How To Build Time Management Skills for Kids

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“I do not have time” - Most of us have used this excuse at least once. Some of us even wish we had more than 24 hours in a day. This excuse or wish comes from our inability to manage time and lack of discipline in life.

Time management, or discipline in general, helps people become self-sufficient and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

While parents may feel busy balancing work and parenting responsibilities, inculcating discipline in kids at an early age is easier, as they are more flexible. And as a parent, you do not want your child to experience stress or mental health issues due to poor time management.

Five Tips for Children to Develop Healthy Time Habits

Good time management skills can act as a tool to help kids boost confidence, feel less stressed, provide more spare time, and maintain their mental well-being.  Helping them use time wisely can instill discipline for lifetime.

Here are five suggestions to develop time management skills for kids:

Help them turn time into a valuable asset

When you manage time well and have a proper schedule for every task, time seems to multiply as you get spare time to do other things. When you do not manage time well, it gets divided, and you are left with zero time for other activities. This is something kids need to understand: prioritizing important tasks and finishing them on a set schedule can provide the outcomes they want.

Set clear priorities and create a schedule

Knowing what must or should be done is helpful. For instance, if your child attends a remote school, be sure to talk with their teachers about the most important things that require attention. After discussing with your child the importance of each task, establish a plan that will guarantee adequate time. Tell them that their schedule can be adjusted to allow them time to concentrate on these goals.

Help them break big goals into small achievable tasks

Kids can feel overwhelmed with workload at times. Help them break their work into smaller steps and complete it at their pace. Create a checklist to motivate them to identify their goals and work independently to achieve them. For example, if your child has to learn new math concepts, help them with reading and practicing the relevant textbook examples.

Make them independent, let them fail.

Remember, as a parent your job is to help your child with time management, not act as a timekeeper. Constant reminders can add extra stress, hinder their thought process, and influence their planning. Let them come up with their own reminders for specific tasks and timelines. If they fail to follow the schedule, let them fail sometimes - these modest failures will strengthen their awareness of time and encourage more discipline.

Help them reduce screen time

This is a digital age. Kids from Generation Alpha and Beta will know more technology than we did in the past. Encourage children to develop healthy media habits; tell them to spend less time on social media or video  games. Additionally, make them aware of how overexposure to media can result in procrastination, more stress, and even phone addiction.

Along with English Enrichment, Little Genius also offers programs like Math World and Junior CEO that focus on teaching kids reasoning, management, business, and finance concepts. To learn more about courses,

please visit us at https://littlegeniusacademy.co.in/.

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