Have you ever faced any difficulty while picking a tutor? Every parent who searches for someone to tutor her child wants to find the best person for the job. But to do this one has to make a lot of considerations. Many tend to get confused about this. Let us walk you through some of the basics to keep in mind while picking a tutor for your child.
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How to find out your child’s learning style?
No two people are alike, are they? There are differences between people in the way that they do things. This is true across age groups. When it comes to the act of learning as well, we find a number of differences in style. Do we as parents these days give a thought to this?
Is it time to change your tutor?
Is your child’s tuition centre far off from where you live? Do the schedules with the tutor tire your child out completely after his day at school? All these factors can decrease the utility of being tutored.
Results are Out! Now, what’s next?
How many of us have dreaded the day of the results? Well, no matter how good (or bad) we were, there would have been at least one instance in each of our lives when we waited with bated breath for the results – sometimes in anticipation of the failure otherwise with the fear of not getting what we expect.
To err is human… How to overcome crummy results?
Failure is a part of life just as much as success is, isn’t it? All of us have heard this dictum in some form or the other. Yet at the end of the day when failure strikes, a good number of us are left completely devastated and unable to get past it.
My child is upset about his results. What should I do?
Now, this might sound a bit silly to some people, but the first step is to gauge the mood that your child is in. If I were to tell you that some parents might not even realise it when their child is upset about things, would you believe me? This can happen. So, as parents your first step is to ensure that you spend time with your kids especially after the exams so that you can get a good idea about their frame of mind.
Eeks! PSLE Math is tomorrow – Help me not to be careless!
Do you think that there is a relationship between fear and performance? More often than not the fear of failure makes us underperform. The fear of math is one of the main reasons for our clumsiness. The more we are able to keep a calm mind, the better we shall be able to perform
3 more days to PSLE! How to optimise last minute revision?
Make your kid look at the list of the important topics which are part of the syllabus. Make him read out each topic and map in his mind everything that he studied about it. Make him narrate it to you. This exercise of recollection can help him access the information more easily when he is in the exam hall and is less time consuming as well.
PSLE starts next week! How do we read more carefully?
Reading is a vital aspect of one’s success and development. You need to invest a bit of effort into making sure that your child learns how to read well. The points we have discussed are a good start for this. So, go on and discover the great wonders that careful reading can bring you, and ACE your exams at the same time! All the best!
How to prepare well for the final year examinations?
A lot of us might be reminded about our exam time struggles when we help our kids with studies for their final year exams. There is bound be a lot of tension and at times even frustration during the process. But effective management of the situation is needed. As a parent, this is the time when you can step in and ease things up for your little ones.
