The Young Angels

" Robin Sharma quoted on his book "Who will cry when you die?" like this; "One of the most wonderful things about time is the fact you cannot waste it in advance"







How do we actually teach our children the time concept? When will the children learn to see or tell the time? At what age should we teach children to manage their time?


Chilren likes to imitate and observe what adults are doing. For example: If you always tell a child that you don't have enough time, you're busy and etc, they will also learn to be like adult as well. That is one of the cause of bad time management.

1. Be a role model. Unorganized busy parents usually have unorganized children. Make a schedule for personal tasks and stick to it. Demonstrate to a child how to be a successful time manager.

• Always define your objectives as clearly as possible.
• Practice important versus urgent
• Managing Priorities
• Wake up early
  
• Eliminate Distraction- Telephone calls
  
• Analyze your use of time

1. Make routine and chore charts for each member of the family. For parents and older children, a list of chores should be enough. For a younger child, provide a sticker chart to motivate and give visual cues to complete tasks. For children too young to read, pictures and colors can represent tasks.
2. Create a large calender that can be reached and have space to write in. Hang it in a kitchen or dining room. List a to do list for the child.
   
3. We can use a stopwatch to teach the children the concept of time . Start the stopwatch and tell the children that they can only play until the stopwatch make sound. You can practice this method during bath time, dinner time, reading and play time.