Helping Kids with School Projects
February 16, 2009
Almost every school encourages their students to submit monthly projects and presentations and in these enterprises parents also have a vital role to play. It becomes a problem for working parents who do not have the time to spare in such activities. Also these projects are mainly creative in nature which does not come naturally to everyone. So, project times are actually nightmares for some parents. But schools insist upon these things so that everyone gets drawn into this wave of creativity.
Once a school asked its children to make a presentation of farm animals and many parents were actually struggling with masses of cardboard and adhesives. Schools ask children to do these because kids have an innate creative spirit which needs to be polished and nourished. Also they are generally keen observers which enhance their creativity.
Schools always ask for things which have to be made out with everyday raw materials and hence you cannot have your own way by spending money and buying readymade toys or models. In the case mentioned above the need was making of puppets with papers and cardboards which would reflect simple but perfect idea. You can help yourself by visiting certain websites which teach origami and other ways of paper folding. For making the puppet you can just multiply the size of the same.
Always try to use things with which your child is comfortable. To make it outstanding you may teach your child a few lines to explain the project. But do so only if your child is good in recitation. But, with rehearsal all loopholes can be plugged; so rehearse well.
Academic projects like making the model of the solar system are generally assigned to more mature students. Elder kids are much more confident so parents don’t really need to work that hard except say extending appreciation or giving ideas for improvement. But always encourage your child to do something original.
Get them the right raw materials; even more innovative will be those projects which use domestic waste (like old newspapers etc) or other things commonly found at home as raw materials. Ask your kids to make the rough project first, identify the loopholes and perfect them in the final one. And the most important part is appreciation. Appreciate whatever they do; you may display the model in your drawing room as a sign of appreciation. It will encourage them to strive for betterment.
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