Step 1:Be a good role model. If you sometimes bring work home with you or you're taking a course yourself, your child will learn your habits. Make 'em good!
Step 2:Help your child organize things. For example, the protractor and compass belong in the math binder, sheet music in the violin case.
Step 3:Help him or her organize space. The kitchen table is for eating; your child's desk is for studying.
Step 4:Help your child organize time. Establish a routine for completing schoolwork. It doesn't have to be the minute your child walks in the door; just agree on a set time and stick to it.
Step 5:Minimize distractions. Thirteen-year-old wisdom notwithstanding, geometric proofs are not better retained when learned concurrently with loud music, "South Park" and a telephone receiver at one ear.
Step 6:Check your child's work. Every night is unnecessary, but check it often enough that he or she knows you might - and that you care.
Step 7:Insist that sloppy or careless work be redone, but don't correct errors; teachers need to know what students don't know.
Step 8:Give praise whenever possible and appropriate. A sincere expression of pride in your child's academic accomplishments can go a long way toward making studying a habit.
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