Exam Preparation for Children in Year 7 or 8: Tip Sheet for Parents
Parents can play a powerful role in supporting children with revision. Here are our top 30 tips which will help your children to prepare well for exams and tests.
Parents can play a powerful role in supporting children with revision. Here are our top 30 tips which will help your children to prepare well for exams and tests.
Even when children are very young, it is a great idea to ask them to participate in family life. Chores hone executive functions in children, are immensely self-esteem boosting and send a signal that your family is a team and everyone needs to play their part. We’ve put together some age-appropriate ideas for tasks and chores around the home and have also left you space to add your own.
It is a great idea to get children participating in the day to day running of family life from a young age. Chores hone executive functions in children, are immensely self-esteem boosting and send a signal that your family is a team and everyone needs to play their part. We’ve put together some age-appropriate ideas for tasks and chores around the home and have also left space for you to add your own.
Chores hone executive functions in young people, are immensely self-esteem boosting and send a signal that your family is a team and everyone needs to play their part. We’ve put together some ideas for tasks and chores that your tweens and teens can do around the home. We have also left space for you to add your own.
Encouraging young people to do jobs around the house doesn’t only benefit family life and the running of the home. It also helps to develop their confidence, teaches useful life skills and promotes a sense of responsibility. Read our tops tips for encouraging children to get involved in household jobs.
Goal setting can boost self-esteem and confidence. Encourage children and young people to use our new planner to set some achievable targets for the year ahead. It’s a good idea to prompt them to think broadly. They could consider skills they want to improve, activities they want to try, school work goals, having fun and acts of kindness.
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