This summer it's time to study: plan to pass in September

A few days ago, the students came home with their newsletter: some waved it as a sign of triumph and others, bowed down, were aware that this summer it's time to study! Parents, concerned, we face the dilemma of how to help the kids before a collection of failures in June.

What kind of help do you need to approve?

At this point, the next question is to decide if you should study alone, hire a private teacher or sign up for an academy. Obviously, each child will need a different help depending on the cause that caused their poor results.

If the problem is due to the pure attitude of the adolescent, who, being a clever boy, has had a year in which he has rather dedicated himself to doing lazy, he is interested in some kind of control through a private teacher or going to an academy. The advantages of these are that they are more economical, that they are obliged to comply with a schedule and that periodically they are examined by the tutor who attends them to verify that they are exceeding the objectives set.


A possible danger is that, in your desire to respond to objective "to approve in September", replace the action of thinking that the student must exercise, making him a support-dependent and the child a passive student. Surely he will approve in September, but in the next course he will return to his old habits.

The essential mission of the academy or private teacher should not be so much to explain the contents, but to provide the student with an effective method, positive inner vision and habit to study for himself. Regarding the doubts, the easy thing is to explain it to the student and maybe it is what the parents expect. It is logical that you tend to this but it is not the best. It is preferable that it is the student himself who learns to solve their own doubts. For that, it takes a little more time and skill on the part of the teacher, but in the long run it is more effective.


The external support that our son can receive is adequate if it is directed to the student being able to overcome by himself all the difficulties that his work supposes him.

If, on the other hand, when investigating the causes of poor academic results we detect some of the problems described above, we will have to do more with the help we provide. This will have to come by a double way: a work plan to approve suspended matters in September and a specialist that is correcting the difficulty of our son, with an idea of ​​continuity in the next course, until we overcome them adequately.

Ideas to develop a summer curriculum

1. Avoid comparisons at all costs with other brothers or partners, you will only be able to damage their self-esteem. On the contrary, encourage the satisfaction of a job well done, especially if it is a bit of a disaster, because it will make you gain in self-esteem.


2. When the notes arrive, discuss them with your children to try to know what they think about it, if they think they are fair or not, how they feel about these results and what they think they can do to improve.

3. To perform to the maximum you have to be in optimal conditions, so avoid studying when you are tired (eg in the late afternoon), when you are not well or in very hot hours (eg after eating). In the mornings after breakfast it may be a good time, although, as each child is different, you will have to help him / her when planning his / her study hours.

4. When organizing your schedule Make sure that the rest of the brothers are also busy with something: reading time, reinforcement activities, taking out their driver's license. It is not advisable for the boy to have the feeling that he is the only one who should work in summer.

5. The study in July will be different from August. The plan for the first month may include the time of the academy or teacher, plus your personal work hours. In August, when being in the place of summer, the schedule will be remade depending on the family plan and the circumstances of the place.

Action plan to approve in September

If you no longer have external support in August when you go on vacation, you need to spend time every day to review the contents of your subjects. To do this, a schedule should be marked, always the same, in the same room, if possible well ventilated, illuminated, without distractions (eg television, smartphone or tablet) and having everything necessary on the table to avoid getting up continuously .

Ana Aznar
Adviser: Dr. Luis Manuel Martínez. University Center Villanueva

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