How to teach six year old good study habits?
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Don't let the child play or watch tv or whatever until homework is finished. Make it firm and clear that there is no fun until after work is done. Give him/her rewards when he/she does well on homework or tests. Nothing big, just a small token for doing a good job and getting their work done. You can search study habits on the internet, and will also get a lot of good strategies. Like make sure it is in a quiet room, no disturbances, and things like that. Good luck.
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All of the answers that you have been given so far are good!!  I am an elementary teacher and one thing that I would ask is that you teach your child how to follow directions. You would be suprised how many children have a hard time listening and following simple directions.
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Make themrelate to something real, and the kids will remember them. Repetition is fine, but boring and they will not really learn it for the long haul. Try songs, poems, rhymes, stories, movements. Ask them to tell a partner what they know about the word or how it relates to real life. or have them write a story using the words in correct context.
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Get them active, in maths for e.g get them picking balls out of bags a write down results, the more involved they feel the more fun it'll be so the more they will remember!  I hope I've helped!!! Good luck teachings hard!!!
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teacherlessonplans.com abcteaching.com With preschool you make the lesson plans short interesting activities. Realize that if you are teaching them to write a letters it is going to take one on one with most of them which means the class gets rowdy. You have to have a backup plan for the ones who finish early. You can plan short stories and asking questions that they can answer (they love to talk and have an opinion). The ability to concentrate four of five minutes is the norm when they work alone. You have to give lots of brain breaks. They like to sing, color, play with puzzles, paint and chatter. Things on the line of mother may I and musical chairs...they like things they can win. Good luck!
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As a former teacher trainer in Asia,\n\nGotta set up a routine for you lesson. Let's say you have young ones, start with a song/chant, and then into your "grammar/language" lesson (the crappy books they give you to follow). Seatwork (appropriate for the level). Then end it off with a story. You can ask simple questions for the story, "Find something red. What page was the boy eating the ice cream?" Always good to add a few language games into your lesson. One simple game is for two students with swatters to hit the correct vocab card. Plain, but better than repeating the words. You can make up a whole bunch of language games. Try bingo, but with pics of vocab. Play Simon Says.\n\nI find when I was teachign ESL, my greatest problem and my teachers' greatest problem was the lack of resources. Here is a site: http://www.readinga-z.com/\n\nBuy a $50 yearly member ship and download the books. Get your school to pay for you. This will provide you with 100s of reading activities for ALL levels!
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1) do multiplication problems in your head  for 10 minutes before you go to sleep.  \n\n2) Learn three new words   every  other day and spend the\n       next day trying to use them.\n\n3) Use mnemonic devices to remember lists.\n     If you have a list of several items, make a sentence where the first letter of each word corresponds to the first letter of each item in the list.  \n    Example:  the 5 senses are --hearing, smell, sight, taste, touch.   H,S,S,T,T\nYour sentence might be :  He Should Stop Telling Tales.\n4) Practice memorizing states and capitals.  Little by little and every night for a little while.  This will help your concentration\nand will keep your memory active.\nRepetition is the key.\nWhen you have all the states perfected, start on the countries of the world and the periodic chart.\nMemory is like any other skill; you have the ability, but it requires regular practice.\nGood luck!
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Find ways to incorporate motion into your studying (writing, flashcards, etc.).\n\nGet a board game like trivial pursuit, monopoly, etc., make new cards with the information you need to learn, and play the game, drawing one card each turn and answering it before you get to move your piece.\n\nTo memorize lists, go get a basketball, and bounce the ball. For each bounce, say one item on your list.\n\nTo remember and analyze overall concepts, find a way to apply them around your house (especially for science). For social studies, find something you can do that is close to what the historical figures did (but safer), and do it while thinking about them.
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Legos\n\nIf (s)he's really young, square pegs with square holes and a wooden mallet should do.\n\nWhen I was young I played with Brio, Legos, Lots of puzzles, and a limitless supply of books. (I was taught to read at age 4)\n\nNow I am an engineering student at Berkeley! Looks like my parents taught me well.\n\nOh, and please teach your child to be able to entertain him or herself, toys that stimulate the imagination and AVOIDING  THE TELEVISION AT ALL COSTS will help a lot.\n\nPlay with your children as much as possible, you'll cherish it when they move on to study great things at prestigous universities (I know my parents do).\n\nOh, and start saving now, it really helps me out a lot that my parents have my education covered because they started saving for school as soon as I was born.
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If you have a good library try "Five In A Row". My girls are enjoying it. This is a literature based program that teaches Social Studies, Language, Art, Math and Science. I would suggest adding another math program and a phonics program. \n I also like using "Teach Your Child to Read In 100 Easy Lessons"  for phonics. This can be bought at Walmart On-line. \nFor additional math I use Alpha Omega Lifepac but there are MANY to chose from. \n3Moms.com is great for encouragement and they have a bundle of sample lessons so you can see what is best for your family to use. \nFor extra work I like to use www.schoolexpress.com. They have a variety of free printable worksheets on many subjects.\nA fun on-line place to learn is www.factmonster.com.\nAnother fun and educational free place to learn to read is Starfall.com\nI have been home schooling for 6 years and every year I find something new and exciting from my searches. Another great place to search on the web to find any answer is www.ask.com. Ask Jeeves finds specific web sites for your specific question.
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Do what my parents did.\n  Make a poster of a grid of all the times tables and hang it on the back of her bedroom door, or in plain view of her bed and tell her  to look at it every morning when she's getting dressed for school.\nThrow out  a random problem in conversation every once in a while.\nNo pressure or trauma - just a single question.\n  Make her go in her room and look it up if she doesn't know it.\nHave her repeat the whole problem as well.\n   The more she sees it, the more she'll ingest it and the less stress-free the interaction about it, the less likely she is to develop an mental block against math.
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If you gave them an individual clock, it will strengthen their ability to see the numbers better, and where each number is.  They can turn the dial on their on and learn time that way. If you do decide to give them individual ones, ask them a certain time and hold up their clocks when they have the answer. Make a test out of it and that way you can see what child needs to work on which area of time. Good Luck!
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To turn him to study other subjects also, he needs to have interest. he cant have that unless he start understanding and knowing the subject.\nHe just need to take up and start studying the subject and i guess he sounds smart , he soon will be interested in reading them.\nTo help him u can set him extra tutions for those subjects. tution does help. it gives u the start up and ensures that everthing is goin studied in time and schedule.\nTution is important.
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teach them the concept of multiplication, not just to remember the multiplication table. instead of remembering they will be able to apply the concept and work them out, this means less time sprent memorizing a table and more time spent using their brain to work the problems.
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Why not take advantage of the fact that they are young enough to reprogram them out of the typical "one size fits all cookie cutter" approach to learning? Have you looked into other methods along the home-schooling spectrum? I would pick up a few good books about home schooling elementary aged children and start getting creative instead of relying solely (if at all) on a packaged curriculum.
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One very good and effective way is to construct mind maps of what u have studied. You can see the links and connections between concepts and so it gives you a whole picture. Sometimes, we u construct mind maps, you will come to know which parts you have understood and which parts u need to do further studying. And u can even use it for revision. My student, as young as ten yrs old use this method to study science. And it's really good, she find it so much easier to revise using the mind map. \n\nYou can plan your studying - this is impt. too. try not to do too much per day. you'll only get information overload. So plan what u want to study for the next day. write it down on post-it note and stick it to ur organiser or ur room bulletin board. And you can even write down a reward for urself if u manage to finish those tasks. E.g. study science chapter 5 and do mind map, complete math questions on the topic on factorisation. Reward: play pc game for 30 min if i manage to finish the tasks. \n\nStudy SMART - Not everything is impt. We do not need to memorise everything from the history or geography book to get a good grade. Get the main points. Find shortcuts to learning though u have to be careful in finding the right ones. teachers do give tips during lesson time indirectly.. so pay attention in class to catch them.
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There are some great workbooks that you can get at the bookstore that review your child and start preparing them for their next grade. They are called summer bridge, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1887923098/sr=8-1/qid=1151354431/ref=sr_1_1/002-5647511-9834449?ie=UTF8.\n\nSome children get bored with workbooks and learn best hands on. Get involved at your local musuems and libraries, there are lots of free or inexpensive educational activities going on ALL summer long.\n\nIt's important to keep the summer structured, but keep a balance between work and play!