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ENVIRONMENT
Physical environment
affects mood and productivity. Make sure that wherever possible,
your child is in an open, spacious, clean and well lit
environment. Such spaces promote creativity and allow enough
room for children of various learning styles to get comfortable.
Be sure to find/create spaces with an abundance of natural
light. Also consider playing baroque music in the background
while your child is reading or studying.
ATMOSPHERE
Learning requires energy
and risk. Surround your child with positive energy and be sure
to celebrate mistakes. Risk-taking must be encouraged as it will
accelerate the learning process. Open dialogues will help to
extract learning from mistakes so that your child can make quick
adjustments and get better results. Find ways to acknowledge
their positive behaviors rather than focusing on their
unproductive ones.
RESOURCES
Educational resources are
getting more abundant and more skilled everyday. Research has
greatly supported the need for Social and Emotional development
as part of the learning process. Physical activity has been
directly linked to the healthy development of a learning brain.
Assemble resources that supplement your child's traditional
education.
NEED
Be sure that your child has
a clear short-term goal and sees the need for improvement and
continuous effort. If they feel a need to change or learn, their
intrinsic motivation will rise and their pro-active engagement
in the learning process will sky rocket.
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