For parents, this can be the most wonderful time of the year – back to school for students.
Some children go through a ‘summer slump,’ and need help getting ready for the new school year and to prepare for academic success.
Baye Ballew, instructor of education for Saint Leo University, offers these tips to help parents:
- Encourage your child to read during summer to maintain forward progression in academics
- Visit public libraries because they are a good source of activities for children
- Help children to adjust to a school-year schedule by starting bedtime earlier about two weeks before school (Studies show poor sleep quality and low amounts of sleep can affect student learning)
- Train students to use planners to build time management skills
- Take advantage of free websites that offer tutoring and academic games
- Create a place in the home where students can leave planners and folders brought home from school (This establishes a place where parents to look for school news and information)
- Plan a specific homework place so students can schedule a time to work and complete homework
- Help kindergarteners to build strength in hand muscles for motor skills and handwriting development by having them work with molding clay.
Published July 31, 2019
