Time Tips
EIGHT STEPS TO BE GREAT
Back to School Time Tips for Students
From TIME2BGREAT
From TIME2BGREAT
by Elizabeth Franklin
With back to school upon us, it is time to think about helping children and teens better manage their time. Good time management skills are not only for adults. These skills will help children have more success in school with less stress. The first day of school will be coming soon! We'll say good-bye to sleeping in, random schedules, and free time. The first day of school brings early alarm clocks, homework, soccer, dance and all the other activities that will all need to fit into the fall schedule.
As you start back to school, here are a few tips for students (and parents, alike) for making this school year easier to manage and more successful!
1. Make a to-do list every day- You are 30% more likely to do something just by writing it down.
2. Buy a Planner with School Supplies this year. Take a few minutes on Monday to highlight what your objective is for the week. See what big projects are due for this week, when tests are coming, etc. and write them down.
3. Get a clear goal for the school year- Check your progress monthly or quarterly. The last month of school go back and review to excel in finals or TCAPS.
4. Remove distractions at Study Time- Pattern study time away from household distractions. Go to your room and shut the door. Study with no TV or distracting music. Studies have shown that long-term memory retention is hindered when studying with distractions. This does not affect short-term memory so you don’t catch it until semester test time comes! TV today means MORE studying at semester test time to re-learn what did not stick in your long-term memory.
5. Think in terms of SUCCESS. - Be responsible for your own progress. Set goals for yourself and suddenly you are not doing it for a teacher or parent, but yourself. You will take initiative and be more likely to be a success and learn a great life skill.
6. Establish routines.- Do the same thing every performance. The success of a big production number is everyone knows exactly what they are doing and when to do it.
7. Break Large Tasks into Manageable “Bites”- Take a large assignment, figure out the steps to complete it, put each step on your own daily planner with ending objective, and learn how to overcome the “mountains” in your life that are too big to move both in school and in life!
8. Get an I CAN do this attitude! Success is 90% belief. Listen to what you say about yourself. It reveals what you believe. Change what you say about yourself and school.
Be patient as your body adjusts to the new schedule for sleep and to the new school year. It takes 21 days to form a habit. In only THREE weeks your new school schedule will become the routine and be established as a new habit. Have a great and successful school year!
Copyright 2009 TIME 4 KIDS Workshop, Elizabeth Franklin.
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