Parents always helped with homework and made sure that children fulfill their duties, such as chores. Still, the increased and frequently unstructured time families spend together during the current pandemic situation makes new challenges. After a big disaster such as a hurricane or fire, arranging structure is very important to keep consistency and maintain a sense of control for parents and the children. It includes generating a schedule and communicating clear expectations and recommendations on things like screen time.
How do parents get children to follow the schedule and realize responsibilities without nagging, and how they protect blowups and tantrums? Here are five tips for you to motivate your child to learn at home during this pandemic condition.
Plan a schedule together:
Try to make a routine of those factors in age-suitable education programs that can be followed online, on the TV, or through the radio. Whether it is possible, don't forget to come up with these plans together.
Although arranging a routine and structure is important for children and young people, you may observe that children need some flexibility level. Switch up your activities. If your child is looking restless and agitated when trying to follow an online learning program with them, turn over to the more active option. Don't forget that planning and doing house tasks together is significant for developing fine and flagrant motor functions. Try and safe as keyed to their needs as possible.
Have Conversations:
Motivate your children to ask questions and share their feelings with you. Always remember that your child has various reactions to stress, so be tolerant and understanding. Start by encouraging your child to talk about the issue. Observe that how much they already know and follow their guide. Talk about good hygiene practices. You can also use everyday moments to strengthen the importance of regular and detailed hand washing. Ensure that you are in a safe environment and permit your children to talk freely. To open a discussion takes help from drawings, stories, and other activities.
Never minimize or avoid their concerns. Be sure to appreciate their feelings and assure them that it is natural to feel scared about these things. Demonstrate that you are listening by giving them your complete attention and making sure they understand that they can talk to you and their teachers whenever they want. Alert them about fake news, encourage and remind them to use a trusted source of information.
Secure Children Online:
Digital platforms offer children an opportunity to keep learning, participate in play and keep in touch with their friends. But expand online bring heightened risks for children's security, protection, and privacy. Please talk about the internet with your children to know how it works, what they need to be aware of, and what relevant behavior looks like on the platforms they use.
Establish their rules together about how, when, and where the internet can be used. Set up parental controls on the devices they use to mitigate online risks, especially for young children. Identify the suitable tools for recreation together- organizations such as Common Sense Media provide advice for age-appropriate apps, games, and other entertainment online. In case of any unsuitable online content incident, be familiar with the school and other local reporting mechanisms, always keeping in hand numbers of support helplines and hotlines. Don't forget that there is no need for children to share personal information and pictures to ingress digital learning.
Create a Structure:
Ensure that your children don't just see this as an elongate holiday but as a normal school, from home. It is essential to create a structure. Conventional schools have a time-tabled structure throughout the week, so rather than disrupting children’s routine, you might wish to follow children's school routine. There is no specific time for students to spend on study, although students of different ages will cover up their tasks and grip on concepts at numerous rates. The suggestion is to aim for the schools' time setting and then be flexible depending on how children are progressing.
Communication is the key. Please keep checking in with the children about how they are progressing, providing help as they feel they need it. It is how teachers frequently work throughout the day with the 20 to 30 children in the classroom. We all need to exercise new learning so let children time to relax between learning periods. But there are no hard and fast rules over how many breaks they should take and how long these should be.
Provide Reasons For Rules:
When parents give reasons why they are asking for something, children can better realize the importance of acting in certain ways. Reasons will be most successful when they are significant to the children in terms of the children’s own goals. For example, a parent can say that dividing up family tasks will help everyone have more time for fun activities after dinner.
