Motivating Your Child to Achieve

Motivating Your Child To Achieve

“It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

-Albert Einstein-

The desire to do things..

a driving force behind one’s growth & success.

• handle any task, no matter how difficult• begin tasks without having to be prodded• show serious effort & concentration• have a positive attitude toward learning & school

work• use coping strategies to get through rough times• stick with tasks until completion

• choose work that is easy• need lots of prodding to get started• put in minimal effort• show negative or apathetic attitude about learning &

school work• give up quickly when the going gets rough• leave many tasks unfinished

What Dampens Motivation?

Fear of failure Lack of understanding the school work Frustration with inconsistent performance Emotional problems Desire for attention– even negative

attention

School is boring I’m

done!

I don’t care

about math

I don’t care

about math

I’m stupid ,

Why try?

I’m stupid ,

Why try?

What Fires Motivation?

Kids will be self-motivated to learn when they

feel loved and respectedfeel competent about something have some choice and control over

learning

simple ways to help your child to be

motivated

Talk kindly and honestly to your child about her interest and abilities.

Share your OPINION based on your OBSERVATION

Have an agreement

Communicate with your child

Re-evaluate as necessary

Write the goals down.

Make the goals

specific

Make the goals

measurable

Maintaining a relationship with your

child’s teacher

Supporting the programs at your child’s

school.

Creating a suitable environment

Keeping up with your child’s assignments

Staying positive about school and schoolwork.

LEARNING STYLE

is a distinct way of how a person acquires and remembers information

VISUAL LEARNER

learns best by seeing and watching

BASIC LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF VISUALLEARNERS

• is good in spelling• can easily

remember faces and names in print

• creates mental photos/good at imagining things

• Reads rapidly• Learns to spell words in

configurations rather than phonetically

• Is sensitive to colors/pictures• Learns well upon

demonstrations• Likes to take notes and to make

lists to be read later

POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL

• Having to take action before either seeing or reading about what needs to be done.

• Working in an environment with noise or movement.

• Not responsive to sounds or music as background.

• Listening to lectures without visual pictures or graphics to illustrate.

• Working in classrooms with drab colors.

• Working under fluorescent lights which make him/her hard to concentrate.

AUDITORY LEARNER

learns best by listening and talking.

BASIC LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AUDITORY LEARNERS

• have a good understanding of meaning and order of words

• good at verbalizing concepts

• good at telling stories

• has good memory for names but tends to forget faces

• tends to spell phonetically• notices easily sounds in his/her

environment• probably has ten excuses for

everything• subvocalizes internally or externally

for comprehension when reading

POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL

• Reading quickly; reads more than a visual learner.

• Reading silently for prolonged periods of time.

• Reading directions; unaware of illustrations.

• Taking his/her time answering the tests that must be read and written.

• Living with enforced silence during study time when instructor is teaching—he/she can’t wait to talk.

• Being distracted by sounds. • Seeing significant detail. • Refraining from expressing

emotions verbally.

KINESTHETIC LEARNER

learns best by doing and feeling.

BASIC LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF A KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

• Is a mover• often writes everything –

over and over• Is better at recalling what is

done than what is heard or seen

• Is good at sports or other physical exercises

• likes to make something out of paper

• reads action-oriented books

POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL

• Having good interpersonal skill.

• Having legible cursive handwriting-better with printing or keyboarding.

• Sitting still; tend to fidget and need to move.

• Listening to lectures more than four minutes.

• Difficulty in spelling.

• Communicating without getting physically close to another person.

• Recalling what is seen or heard-better at recalling what is done.

• Expressing emotions without physical movement and gestures.

• Sticking with one activity for a long period of time.

Praise:• Discusses results. “Great workon the science quiz! You got an

A!”• Uses opinion words such as“good,” “great,” “terrific,” and

“wonderful.” • Is typically given when the child

has performed as

Encouragement:

• Notices effort and progress. • Uses descriptive words.

• Can be given regardless of thechild’s performance.

• Expand your child’s point of view

• Get your child into the habit of reading.

• Strong belief that an adult will always be there with love and support

• Ability to solve their own problems• Ability to focus on their own strengths• Regard mistakes as something that happens to

everyone & something to learn from

• Empathize with your child

• Provide your child with reasonable choices

• Change your approach when it clearly doesn’t work

• Support your child’s interests & talents

• handle any task, no matter how difficult• begin tasks without having to be prodded• show serious effort & concentration• have a positive attitude toward learning & school

work• use coping strategies to get through rough times• stick with tasks until completion