Preparing Your Child for the Academic Year: What it takes

Prepping your child for school can be pretty exhausting. It comes with a lot of patience, motivation and pushing from your side to actually even pull your kid out of the bed, let alone prepping them up to the school. While that sure is a responsibility, the other big thing you need to focus on is to make them mentally prepared for the academic year. Some of the CBSE schools in Hyderabad do realise the challenge that this has been and have taken this as a matter of serious concern. Take a look at how you can efficiently pump your kid mentally for the year ahead. 

Kids in general love the vacation period and once that comes to end, some of them are excited to get back and re-connect with their friends. The rest others seem to get anxious. When anxiety takes over, it becomes difficult for your child to cope up at school or even to enjoy the idea of going to school. Some of these tips will come in handy for you as a parent. Take a look.

Talk to your child

The foremost thing to do is to talk to your child. Talk to your child about the first day. More importantly, listen to what he/she has to say. Participate in the ‘exciting’ news that they have to share. This way, they will come in terms with the fact that you are ever ready to any concern or news that they may have about their school. Ignore the first day jitters, instead ask them what they think of their school and how they think it is going to be like. This conversation can really gear them up for the next day and also make them feel excited about the whole idea of going to school.

Go to the school on the first day

Try your best to attend his or her orientation session. This will put the children at comfort, including have to handle the smaller issues of finding where the loo is or where to sit and eat. These smaller confusions, if they are unable to handle, will make them feel insecure and uncomfortable, thus ruining their entire days ahead. Comforting them through the small deeds like these will make them less scared of the new place. 

Enable the practice of routine

It is always a good idea to practice the routine. This way, you and your child will know when to get up and how long it will take for the both of you to get ready for school. Once you figure this out, it is going to be a relaxed pace for both of you. You won’t put your kids in a hurry-bury situation and you also allow them a lot of time in the morning to do their chores in peace.

Take them shopping 

Allow your child to pick up their books and stationery they may need for the upcoming year. This way, they will get excited about going shopping and will prepare them to be excited about the new day. They will also be excited to show their friends their picks. Essentially you are giving reasons for them to be excited about school. The four tips will come in very handy when you start a new academic session with your child. The vacations will accustom the child to a play and sit routine. Getting them back on track could be slightly challenging. Try these tips but also remember to ignore their first day jitters, as they are common among all the kids.

How Can we Help Children Enhance Their Memory Skills?

Brain enhancement and the surroundings of a child are directly connected. Many of the children during the school going age face a lot of trouble related to their memory power. There could be many reasons behind it such as attention disorders, lack of interest, physical problems, and mental troubles and so on. In usual scenarios, parents rely on the school and teachers to help their children in those conditions. 

The remembering capacity of the brain differs from person to person. Kids tend to associate memories with various things such as visuals, letters, audio, personalities and so on. Human mind accumulates data for the long term and for short term. However, it is our long term memory that needs to be taken care for long lasting results. So, let’s find out some useful tips for teachers to help their students remember things.

The power of meditation and yoga

The first and foremost thing to be taken care is the mental and physical well-being of the child. There is no such powerful treatment than Yoga and Meditation which could promise this. A child’s mind can be kept at peace if we make them meditate on a daily basis. As soon as they are relieved of their stress and worries related to academics, their brain would function more effectively and creatively. Regular practice of Yoga and Meditation shall be made compulsory in schools for the long term benefit of the students. Fortunately, Indian schools have made it as a part of their daily activities. Schools in south India, especially Bangalore CBSE Schools have also made arrangements to practice yoga and meditation for this student recently. 

Make children concentrate during sessions

The classroom sessions shall be designed in such a way to attract the attention of the children. If a child is able to focus on what they learn from classroom sessions, then he/she could remember it all through their life. So, it is up to the teacher and the school that the curriculum and teaching strategy should be designed based on this. 

Use pictorial depiction to teach

People say a picture saves 1000 words. Visually appealing content remain in a child’s mind forever as they get easily connected with it. Make use of various pictures and diagrams to explain difficult subjects and theories. As long as the kid can remember the image, they would remember the subject matter as well.