Does your child struggle to get through an assignment without getting stuck? Is he/she constantly asking you for help?! Here is a fun and easy trick to increase your child’s independence while completing schoolwork:
Grab a stack of post-it notes and cut them into strips. Teach your child that, when he/she comes across an item they do not know, to flag it, and move on. Then, designate a time that you will sit down with your child to go over any items that have been flagged. Some children may need to fix the items on that assignment before moving on to the next task whereas others are better at doing all of the their work and circling back to the flagged items all at once.
Hint: This works for adults too!
~Dr. Sam