As children grow older, learn more and more knowledge, and learn more and more tasks, children will face the problem of how to carry out independent learning.
We need to guide children to become more independent in learning, such as making some learning arrangements independently, knowing how to arrange learning time reasonably without procrastination and so on.
We can focus on the following four steps to help children develop the ability to learn independently.
01 Encourage your child to take the first step bravely
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and usually the first step is the most challenging. For example, some children, out of laziness and fear, often avoid studying or doing homework, and cannot write for a long time. The solution to the problem is simple, that is, to encourage the child to take the first step bravely, which helps to open the "deadlock" and help the child break through the psychological barriers of laziness and fear.
When the child successfully takes the first step, we must hit the iron while it is hot and keep the child in a good learning state as much as possible. At the same time, we must guide children to learn to arrange their own learning and rest time reasonably.
02 Cultivate children's ability to think independently
When we talk about the ability to learn independently, we cannot fail to talk about the ability to think independently. In fact, the ability to think independently is an important prerequisite for independent learning ability, that is, a child with independent thinking ability will be more involved in learning and more likely to develop the ability to learn independently.
As parents, we should often encourage our children to learn to think independently in learning and devote themselves to the learning process.
Take, for example, completing assignments and learning tasks. The so-called independent thinking ability is mainly reflected in the fact that children can complete homework independently without relying on parents; they can independently complete an inquiry-based learning task without relying on the teacher. In this process of continuous development, children will gradually develop and consolidate the ability to think independently, which makes a strong preparation for the cultivation of independent learning ability in the next step.
03 Guide children to achieve self-management and balance
An excellent learner can take the initiative to learn to think on his own, have stronger self-management skills, and can take the initiative to quickly apply the new knowledge learned, and learn more content by exploring and asking questions. And that's what we want to help our children achieve.
Every child in the process of learning is inevitably subject to various interference and temptations from the outside world, in this case, it is important to guide children to learn to balance learning and other things, and to achieve self-management ability.
Maybe at first the child will feel very struggling and entangled, such as going outside to play happily before doing homework, or doing homework first and then going outside to play? These ideas test a child's self-management and balance skills. If children can balance the relationship between "play and learn", they can help themselves learn more efficiently.
04 Help your child develop a personalized learning schedule
Independent learning also means that children will have more free time at their disposal, which can be used to complete homework, read, review what they have learned, and so on.
We can guide children to develop a personalized learning schedule to achieve the purpose of scientifically and effectively managing learning time and carrying out learning.
When the child completes a learning task, or after solving a very complex problem. Parents should give their children appropriate encouragement to encourage their children to always maintain upward learning motivation.
Most education experts suggest that for larger learning tasks, children can be guided to take a phased approach to completing tasks, which is commonly known as the "sausage slicing method".
The so-called "sausage slicing method", simply put, is to "cut" a learning task that looks big or difficult into small pieces. It's like cutting an Italian or German sausage into slices. In the same way, if the learning task is divided into small goals in one stage and one stage, it will be easier to complete.
epilogue
At present, there are many children who lack the ability to learn independently, which is reflected in the high dependence on parents in learning, and the final result is that children become more and more passive in learning, and their academic performance is getting worse and worse. This is naturally the result that parents do not want to see.
In order to let children go on the road of learning for a longer time, it is necessary to cultivate children into independent learning ability, reduce and eliminate their dependence on their parents, and ultimately achieve the goal of being able to complete their own learning on their own.