How to teach the kids building up good study habit?

@yannycui (376)
China
February 22, 2008 6:35am CST
My daughter is 5years old. She is lovely and cute except a little impatient with study. She will go to school this summer. A good study habit is very important for her. How can I guide her to build up that?
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• Philippines
22 Feb 08
your daughter is still too you young to build or force a study habit. what i can suggest is to just let her enjoy his schooling without force. because she might end up quitting the school or afraid to go to school. let her explore and discover what she wants for now, until you notice her study behavior. and i think it is you that is a little impatient not your daughter because you might be imparting something to her that she dislikes. good luck
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@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
4 Mar 08
yes good study habit is important but not all children will pick it up as all are different individually. my child will be 5 this dec. i'm not sure if i would say he has good study habits but he does take an interest in reading books from time to time. i think you should probably start from there. even if in the years to come, our children are not that good academically, so long as they have a love for reading, i think it beats it all. of course, try and have a time or make a routine where you will do some homework or just a little work that you give to your daughter. for example, before dinner or something. it doesn't have to be for long. it just has to be for a while, even 30 minutes is fine. just continue the timetable and she'll soon get used to doing some work. my son nowadays asks to do work even in the afternoons after coming from school. i'm more than happy but sometimes, many times actually, i myself feel lazy. grins
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
22 Feb 08
Children thrive on consistency and knowing what to expect. Routine is very important in their lives, as it makes them feel safe. When they are feeling safe, knowing what to expect, they are more open to learning and absorbing that information. My suggestion to you is to get into a routine with your daughter as soon as you can, to prepare her for homework time, whether or not she has any from school. In my house, that time is shortly after dinner. It is when we are relaxed, and the day is winding down to a close. We are usually home for the night, and so no expectations of having to run about are upon us. After dinner time in my house is quiet time. No video games are allowed. It is a time to pull out books and read and to work on homework if there is any that night. Find a time in your home that would work best, starting today, and use that time to read with your daughter, or play a game that is not just fun, but learning oriented (like a match game with alphabet letters in upper and lower case, or puzzles, etc). If that time seems to work today, try something at the same time tomorrow. Either do the same activity, or change it up some. Just keep it constant. Your daughter will soon learn that there is a certain time of the day, where she is to spend working with you, or independently (depending on the activity), doing certain mind activities. By the time she starts school this summer, she will be used to using some time in each day for things like that, and will have time to do her schoolwork then. Just remember, that even on days when she doesn't have homework, to continue the routine. And as she grows older, the length of time spent on these activities will grow. Being 5, I suggest starting out with 10 minutes.