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Use Hourglass/ Visual timer

Use Hourglass/ Visual timer

The goal here is to make the child manage the tasks effectively and efficiently. During the initial, the timer could create anxiety and stress, but over the period of time, they will learn to manage the task with greater efficiency and more importantly in an effective manner. Timer helps the kids to also manage consequences better, learn the make better estimation of the task, break a larger task into small chunks and fit into their agenda, etc. This makes them manage their stress better, make them more accountable and responsible for their activities.

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Plan to make canvas drawing, build a lego model, others

  • Set a timeline by when you should complete the activity
  • Write down the materials required along with the kid
  • Plan for shopping
  • Schedule some time for the activity
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Practice waiting

Practice waiting

Remember the famous Stanford Marshmallow experiment? This was a study on delayed gratification on small children, 

where the child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time. During this time, the researcher left the...

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Few suggestions

  • Start making a count-down chart in your fridge for the birthday party, Christmas, New Year, Vacation, others. Brings up the excitement and teaches the kids to practice waiting
  • Use routine charts with rewards, make chores time fun and creative
  • Though we a...

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Follow the Keep here routine

Follow the Keep here routine

In the classrooms, the students are assigned certain places to keep their books, files, lunch box, etc. Following a similar technique helps in keeping the kid on top of things and also being responsible.

 Few suggestions

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Understanding the priorities

Understanding the priorities

Spending a few minutes every day with the child to list down the activities helps understand the backlog. It is important to talk to them that some tasks are short, some are long, some are immediate and some can wait. Not everything can be achieved in the same day and it's important the child und...

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Time Management for Kids

Time Management for Kids

In the current context of the technology era, it gets challenging for every parent to teach time management for kids. The world has presented them with multiple distractions from Netflix, Prime, Online Games, Zoom classes. When the distractions are more, it is difficult to learn and build cogniti...

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<p>Most importantly it's ok to...

Most importantly it's ok to fail to complete a task, this helps them introspect together, gives an opportunity to learn, understand what caused the shift. It will create a sense of understanding and improve the chances of them coming directly to you to discuss their tasks. 

The most famous ...

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