Live and Learn: How to Find the Motivation Your Kid Needs to Learn

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Not every child is going to take to education right away but sadly it’s a necessity in the journey to finding out what they want to do with their lives. You can help them with this if you just find out how to motivate them.

This will be different for every child rather you’re a parent with multiple children or a teacher with a whole classroom full of them. None of them work or think the same but if you just stop and pay attention or listen to what they have to say, they might let you know how they think and learn. To help you find motivation for kids, here are a few methods that you can try.

When you find the right motivation for kids to learn you help them for an affinity for education. Here's how to find what motivates your child.

Provide an Atmosphere for Reading

Reading is the bread and butter of most subjects even ones that you would never associate it with like math or science. Since it’s so important in the child’s education you have to find a way to motivate them to do it.

If it’s your child it’s a little easy. You just need to get them excited about reading at a young age. Read aloud to them and let them read aloud back and ask you questions.

If it’s your classroom create a reading corner and dedicate 20 minutes or so of class time to reading. Make it fun and comfortable by throwing in something like bean bag chairs.

Let the Child have a Little Control

If a child gets to have a little bit of control over their education that might motivate them to learn a bit more. For example, if you’re the teacher, let the kids choose their own writing assignment. This way they might actually be interested in what they write.

If you’re a parent, let your child choose their own extracurricular activities or if you need to get them a tutor from somewhere like Kumon tutoring, let them choose their tutor.

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Encourage Communication

Even if the child is wrong, they need to feel like their opinion is being heard. Create an atmosphere where they will be perfectly comfortable with expressing their likes and dislikes.

If they feel like they aren’t being heard or are made to feel anxiety toward expressing concerns, they will recoil from the learning experience.

Center Learning Around Their Interests

Another way to get a child excited about learning to center it around things that they take joy in. So if your student or child really loves dinosaurs then you could purchase books that center around them, create dinosaur-related word problems, or use them as examples to explain something they don’t understand.

Finding Motivation for Kids to Help Them Succeed

Finding motivation for kids can be a process if you’re not sure how to go about it. You have to try different things to make learning fun and interesting for them. If you just listen to what they have to tell you though, you’ll probably realize it’s not as hard as you thought.

For more ways to help your child with their school life and beyond visit our family life archives.

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Crystal is an SC native a wife and a homeschooling parent to three kids and dogs who blogs at Sharing Life's Moments (https://www.sharinglifesmoments.com). I'm an avid book lover, movie viewer, ATV rider, and nature enthusiast.

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