Teaching our children how to learn is as important as teaching them content, because acquiring both the right learning strategies and background knowledge is important – if not essential – for promoting lifelong learning. Our children need basic study skills to be successful in school (&beyond). They need to learn how to plan and organise; process and comprehend what they read or hear in class; be able to study for tests/exams and develop effective test-taking strategies. At “Hit the books!” we developed a Study Skills Workshop that will teach your child strategies and techniques that will enable him/her to make the most efficient use of their time, resources and academic potential. Developing and improving their study skills will help them in the following ways:
Become more motivated, being able to set goals and plan their time better - getting more work done in less time! To make learning easier, and help retain what they've learned for longer -teaching effective concentration and memory/study techniques. Being able to organising their resources, environment, and themselves for effective studying. Improving their reading comprehension and note-making abilities. Preparing for tests and exams. Our Study Skills Course will run over 3 days, 4 hours per day. Our focus groups are grades 4/5 and grades 6/7. Depending on the interest we receive our venues (& areas), dates and times will be confirmed. Space will be limited since we will only take 10 learners per session. Workshops will be facilitated by a team of professional trainers. The minimum costs are R995 per learner per course, depending on the venue & area. Should you want to know more or would like to receive emails regarding our Study Skills Workshop venues, dates and times, kindly email/sms us your details. Warm regards,
Liz Fourie
Workshop coordinator for the “Hit the books!” -team.
