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Back Bayhilleducation - Improve Your Study Skills and Get Good Grades! by Maggie Duarte This article is brought to you by Bayhill Education, an Ontario Richmond hill tutoring services. Improving study skills always leads to better grades. Study habits are learned at home. Parenting includes teaching children study skills and making them habits. The purpose of this article is to help parents teach their children effective study habits, not only for test preparation to improve grades, but to make education easier and, even, enjoyable! Parents must ensure that their children develop a routine and have a regular place and time to study. It is important that children begin their studies soon after arriving home, with little noise or distractions to interfere with their homework. A desk, adequate lighting, quiet, and a comfortable chair are a good start. Giving school studies the highest priority at home causes children to give it a high priority in their lives. It will help the kids learning much better. Homework should be prioritized, with the easy and simple tasks completed first. Regular scheduled breaks are important. A break can be used as a reward after a particular problem is completed correctly. In this way the completion of a difficult problem is associated with a reward. A break should not involve TV or computer games, but physical movement like playing with friends or going outside to walk the dog. Video-computer games and TV increase anxiety and aggression. These activities are associated with obesity and decreased learning in school. Good study skills mean once homework is begun no distractions should be allowed. This teaches children to concentrate on their studies. Some kids like to stand up and then sit down while studying. This can increase circulation and aid attention and is okay. Good study skills emphasize relaxing and thinking about the challenge before tackling it. Creating a plan of attack ahead of time is often helpful to the student. In this way, not only essay writings, all sorts of assignments can be simplified and completed in small, digestible bites, avoiding any overwhelming feelings. Putting difficult problems into one's own words can help a child understand the problem better, instead of relying on rote learning. Beware of rote learning where your child can repeat the solution to a problem, but doesn't understand what she is saying. Therefore, stress to her that understanding the problem is more important. Rewarding a student for good grades is a judgment call. If it works for your child, why not, but remember the bottom line is that our children learn to enjoy learning for its own sake. This is why making learning fun and learning through play are such excellent study skills. Bear in mind that the study skills described are simply a guide for the parent and not etched in stone. Use what works best for your child to help him or her, not only for improving grades, but enjoy learning. Main points regarding teaching proper study skills at home: 1. Giving school work the highest priority at home emphasizes its importance in the child's mind. 2. No TV or video-computer games during homework hours, and limit these activities to one hour per day. 3. Children should begin homework as soon as possible after returning from school. 4. It's important they commence homework at a regular time and at a comfortable place with no distractions. 5. Regular rewarding breaks for work completed on time and well done is important. A number of short breaks help prevent boredom and frustration and keeps the child working energetically. For more information on how to improve your skills and get good grades, please visit us at the Bayhill Bulletin at http://www.bayhilleducation.com. We are located in York Region Richmond hill, Ontario. Author's Biography: Maggie Duarte - Growing up in a family that placed great emphasis on education, Maggie Duarte developed her love of learning at an early age. Teaching and motivating others to achieve their best is ingrained in her character. Ms. Duarte a teacher for over fifteen years in both the public and private school systems has a diverse background in education.
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