STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE CHILDREN IN THEIR LEARNING

Happy new week guys, hope you had a lovely weekend ❤️❤️

Lots of children are back to school this week, and some are starting a new school. 

So today, dear parents,  I thought I should share some tips with you today, in order to help you support your kids with their learning at home. 

Because as we already know, parents involvement is key and it goes a long way in helping kids succeed in school 

4 STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE CHILDREN IN THEIR LEARNING 

1️⃣FOLLOW THEIR LEAD 

Children are going to be more  motivated by the things they are interested in. You can apply this to their learning.

For example; let’s say your daughter loves singing and dancing, get her to read books on music and print out comprehension questions about music. Following their lead helps them to engage in their learning. They will definitely love that, because that’s what they are interested in. It also encourages them to take ownership of their learning. 

2️⃣ALLOW THEM TO SHOW THEIR CURIOSITY 

Children are very curious by nature, most kids love finding out about stuff, they love asking lots of questions. Trying to explain things that they are curious about is a great way to motivate them. 

Here are some fun and engaging questions you can ask your curios school aged children to get them thinking 🤔 

🖍How many minutes have you lived for?

🖍would you drink enough water in your life to fill a swimming pool? 

🖍How many vowels in the first names of all the members of your family?

3️⃣PRAISE PROCESS NOT OUTCOME

When a child gets the answers right that’s great, you want to congratulate them. But the most important thing to put emphasis on is the process. How did they get to the answer, ask them to explain their thinking to you. Ask them how did you get the answer? .

And even if they did not get the answers right, they’re doing the right thing to get to the answer, that’s what you want to be saying well done for 👏🏾

Because the problem is that, when we praise children just for what they got right, it leads to performance orientation. 

And this will make the child feel like I’m only going to do questions I know because I will be praised for getting it right and they won’t be motivated to try something new or hard questions because they don’t want to get it wrong. 

So if they always get Algebra questions wrong, when they are doing their work, you need to praise their effort and encourage them. As parents, that’s what you should be doing. Say things like “you kept trying even though you didn’t get it right. 

I hope this helps, please let me know what you think. 

Which of these strategies are you going to use? 

Thanks 

Olu ❤️❤️

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