The daily routine is important for every child of school age. It helps to adhere to reasonable discipline during the day, clearly distinguish between work and rest, and helps the child plan his day.
Instructions
Step 1
When drawing up a daily routine, you do not need to try to force the child to live by someone else's rules. This means that you should not take the very first routine of the day from the Internet or from books, print it out and force the student to follow it. Of course, you might think that they were compiled by competent specialists who know exactly what time a child should get up, when to go to school and do homework, and what time to go to bed. But your child may have their own habits, so it is best to take a daily routine as a basis and modify it depending on your child's activities.
Step 2
In the daily routine, one should take into account what time classes start at school and what time they end, how long it takes to get to school. All this will help to understand what time it is better for a student to get up in the morning and when he will return home. When determining the time for a child to get up, you need to know how long he gets up, how much time he spends on morning procedures, whether he exercises in the morning, whether he has a quick breakfast. Usually, a child gets up between 7.00 and 7.30 in the morning, but classes in different schools start at different times, some students study very close to home, and some have to get to school by bus or car. All of this can change the time a student gets up, the hour they leave the house, and return from school.
Step 3
Classes in different schools and classes also last for a different number of hours. Depending on this, the estimated time of return from school and lunch time should be included in the daily routine. After lunch, give your child a short break, after which you can specify the time of free activities, walks, circles or sections, lessons. The younger the student, the more time he should have for a walk and additional activities. A child may be interested in several types of circles at once, or he may just be at home or take a walk on the street with friends, if he is not interested in anything special. When drawing up a daily routine, it is imperative to take into account the time that the various sections take. If these are daytime classes, then at first the child will go to them, and in the evening do lessons, and if it is evening, then the order of lessons in the daily routine will change.
Step 4
Of course, different children complete their lessons at an individual speed. It also needs to be taken into account when drawing up his daily routine. Some of the children memorize everything quickly, and the lessons are easy for him, and someone, even in the first grade, pores over the tasks for a long time and patiently. It is wrong in this matter to listen to the advice of outside psychologists who are not familiar with your child. It's okay for everyone to have their own speed, but it's important to stick to your chosen schedule. So, if a child knows that he has only 2 hours for all his homework, he will not be distracted by the TV or computer, he will not talk with friends on the phone. A daily routine is a good incentive for a child to learn to do everything on time.
Step 5
Allocate in your routine not only time for study or sections, but also for free evening activities of the child. Let this time be devoted not to what he should do, but to what he wants to do. That is, do not check the lessons during these hours, do not force him to do housework, let the child know that there is time that he can devote to himself. Reading, drawing, playing on the computer or with family, making crafts - let the child choose what is close to him.
Step 6
The child should also sleep a sufficient number of hours, because then the daily routine is created - to help the student to do everything and at the same time keep his health. Children of primary school age are supposed to sleep at least 10-11 hours, adolescents need to sleep 9-10 hours, and older students need 8-9 hours.
