Daily Tips for Families

Today's Tip for Families

11-18-2024

Raise a Responsible Student Who Takes School Seriously

One of your child’s biggest responsibilities is learning and trying hard in school. Education is a key to a satisfying life! It’s much harder to pay bills and manage money without knowing math, for example, or to find information without reading.

To be effective students, children must take the job seriously—and that requires family support. To encourage your child to be a responsible student:

Make learning a priority. Explore the world together. Visit the library, try new foods and take nature walks. Play board games that build thinking, math and reading skills. Show your child that learning is fun.
Teach perseverance. Children need encouragement to keep trying when schoolwork and other tasks are tough. When your child is tempted to give up, offer guidance and a positive outlook. “Let’s review the instructions again. I know you can do this!” Praise effort and progress.
Enforce routines. Children need help creating and sticking with routines that lead to success, such as going to bed, waking up, reading and studying at the same times each day.
Wonder together. Instead of providing answers, let your child take charge of finding them. If your elementary schooler asks you, “Who was the second president?” demonstrate how to look up the answer. Use your child's questions as opportunities to learn about related things, too. “I wonder who the second vice president was. Let’s go online and see if we can find out.”

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West Point Consolidated School District