To school with pleasure: how to help a child with lessons
Learning and academic achievement are the main reasons forconflicts between children and their parents. The first - are capricious, hide bad assessments and are lazy, the latter - punish, force and conduct educational conversations. Is there any way to turn a homework routine into a pleasant lesson? Psychologists answer in the affirmative.
Learn to discuss school matters. Unconditional rigidity is not the best method: it will not add to the child's determination, but will teach you to hide the truth more subtly. A low mark is only a consequence: try to find out the reason. Failure to understand the teaching material, the fear of making a mistake, the painful shyness, the teacher's ridicule are just a small part of the possible problems.
Use the bonus system. Aggressive motivation "from the opposite" - the standard tool of impatient parents. Axiom "until you do the lessons - do not get what you want" works effectively only to a certain extent. Try to offer the child a game: for each good result - a certain number of points. They can be exchanged for pleasant little things and significant benefits - going to the cinema, the desired toy or ice cream. This approach will not only add to the diligence of the child, but also teach him how to set goals correctly.
Develop your horizons together. Joint home readings and literary conversations, trips to theaters and exhibitions, intimate conversations and exciting intellectual games will develop the memory, analytical thinking and creative abilities of the child. Success in studies is only one aspect of the knowledge of the world: having awakened the curiosity of your child, you will get an excellent result.
