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3 Easy Ways to Teach Time Management to Kids

Samantha S — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:12:42 +0000

In a saturated digital world, here are three easy, simple ways we can teach time management to kids.

3 Easy Ways to Teach Time Management to Kids

We’re living in a time where everyone has good intentions for their kids by putting them in multiple advanced classes, adding more extraneous lessons to their curriculum, or simply causing them to context-switch more times in a day than kids did in the early 1900s.

We can sometimes forget that kids have the innate desire to achieve with excellence everything the parents are teaching them, but sometimes they don’t realize they need to learn how to manage their own time and or thoughts. This is where we need to pause, and offer some management tips just as you and I do as adults.

Here’s 3 easy ways to teach time management to kids. Although this list is not the ‘Three Commandments’ it’s a bite-size list you can apply right now and begin to see results in the next week or so.

1. Turn your child’s routine into a checklist.

1. If they’re younger, make the checklist age-appropriate (fun, bubbly, animal, NASA, Albert Einstein quotes, etc).
2. Have them co-manage the checklist and review it daily as that gets them in the habit to own the process.
3. At the end of the week celebrate what you achieved, and work on what you didn’t, the idea is to keep the process flowing over time – it’s not perfection, but consistency is how you win the game.

2. Establish rules for electronics.

1. Help them get in the habit to focus on one thing and master it, before they jump to anything else – especially mobile devices.
2. Set rules for when they can use mobile devices for anything other than school work – this is setting them up for success because in the workplace if they’re texting their friends during business meetings, you know what will happen.

3. Be a coach, not a micro-manager.

1. Kids are trying to learn new things and they’re trying to focus, so coach them, don’t micro-manage them.
2. Being a coach will help them know it’s ok to make a mistake, and that it’s also ok to think big about ideas.
3. Displaying this attribute will allow them to take ownership in their work and feel accountable for whatever they need to achieve, learn, create, build, etc.

It’s a short and long-term investment in your children to teach them time management skills. Using Lessontrek as a lesson planner they’ll be able to manage their lessons under your leadership while being actively engaged in their day-to-day coursework, and be able to see the fruits of their labor.

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Author:

Jason Pessemier is a U.S. Navy veteran and grew up as an Air Force brat having lived around the world. He served as an Aviation Electrical Engineer and after he was honorably discharged he used the G.I. Bill to earn follow-on college degrees as well as a Master’s degree from Bob Jones University. He built a fast-growing software company and co-founded a second one along with some friends who were homeschool parents. He has been working full time at Microsoft while growing Lessontrek organically.

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Lessontrek Freemium – Online Lesson Planner

Janine — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 02:36:12 +0000

I can’t wait to share this online lesson planner with you because it has revolutionized the way I organize my homeschool!

Lessontrek is an online lesson planning tool. That’s right! It’s a tool, so you can customize it and use it to make your own printable lesson plans! You can also just use it online like I do to save space and ink. You can see more of my posts about Lessontrek Here.

We’re sorry! The Freemium version of Lessontrek was only available for the first 10,000 members! However, Lessontrek is still amazingly affordable and you can try it out for FREE for 14 days!

Learn about what an online lesson planner can do for you here. Or, learn how to make easy lesson plans here. Maybe you need some great time management tips here?

Lessontrek can help you do all that and more! New features, like subject sharing, a gradebook and more, have been added! It’s now the most comprehensive and easy to use tool for lesson planning!

Online Lesson Planner Freemium

Whether you’re using it at home or in the classroom, or even for yourself, Lessontrek can help you create your whole year of plans in minutes! Just try it out for free! First, go to the Lessontrek Website and click on the 14 Day Trial Option.

Don’t wait! Try it out and then lock in your low price while you still can!

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What an Online Lesson Planner can do for your Homeschool

Janine — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:26:17 +0000

You love spending hours browsing for the perfect one. You like the feel of the pages. You enjoy storing them for years only to throw them out in the end. Seriously? You might be attached to your traditional paper lesson planner, but you need to consider a digital version. An online lesson planner can transform your homeschool!

Benefits of an Online Lesson Planner

Web-based, digital lesson planners are excellent productivity tools for homeschool moms and teachers because they help you manage your daily, weekly, and yearly lessons all in one easy-to-use program. You can login from any computer and your entire curriculum will be there. Digital lesson planners like Lessontrek give you flexibility to create, manage, and work from one screen which helps you focus on what matters most; teaching your students.

The freedom you gain from not having to spend hours and hours writing in your own lesson plans is priceless. Let’s not forget that the space (and trees) you save is of equal importance. You never have to worry about losing an online version, spilling something on them, or having to spend a lot of money to recover them from a broken computer.

Lessontrek

I use Lessontrek as my online lesson planner because it is so affordable and easy to use. The tool has drag and drop features that makes it easier than any other tool to reschedule your week. It took me just minutes to learn how to use Lessontrek and plan out my first week. My whole year was planned out in less than an hour thanks to the copy and paste features!

Still attached to having a paper copy? With Lessontrek, you can print off all lesson plans for records and student accessibility. Try it for FREE with a trial account.

Want even more?

Lessontrek has been building new features for its customers and wants to include Shared Subjects, Attendance Tracking, Grade Reports, and many other useful features that improve the functionality. They need to hire a small team of software programmers to help make this program even better!

Have you ever heard of Crowdfunding? Lessontrek is lowering their one year subscription price for the first 10,000 customers to $15 for the first year. They want to make this tool for everyone so they plan to use the proceeds to hire programmers in order to quickly add all the new features listed above, and other features customers want to see in the program. All new features are included in your $15 price!

If you want the most amazing lesson planner on the market, sign up with this great price while you still can!

Discount Code must be applied to the Yearly subscription plan, the code is below: 15BM offer ends 12/31/16

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