Setting a Summer Schedule

To a child summer is a time for sleeping in and lazing around. But children benefit from a schedule and summer should be no different. Summer is often the time when kids get into the most trouble because the routine of school is gone and they have a lot of free time on their hands. So what should you include in your summer schedule? Start by deciding what you want accomplished everyday. Do you want your children to be dressed by a certain time? Will they be required to read or do some other learning activity? What chores will they … Continue reading

Time Management and Studying

When study skills are taught, did you ever think time management skills need to be included as well? Besides reminding a child to study for long periods of time, breaks need to also be scheduled in or time management skills. For example, Timmy comes home from a full day of school and enters the home around 3:30pm, has a snack, and by 4:00pm homework and studying has begun. This continues till dinner time and sometimes even into the better part of the evening. It is understandable that children today do get a large amount of homework (as this will be … Continue reading