How to help your child for school tests
Are you
surprised to read this post title? “How to help your child for school
tests ? s it necessary? Does primary school student have studies? Are you
joking?” might be your reactions after reading this post title. And if
anyone would have told about this to my parents around 28 years back when
I was in primary 1 class, they would have definitely laughed
on it. If you have school going children at home then you might be in
sailing in same boat as that of mine.
But now
time has changed and so does the education .Children have to learn and study
many things. Children need to study from primary education itself
and parents are considered to be responsible for their success or failure in
the academics. Definitely kids today have more stressful education and its
harsh reality. They hardly get free time to enjoy playing.
Schools
have different syllabuses from variety boards/ streams and also different exam
patterns. My daughter studies in international school and the syllabus pattern
is CBSE. When she got into primary school from pre- primary school , initially
it was tough for her to adapt to new school timings and studies. I wanted her
to enjoy her school and learn things happily so I didn’t put any pressure on
her for studies. But one day she shown me the syllabus for her school test, and
we were shocked to see it. After going through her syllabus and activities in
school I decided to help her out in studies and her school tests. But the
things which I considered extremely easy were not so. Before teaching siya I
have to read books and understand everything.
Actually
regular studies are the best thing for better understanding of subjects. But
sometimes kids get tired and other time they don’t want to study. It was her
first exam in new school and she was very scared to face it. It was challenge
for me as a parent, to remove fear for exam from her mind. I
explained her how exams are important to check how much student understands
from their syllabus. “And never think about grades; just try to express
everything you know. That’s all and your grades will never matter to us .Only
thing we want is just always do your best without any fear in your mind”. So
for systematic preparations for school tests we decided to make time table as
given below .
Here are
some of the tips for preparing primary one exam.
# Make time table:
Making
time table for studying all subjects of your child is effective way.
Assign few days for each subject. Start with noting down the syllabus for each
subject. Follow the work done in school rough books. Make worksheets for each
subject and mark all completed worksheets in the time table. We decided
to start before 3 weeks from the exam and we distributed the available days in
subjects. As she was having school in these days we planned study in after
school hours.Weekend was the time when we could study for more time and i
could explain about the chapters to her.
Subject
|
Days
(Time)
|
Mathematics
|
3
days per day 2 hours 1 day for revision
|
English
|
3 days
per day 2 hours 1 day for revision
|
Environmental
studies
|
3 days
per day 2 hours 1 day for revision
|
Second
language
|
3 days
per day 2 hours 1 day for revision
|
# Child should not be exhausted /tired:
After 8
hours of school (including travel time) children get really tired. I had to
check that my daughter is not very tired and exhausted to learn or
practice anything after coming home. We decided to keep 2 hours free for
relaxation after coming home from school. But she had to compromise on her
playground hours for preparing school tests. I promised her to take her to
playgrounds as soon school tests get over and it’s the matter of only few days.
Always select comfortable time for child. He/she should not be very exhausted/
tried to grasp new things. Make sure your child is well fed and well
rested for studying.
# Actual study:
While
actual studying for each subject start with difficult subject
first. More practice will make it easy. In between other subject study include
difficult subject worksheets just for a change.
For first
/ second language study includes reading chapters aloud .Ask easy questions
about the chapters to check how much he /she understood from it. Then go for
practicing hard questions about the chapter. Language study needs good
vocabulary so give more attention towards improving vocabulary. Hindi was
difficult for her as we don’t use Hindi much in communication. The questions
were tricky and she couldn’t understand the meaning of question itself many
times. We made word lists for improving vocabulary of language alongside
solving regular worksheets.
Mathematics
–Mathematics needs practice to solve all problems in question paper. So
practice all problems in the book/ workbook. EVS –Prefer reading chapters
aloud. Reading improves understanding of the subject Explain all difficult
terms, concepts in chapters. Practice on all the questions below topic in
textbook. Practice the worksheets provided by school.
Hope you
can relate with the post and do share your tips and tricks for school exams
with us. Wish you all the best for your child’s next school test. Thank you.
Love,
Rupali
How to help your child for school tests
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