Tag: organizational skills for teens
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If your student struggles with how much time things take, have them track their time for a week.
When your student has trouble managing their schedule, ask them to record how they spend their time over seven days. Write down their activities in 15 or 30 minute chunks. Then they can fully understand where the time is going.
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#1 Tip for Being Successful in High School What Causes Teens to Struggle with Time Management? Building Positive Relationships While Teaching Virtually Top 3 Things To Do in the Middle of the Semester Thanks for reading!
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Why I Started Using a Planner
I started using a planner, or more accurately, a student agenda in middle school when my teachers forced us all to do so. The school provided these student agendas with the dress code printed inside, along with other school rules. Each day, at the end of each class, the teacher had us write down the…
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From Chaos to Calm: Organizing Your Teen’s Study Space
Your teen needs a plan for where they will study and do homework. Take it from someone who often fell asleep reading a textbook on her bed in college. Ideas: Having a stash of basic school supplies will save you a last minute run to the store! Think about poster board and markers as well…
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Re-Setting in the Middle of the Semester
You’ve fallen behind, or are failing a class halfway through the semester. How do you turn things around? 2 Steps to Re-Set in the Middle of the Semester For example: You are behind 10 assignments, including 1 project. 9 (regular assignments) + (1 x 5) = 14 You have 7 days to catch up. 14…
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Goal Check-In!
Whether you set yearly, quarterly, monthly, or weekly goals (or anything in between), take some time this week to check in with your teen. Are they making progress towards their goals? Have priorities changed? It’s okay to let go of goals mid-year. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It means you’re choosing to focus on…
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Planning Summer Fun
Here are three things to consider when planning summer fun: Comment and let me know what your teen’s goals are this summer!
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Single-Tasking
Single-tasking allows you to focus on one chore at a time. This will go much faster than trying to multitask while doing your chores. For example, if you focus on only one type of chore at a time (say, dusting), and dust the entire home at once, you do not waste time switching tools–you and…
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How to Get a Faster Email Response from your Teachers
How to Email a Teacher or Professor Begin with their name and correct title. For example, Mrs. Taylor, or Professor Davis, or Dr. Wade, Please do not address teachers by their first names, or “bro,” “bruh,” or “girlie pop” (I kid you not these are emails that I have received). State which class and/or section,…
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The Eisenhower Matrix and Chores
The Eisenhower Matrix can be a visual tool to plan out your chores. To begin, walk around every room in your home with a notebook or clipboard. Write down everything that needs to be cleaned. Go from top to bottom. Sit on the floor and look around. For example, in the office: Dust ceiling fan…