Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Give your child time to think

Your elementary schooler is learning how to think as well as learning facts. To nurture thinking skills, allow some time for your child to figure schoolwork out independently. If your student has forgotten how to do a math problem, for example, ask, "How could you find out?" And when your child finishes an assignment or project, ask questions about how the process went, such as "Did you allow enough time to finish?" and "What did you learn?"