How Do I Improve?

So, you have got your ASSET results. You have seen the scores, gone through the analysis, checked your child’s answers with the given correct answers and understood his/her strengths and weaknesses.

Now, your question is: How can I help my child improve, given his/her strengths and weaknesses?

Here are some tips to help your child improve:

General

  • Subscribe to magazines, newspapers, journals that your child will find interesting.
  • Get good books for your child to read and learn new things. Try and spend time with him/her reading them and answering their questions.
  • Attend workshops/lectures offered by the school or other organisations, related to child development or other such topics.
  • Access the school and its resources whenever needed
  • Help the child to actively participate in school events, celebrations, activities and theme weeks/days.
  • Help your child to understand the concepts given in the textbook instead of just memorizing. If you are not familiar with the concepts, embark on a journey with your child to discover them. You can also write to us at info@ei-india.com about specific questions or concepts.
  • Encourage them to watch channels like National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet, news channels, etc.
  • Watch good quiz programmes along with your child.
  • Encourage them to surf good sites on the net, which will improve their understanding.
    You can also help your child improve specific subject skills by identifying skills in which your child is weak and encouraging him to take up activities that will develop them.

Some examples are given below:

Language

  • Discuss/read/recite/see stories, songs, pictures, etc. depicting a range of emotions.
  • Ask your child to describe his/her experiences in school, at play, etc.
  • Use new words in daily conversation.
  • Help the child use the dictionary when faced with a new word.

Maths

  • Give your child some money to shop by himself/herself (like for a birthday present for a friend) to understand the concept of budget and money.
  • Ask children to look up the prices of products bought when visiting a supermarket, and make an estimate of the total amount likely to be spent.
  • Give them small assignments to learn the concept of measurement - volume (amount of water a bottle will contain), length (measuring the dimensions of a window for curtains), time (time taken for cooking rice in a pressure cooker), etc.
  • Help them understand graphical information in newspapers or magazines - like weather or economic data.

Science

  • Help children to sort and classify books, plants or other materials around the house.
  • Involve your child in household tasks that help him/her understand concepts - repairing electrical items, fixing a wall hanging, fixing/changing a gas knob.
  • Encourage all kinds of sensory experiences like closing his/her eyes in the early morning and listening to the sounds of nature.
  • Explain everyday or routine scientific occurrences whenever you can.

SS / Others

  • Share and encourage voicing of opinions about movies, TV programmes, advertisements, day to happenings at home or in society.
  • Involve children in random brainstorming sessions on various topics.
  • Take your child for a field trip that may help him/her learn something new - this could be a factory, a museum, a hot spring - anything that gives a new experience and a chance to learn.

Also visit our webpage on ‘How do I prepare for ASSET’

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