Eskola garaia itzuli da eta badakigu gurasoak hasiera berriekin urte berri baterako prestatzen ari direla. Urte berri baten hasiera normalean ilusio eta antsietate pixka batekin nahastu ohi dira, ikasleek eta gurasoek trebetasun eta esperientzia berriak espero baitituzte, but also might feel nervous about new routines and expectations.
Ez kezkatu, Reach Out it here to help! This year, we have 5 top tips to a fantastic start to the school year.
- Get Comfortable with the Curriculum
Understanding how your child’s school approaches education, what curriculum they use, what systems, and standards are used can be overwhelming for non-educators. Spending a bit of time each day reading your school’s website content, eskuliburuak, eta beste baliabide batzuek zure seme-alabak eskolan ikasten ari dena eta nola ikasten ari den ulertzen lagunduko dizu. Garrantzitsua da, halaber, zure seme-alaben eskola-itzulera gaueko eta informazio-saioetara joatea, zure haurraren programa osoa hobeto ulertzeko.. Gainera, aukera bikaina eskaintzen dizu zure haurraren irakaslearekin harremana ezartzeko. Edozein unetan oraindik galderarik baduzu, beti dezakezu posta elektronikoz bidali zure haurraren irakasleari. Zuretzat eta zure seme-alabentzat daude, badakitelako gurasoekin harreman handia izatea akademikoa bermatzeko modu bikaina dela, sozialak, eta arrakasta emozionala ikasle guztientzat.
2. Ziurtatu nahikoa Zzzzs harrapatzen duzula ABCaren aurretik
Sleep is so important for a child’s growth and development, and a lack of it can negatively impact a child’s academic achievement. In fact, research shows that sleep depravation in children can lead to higher rates of anxiety and depression. When we sleep, our brain processes the information from he day, finds the best system to file it away in out memories, and re-charges our systems for a new day. For various reasons, parents often find sticking to an early bedtime difficult, but with a clear routine, and time for adjustment, it can be easy! Haurrak 3-6 years old should be getting 10-12 hours of sleep per day, 7-12 year olds should get 10-11 hours per day, eta 12-18 year olds should get 8-9 hours per day. Creating a schedule where children get to bed earlier will make mornings easier as well, hopefully with less stress for both parents and children as they will be well rested and ready to start their day!
3. Ask the Right Questions at the Right Time
Sometimes parents are anxious to know how their child’s day was as soon as they get home from school, especially during the first few weeks. Those weeks are especially exhausting and full of ups and downs as your child learns to navigate new material, new friends, new teachers, and new expectations. Giving them time to come home and decompress is extremely important for their emotional and mental well-being. Once they have had some “me” time, parents can ask specific questions based on what they know they are working on, if they happen to know. Beraiekin seme-alaben etxeko lanen egunkaria aztertu eta zeregin bakoitzari nola aurre egiteko plan bat egiten lagun diezaiekete., baita gai zehatzekiko duten ilusioa partekatzea ere, liburuak, edo informazioa ere gozatzen dute. Galdetzea saihestu, “Nola zegoen eskola? Zer ikasi zenuen?” haurrek galdera zehatzagoei askoz hobeto erantzuten dietelako, esaterako, «Zer egin zenuen zure lagunekin bazkarian? Zein izan zen zure eguneko parterik onena? Zein izan da gaur eskolan gertatu den gauzarik bitxiena edo zoragarriena?” Garrantzitsuena, gurasoek guztiz presente egon behar dute eta arretaz entzun behar dute ikasleek erantzuten dutenean, beraz, benetan baloratuak sentitzen dira eta partekatzen dutenean entzuten dute.
4. Porrotetik ikas dezatela
Hau oso zaila izan daiteke gurasoentzat baimentzea. We want our children to do well and reach their full potential, which means we might go over each assignment with a fine-toothed comb, correcting every mis-calculation or grammar mistake. Although parents have good intentions when we do this, we are taking away important learning opportunities from children when we do so. Back when we were students, many of our parents were often too busy or didn’t have the knowledge or capacity to help us with our school work, but we found a way to push through and try our best. If children are never given opportunities to fail when they are young, they might resist taking on challenges later in life for fear of failing at them. Hala ere, when we let them fail gently, such as on an assignment or at a little league soccer game, we are teaching them resilience. It’s not the end of the world, and they learn a valuable lesson; that we can try and not succeed, dust ourselves off, and try again next time.
5. Nurture Their Passions
New school years are an exciting time for many reasons, one of them being that they provide children a chance to discover new passions. If they are lucky, they will stumble upon something they truly love, and that they can become fascinated with enough to spend hours on end discovering. Helping a child find his or her passion is not always easy and takes time. Sometimes parents worry if their child focuses too much on a couple of things, and feel they need to expose them to as much as possible to help shape them into well-rounded individuals. Hala ere, if we look at the people who have shaped our world, it was because they had a laser focus on what they were passionate about. It was all they ever did or do. As humans, we naturally gravitate towards what we love most, and as long as it provides some sort of value on top of fulfillment, we should continue pursuing it. Beraz, don’t worry if your child protests going to one activity while running out the door to attend another. Maybe the one they love is the most valuable to their growth and development, and the one they don’t like isn’t that necessary after all.
We hope these tips have helped, and we wish you and your child the best in the coming school year! We are excited for the new school year and all of the challenges and hope it will bring.
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