The Importance Of Home School Report Cards
When you home school your children, you need to let them know when they are doing a good job. Positive reinforcement is a great way to keep them interested in learning and it will let them know you appreciate the hard work they are putting in. One of the best ways to go about positive reinforcement is to issue home school report cards. Home school report cards are easy to put together and they will let your child know when he or she is doing his or her best. It will also allow your child to know where he needs more work.
To make a home school report card, you can either draw one out on paper or use your computer to make a more professional looking one. It doesn't really matter what it looks like. The grades your child receives is more important. Make sure you grade fairly, give your child the grades he or she deserves and never sugar coat the results to pretend your child is doing better than he or she actually is.
Rewards For A's
When you issue home school report cards, and your child gets a few A's, reinforce that, even celebrate it, and hang it on the fridge. Some parents even give their child money for each A they get. Whatever you do, make sure your child is excited about receiving these good grades on their home school report cards. When they get excited about receiving good grades on their home school report cards, they will become excited to do even better next time.
Bad Grades
Likewise, if your child gets bad grades on his or her home school report cards, discuss the report card to determine what your child could do differently next time. If there are problem areas, home school report cards can help you find out what those are and how to work on them.
Make sure you talk about the home school report cards. Really make an event out of it. This is how your child knows whether or not he or she is doing a good or bad job. If the report cards are exceptional, reward that. If they aren't so great, create a plan together to work on those problem areas. Just make sure to never take the report cards lightly because your child could lose interest in the entire learning process altogether and that could spell bad news for your home schooling efforts.
