[Teacher advises] What should I do when a grade 1 student has difficulty in learning?
I worked as an elementary school teacher for over 40 years and this problem, especially at the end of the school year, is very well known to me. If my advice will help you and your child - I will be happy.
So what if your child, a first grader, has trouble at school? First of all, it must be understood that there should be not only the moral aid or organization of the regime that day. You need to help the boy learn the material he has the difficulty. Read the material with it again, try to explain it with words that can be understood by him.
Do not yell at the child, perhaps when they learn new material, the child gets distracted, there's no time to remember. Very often children can not concentrate during the lesson. All this can provoke the poor progress of the child. Therefore, we must help the children in school. Many parents negatively consider this advice, because you need to spend your time, strength, nerves. It should be remembered that assistance should not develop into excessive care. If you start solving problems for children, collect portfolios, then you do not bring up the organization and responsibilities to the child.
Parents of class children, and in the future of students, keep in mind that schools provide knowledge, not evaluation, and if your child will have a large store of knowledge, it will please you a good grade. Explain to the child that you do not have to worry about low grades, in any case, you should increase your knowledge and skills.
Therefore, if you see a problem in training, then the fight should not be done with a bad grade. You need to see why your child does not have time at school? What is the reason?
The reason could be different:
a small amount of long-term memory, when a child can not simultaneously memorize large amounts of information.
the concentration of weak attention - the child can not concentrate on what is explained by the teacher.
poorly developed motor skills, the child does not have the time to perform at a sufficient speed and quality of the proposed task.
It is important to visit the school systematically, so that the child is guided in the school process. This will help gain knowledge on a regular and complete basis. If a child loses a class, it will become more difficult to understand, to gain new knowledge, as newly learned in the previous studied.
Communicating with teachers, do not be lazy to spend a few minutes of your time figuring out where the gaps in your child's education are.
Support, love, close to your child, and then he will overcome all the difficulties that may arise.
