Children Do Better Time Management
It is not so easy to mould the adults get into
time management and daily to-do list mode. But soon they get around doing it
because of the benefits they see from being a bit organized.
On the other hand on this subject our experience
with children even of 5 to 8 years of age has been quite heartening when
compared to what happens with adults. We found that children look forward to
making their daily activities lists and assigning the time they would like to
spend on each activity.
Children find it quite interesting to make their
daily activities lists with a dash of time management poured into them,
particularly in their summer vacations and their other holiday
seasons.
We tried it with a few children of 5 to 8 year
age group and results were astonishing.
For example one child made the following daily
list on her own initiative and it turned out better than what we have observed
adults doing. Here is this wonderful activity chart of the little one:
My Activity Chart (Date: mm/dd/yy)
1. Get up at 7 AM
2. Morning activities
(brushing teeth and the other activity- you know what I mean): 20 minutes
(sometimes I read a book inside :) )
3. Breakfast: 20 minutes
4. TV watching (only the
programs I am allowed): 45 minutes (time limit fixed by my parents, wish I
could see more TV)
5. Computer: Math 30 minutes
and other games 30 minutes
6. Jump rope: half hour
7. Write in summer journal: 30
minutes
8. Lunch time: 1 hour
9. Read a book (she wrote
name of the book here): 25 minutes
10. Sketching: 30 minutes
11. Homework Math: at 4 PM: 4
to 5 pages
12. Piano: 1 hour
13. Milk and snacks time: 20
minutes
14. Dress into martial arts
clothes and go to the martial arts center: 1 hour
15. Dinner: 1 hour
16. Take bath: 15 minutes
17. Floss and brush teeth: 10
minutes
18. Story listening (from mom
and dad): 15 minutes
19. Go to sleep
20. Good night activity chart
(You may like the book "Essentials of Time Management"; eBook: http://nbuu.co/cA)
20. Good night activity chart
(You may like the book "Essentials of Time Management"; eBook: http://nbuu.co/cA)