This pandemic has been a strange-than-fiction time for everyone out there. As a parent, you must be feeling stressed out by balancing your work life and your kids’ at home. The lockdown caused the closure of schools and universities; thus students of all age groups are now sitting at home managing their virtual classes. Thus, the kids are equally frustrated with their monotonous routines having no social interaction with their peers.
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At this point, you have to manage their studies and homework and their mental and emotional state.
The age of 6 to12 years is meant for the kids to explore, observe, and absorb various things in their surroundings. But these days, their domain is limited to the four walls of the house. This has impacted their mindset in many different ways.
As a parent, you need to manage them in a much friendlier way but making sure their studies are not hampered.
5 Things Parents Can do to Support Students Learning Online
Primary school kids are little balls of energy and curiosity. They love learning new things, raising hands and answering questions, and interacting with their classmates. Virtual classes can be distracting at times. Even though your kid is required to turn on his webcam, his mind can easily wander in ten different things. But this trend will go on until things become normal.
To help you manage your kids’ online classes and daily routine, here are some tips
Make A Proper Schedule
A proper schedule here means a literally proper printed schedule per their school timetable.
You should include everything from what has to be served in the breakfast to when has to be the breakfast time. This will help them follow a proper healthy routine in an ordered manner. The schedule should have space for their outdoor playtime, homework time, and bedtime reading as well. This will help scrutinize their active hours better.
Create Space For Learning
It would be ideal if you can arrange personal devices for your kids’ to attend online classes. Some schools have also been providing laptops and tablets for kids’ virtual learning.
Also, if you have 2 or more kids, ensure to allot them different corners of the house so that they don’t get distracted and can focus better.
Reduce Their Screen Time
With virtual classes and online seminars, the screen time for the kids has increased considerably. You can’t cut short on them, but you can reduce their time on other digital activities, including video games, TV shows, social media, etc.
Sitting hours in front of the screen can adversely affect their minds and decrease their ability to concentrate. Thus, a digital quarantine can be helpful in this.
Keep A Check On Them
When you get some time in-between your office meetings, have an eye on them to check if they are performing the given tasks properly or not.
Also, in case they need help finding their notebooks or with some crafts work, do take out time to help them so that they can keep up with what’s going on in their class. If you feel clueless, share your concerns with their teachers.
Know Their Interests
Take some time out to know your kids’ interests. There may be certain things you disapprove of, but there will be something which could be used to engage them in some productive activity time. Some activities include puzzle-solving, coding, and DIY projects. Such activities will help in the overall cognitive development of your child.
Conclusion
Virtual learning is the new normal for the kids. Although it is not easy to adjust with these virtual classes, as a parent, you need to help your kids’ stay focused and agile at the same time.
You need to help your kids so that they don’t feel socially isolated and are able to perform well in their academics as well.
