As a parent, it can be beneficial to take the time to learn the best options available for you and your child. With so many online resources and distractions, it can be hard to know how to support your child’s study habits in this digital age.
As a result, here are five strategies for how parents can lend their right support, encourage a child to develop proper study habits, and use digital tools to make a well-balanced learning approach:
Leverage Educational Apps
Educational apps can add some fun to learning. Such tools use digital flashcards, quizzes, and gamified exercises, all proven to dramatically boost students’ retention and motivation.
Indeed, the stand out program in terms of gamification and how it integrates with the tried and tested study methods is Knowt.
It is an excellent alternative to Quizlet and other similar apps. By making the study material as interactive challenges, Knowt makes the students engaged and in turn helps them to practice the study habits consistently which is the key stone. Taking your kid through an educational app can help channel the learning into less of a chore and more of an attainable goal.
Create a Digital Study Schedule
The ability to effectively manage time is one of the biggest tasks for students. With a digital schedule, this gets easier, giving them a place to organize their assignments, tests, and study sessions. The beauty of Google Calendar, Notion, or My Study Life is that you can add reminders, set deadlines, and break down big tasks into small chunks.
Using a digital schedule, students can see it all at once, cutting down on the uncertainty and stress of last-minute duties. Your way to help your child is to set an initial routine and try it regularly as a parent.
Encourage Online Note-Taking Tools
With digital note taking, you have flexibility, and easy access. Students can organize notes using Evernote, Microsoft OneNote, or Google Keep, add pictures or audio, and search for information quickly with apps like Evernote, Microsoft OneNote, or Google Keep.
Most of these platforms have collaboration features, such as letting the student collaborate on a project as a group and share resources.
Encouraging your child’s use of online note-taking tools is helping them become organized and learn efficient study skills. Among other things, these tools can come in handy, especially if you are looking at revising for an exam, as everything you have been reading is in one place and can be looked through quickly.
Set Up a Productive Study Space
Focus and productivity require that you have a dedicated study environment. In this age, this means creating space with the right tools, sitting comfortably, and being free of distractions. A decent study space away from too much noise and enough light is a fundamental part of concentration.
They provide items, like noise-canceling headphones or apps like Forest, that give them something to reward themselves for in delaying distractions while studying but that also helps them remain on task.
The boundaries you set – like how much time you spend on social media or digital distractions (other than studying with your class) – can make you feel disciplined and focused.
Foster a Balance Between Online and Offline Activities
Although digital tools are highly effective, they need a balanced and offline approach to avoid digital burnout and keep ourselves healthy. Let your child take a break and do something else other than what he is usually glued to read a book, play an instrument, participate in sports, for example!
Specifically, physical activities can help concentration, memory and stress level. A balanced approach means you’re not doing away with academics to push your child to create habits that take mental and physical health just as seriously.
Endnote
Parents can support their children’s education by using effective strategies to maximize the available digital resources.
Each strategy takes different approaches to help lay a foundation for balanced, healthy study habits from gamified learning tools like Knowt to simple encouragements for offline breaks. It is best to start as early as possible to maximize the results.
