment due next week? What happened today that’s funny? Show him you’re interested and that you’re going to be talking about this every day. Expect conversation, not just one word answers. Be patient. It’ll work eventually.
8. Communicate with teachers. Teachers like to hear from parents. We want to know what your goals are, what your children’s interests, strengths, and needs are. We want your children to succeed as much as you do.
9. Get help early. If you suspect your child is struggling, get help early. The earlier the better. More teachers than get credit for it arrive at school early or stay late to help struggling students. Use an honor society student to help. Get a tutor. The important thing is to act early. Little problems are easier to solve than big ones.
10. Be positive. I know, it’s the same as the first tip. Everything begins and ends with being positive.
If you’ve learned some tips of your own, have some wisdom to share, or want to tell an inspirational story or two, share them with us. We learn together, right?
But I Don't Wanna Go to School
But I Don't Wanna Go to School: "
What to do when your second grader tells you school’s not “fun” and he “hates” it? He even uses the worst put-down a kid can use: “boring.” It’s too early in the school year – and in his school career – to risk a dislike that could last for years.
First of all, don’t panic. Lots of kids go through a stage like this, especially right after the fun days of summer vacation, when “the livin’ is easy.”
Here are some ideas to consider.
- Stay positive. Do all you can to talk about the “fun” aspects of school. Learning new things. Doing new activities. Making new friends. Talk about the fun you had in school when you were his age. Show how you’re still using the skills you learned in school. Stories from your childhood will show him you understand. Ask other family members for their favorite memories. This is not the time to share stories about your horrible fourth-grade math teacher, though. The whole purpose is to stay positive.
- Inject your own fun. Face it, sometimes school is not exactly summer vacation, although the elementary teachers I know are absolute magicians at making learning fun for children. Are there ways you can make learning at home fun? Make homework time easier by setting up predictable routines, so important for young learners. Story times at home can be loads of fun, and they’ll develop a love of reading. Get a library card for your child and read his selections together. Ask the children’s librarian for suggestions. Talk about your favorite books from when you were in second grade.
- Get a “study buddy.” From time to time, invite some of your child’s friends and classmates over to your house to work on homework together – maybe the science fair project, or a weekly spelling test, for example. You can learn a lot by watching kids working together. Maybe your son needs some help in organizing himself. Maybe he’s too shy to ask for help. Having a study buddy can help your child stay on track, make sure he understands assignments, and gives him a social outlet, too. Monitor the study buddies, of course. The operative word is “study.”
- Be realistic. A good lesson to learn is that sometimes – not all the time – learning is difficult. It doesn’t have to be painful, though. Lots of support from you and the other important adults in his life will go a long way in smoothing the rough spots of school. Celebrating small successes builds the right skills and attitudes.
- Involve the teacher. If his dislike for school continues, it’s a good idea to talk to the teacher. How’s he doing in class? Does he have friends? Do other kids seem to enjoy his company? Is he having trouble seeing the board or hearing instructions? There are many professionals who are able to help if necessary. Stay on top of it.
It’s painful to hear so young a child say he “hates” anything, especially school. Do your best to stay positive, showing him the fun and joy he can experience from what school has to offer: leaning, activities, music, art, sports, friendships, new skills and knowledge. Encourage him to tell you what he likes about school – there must be something – and stick with that as a starting point. Never give up.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I was born to be a mommy & my journey in motherhood has been most miraculous!
I love being a mommy and knew that I was born to be a mommy and a forever mommy as my children have been the biggest most miraculous gifts that I could ever be so very blessed to have the honor of knowing and the privilege of loving and doing my very best of living up to being that mighty super hero word, mother, every single minute of my life to them!!! I want to use this blog just to celebrate and support mothers and their children. There is so much going on in the world with this title and distinction as if it were somehow just discovered. I think there are wonderful and amazing mothers out there and likewise, there are horrific mothers out there for all kinds of reasons. I wish that at a time when there was so much motherhood and family empowerment going on like never before in our lifetimes there was much more of a gentle, supportive, positive, and encouraging nature coming forth bridging this divide and helping each other, empowering the real journey of motherhood through both the fabulous to the flailing and faltering reality that most women go through being a mommy. Those are the traits that so many of you amazing moms out there are being honest and helpful and tenderly coming forth and reaching out and those are the moms out there that I want to celebrate and support because motherhood is the most profoundly enduring and never ending journey which any of us will ever know and whether we are the brand new mommy or the mommy bringing in #20 (YIKES!!! How on earth do you keep track of them much less feed them...I guess I'd just name them all the same name so at least they came a running when you called them at least for a little while anyways:o)... & I'd have to run away from home or move or something when the teenage years hit town in that household!!! I think that not one of us knows it all and it is forever what we imprint and hand down to our children to mother our future and their futures and the futures after that and we need to help and be helped to be the nurturing mommies that we all our desperately wanting to be and most of all it should be enjoyed by everyone involved! I for one, love all the little annoying silly things that make everybody crazy in a household. First, I don't want to be missing that someday wishing I could go back and sleep with mismatched piggy toes peeking through newly formed holes in their sleepers PJs & tousled heads of golden hair all over mommy and daddy's trying to sleep forms or for that matter what sleep even is and secondly, I think that enjoyment is something we rarely are able to achieve in today's chaotic and turbo charged 24/7 schedules, so I want to continue being a mommy that spreads joy by laughing and loving and taking life at a slower pace and I hope that this blog reflects that and brings you joy and happiness when you visit!
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