Good Habits to be Exam Ready

Dear Parent,

Having good habits and routines can provide a sense of discipline and normalcy especially during change. Particular to your child’s preparation for his exams, it will help to reduce the precious marks lost due to Careless Mistakes, Inaccuracies or Misconceptions.

In this email series, we’ll look at the essential habits your child needs to develop to be exam ready.

Good Sleep Hygiene

Careless mistakes could have been avoided if your child had enough quality sleep to keep him focused through the day to listen more attentively and retain information better during class. Excessive homework that requires a child to work till late in the night is strongly discouraged.

Quick Tip: Quality sleep time is affected by the amount of screen time your child is getting these days from his usual entertainment via digital devices and online classes. Be sure that you set expectations with your child to ensure that screen time does not get too excessive.

The Right Mindset

Having the right mentality and morale to press on can give your child the confidence to overcome challenges and not be shy to ask for help when needed. This is crucial as children are often self-conscious and worried of their peers’ judgement. They avoid asking questions when unsure and when the misunderstanding builds up along with the need to master new concepts, misconceptions are formed.

At onSponge, we encourage engagement, we listen to the students, and motivate them to persevere and achieve better results by providing a positive learning environment through rewards and prizes. This simple act helps us to nurture our children positively gaining the confidence they need over time.

Revision & Practice

To develop your child’s studying abilities and to ensure consistency, revision and practice is key. Particularly so for a practical and methodical subject like Math.

However, hard work, practice and drilling will not guarantee good results, especially if it’s not done right. If your child has been using the wrong approaches to solve questions and continues with the same practice it can only lead to more inaccuracies in his work and marks lost.

This brings us to our next point: having the right skills in problem solving, which will be discussed further in our next email!

Curious to find out more right now?

Sign up for our onSponge 4-Week SA2 Math Exam Preparatory Workshop for your child to experience how we use exam-based problem sums to equip him with the right skills and habits to excel consistently – including our +hinkingMath@onSponge strategies which will enable your child to solve even the most challenging problem sum questions in the upcoming SA2!

It takes at least 21 days to form a new habit, hence it’s not too late to get started! Register your child for this 4-week prep workshop to gear him up for the upcoming SA2!

Sign up now at: https://bit.ly/sa2examprepedm

Till our next email, stay tuned!

Yours Sincerely,
The onSponge Team

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