prove beneficial to your child.
2. Keep a family calendar in view that is constantly updated. Help your child budget time by going
over commitments a week in advance.
3. Assign chores that envolve sorting. These could include putting away dishes or sorting laundry.
4. Cultivate your child's interest in collecting. Hobbies such as stamp, coin, or rock collecting can
build organizational skills.
5. Set up a quiet study area with homework supplies easily accessible in handy, labeled
organizers.
6. Encourage your child to use dividiers or color-coded tabs and folders to keep school papers
orderly.
7. Establish a homework schedule and review priortiess together to be sure assignments get done
on time.
8. Coach your child to break down big tasks into smaller parts so they'reeasier to do.
9. Teach your child to pack away school items as soon as homework is done and to put them in a
disegnated "return to school spot".
10. Help your child develop the habit of checking his or her back pack frequently to eliminate trash
and to stash away what may be needed later on.
