Help children understand that learning can be challenging!
How to help your child understand about the challenge of learning and, be a motivated learner:
Talk to them about the things they can do now that they couldn’t do when they were younger
Talk to them about the things you have learnt to do and how you did this
Talk about the feelings that we all have when we can’t do something, and then the feeling we have when we have achieved it
Talk to them about how learning can be hard work but we have to keep going – use analogies like climbing a mountain or running a race – we can feel like giving up but we need to keep going
Talk to them about the things that can help with learning – practising, trying, asking for help, not giving up, noticing what helps other people
Praise the effort they make and not just what they achieve – this will help them feel that learning is in their control and that is hugely motivating