‘From the Sidelines’ aims to educate parents and families on the science behind how our children learn, together with how to create the perfect environment at home in which to support them. We break this down into distinct areas of focus where we give parents all the knowledge they need via our expert input, but designed in a fresh and modern way to reach and engage the parents of today.
For a student to study effectively away from the classroom, they need a designated study space at home. However, lots of students often fall into the trap of studying in places that their body is used to relaxing in. Here's a look into how you can create the best and most effective space for your child to study.
Children may say that they work better when they are listening to music, or have the tv on in the background, but if we want to do the very best we can on a task, then we need to give it 100% focus. We need silence if we want to think deeply.
Even if your child has their phone on silent, there is still the burning temptation to constantly check it for any notifications or messages if it’s within arms reach. In this episode, we dive in to the useful ways in which you can help prevent this and ultimately improve your child's study!
Making sure that your child gets adequate rest and sleep every night is essential for not only a healthy lifestyle, but it also plays a major part in the learning process. As parents, we need to start thinking about our child’s body like an athlete does in the build up to a competition or event.
The last thing that anyone wants to do is to have to get up to get something when they have been deep in concentration. This results in the same situation as a distraction from a mobile phone notification - a loss in concentration, rhythm and study flow.
The best way to ensure that your child is studying for an optimum amount of time, is to use the well known Pomodoro technique. This technique for studying splits a study period up into 25 minute segments, followed by a 5 minute break.
The more often we recall information, the easier it is to recall it in the future. Each successful retrieval lets you retrieve it at a longer delay.
Flashcards are the easiest and most effective way to recall information so that it sticks in your long-term memory. Let’s look at how to create them, use them and organise them in the best way possible…
The science behind how our children learn best can often be a little overwhelming, but sometimes the simplest ways are the best. Let’s take a look at one of the best and easiest ways for your child to quiz themselves on something they have already learned...
In this episode, we explore a technique that works in a similar way to a ‘brain dump’ or ‘blurting’, but this time it doesn’t have to be something your child learned in the past, it can be used very effectively to see how much they have just taken in and understood, from something they have just read.
By getting your child to make learning harder for themselves, they are creating exactly the right conditions in which to remember something. We call this a ‘desirable difficulty’.
One of the most interesting, but least well known facts about how our brains remember information, is that as human beings we forget 90% of what we have been taught within the first 7 days, unless we go back and do something with that information to enable us to remember it.
It is absolutely essential to form great study habits at home, so that even when your child is not at school, they can still continue their learning and take responsibility for their own success as a student. Developing familiar routines at home for when and where they will study throughout the week is an important factor in helping to make this happen.
Our children have a tendency to stay up late trying to cram in all of that last minute information. All this does is lead to stress and tiredness, meaning they can’t focus when it comes to the tough questions an hour into their exam.
During the night as we sleep, our body uses a lot of energy stores for growth and repair, so our breakfast is used to replenish our energy levels, helping with our focus, concentration and alertness. Therefore skipping breakfast is an absolute no no if you want your child to be a high performing student.
Think about a time when you’ve needed to get to sleep but you can’t. Lying there actively thinking about needing to get to sleep is actually one of the worst things you can probably do. Unfortunately if we’re not tired and our body is not used to going to sleep at that time of night, then there’s very little you can do.
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