My son is 4 .5 years old. How do make him smart in studies and extra curricular activities?
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Read to him, talk to him (no baby talk). Go on walks together and examine plants, flowers and animals you see along the way. Play simple board games with him. Make learning fun and he will respond by wanting to learn. We did this with our grand daughter and she is in 1st Grade an A Honor roll student, and loves to learn, it's an adventure for her. Don't put any pressure on your son though, make everything a game. We bought things like a plastic table mat with clocks on one side where she could draw in the hands of the clock to tell the time she went to school, came home, had lunch etc. On the reverse of the mat is the same thing but in written sentences with spaces for her to fill in the missing word. Another table mat we bought for her is a map of the world (simplified), on the reverse is a map of the USA with all the states outlined and named. We bought jig saw puzzles for her from the time she could hold something and place it where she wanted it to go (rather than just wildly throw it). Start with 10 or 12 piece puzzles and build up to the bigger ones.\nKids learn an amazing amount of stuff very quickly, they like to poke about in dirt-make that a learning thing, is the dirt wet or dry, what kind of stones are in the dirt, are there any bugs in the dirt, how many bugs are there? After finishing with the dirt we go wash our hands and feel and see the soap wash all the dirt and germs off, look at the colors on the soap bubbles on our hands. The possibilities are endless with young children, just make it fun!
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If you mean that your son is in 12th grade this year, I would strongly advise not changing schools. Let him graduate with his class and send him to summer school to improve his writing and reading or get him a tutor. Your son will have to be motivated to improve his skills himself in order for any improvement program to work.
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Mine just turned 4 and he is reading a little.  I bought him a Leapster L-Max for Christmas and it's really good and he reads because he wants to know what to do next.  However, it may be a bad idea for me to let him get too far ahead and then go to a public school where he'll be bored going through the basic steps and probably start causing trouble.\n\nKindergarten is where they begin to learn the basics of reading and have enough knowledge to form words.  So No.
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it is always best to send your son to school rather than home study. i agree with others that he will have more balance student life in a school whether private or public. i still go for private school.
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You should encourage him to get a bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, management... something along those lines. For his elective credits, have him take things that enhance his communications and planning/coordination skills. It may be of interest to contact several planning/dispatch companies and ask what kind of educational requirements they look for in applicants.\n\nSome may say none, it is personality driven... regardless, encourage him to get the 4-year degree. It will be much more valuable to him later than he may possibly imagine today.
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three options:\n1. if somehow he can greatly enhance his intelligence (less likely)\n2. practise more (possible)\n3. change major (possible)
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HE IS A CHILD...HOW MANY FOUR YEAR OLDS DO YOU THINK WILL HAVE PATIENCE'S TO STUDY ..THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY ...WELL MINE DOES.......I'M SURE HE WILL LEARN TO READ AND WRITE WHEN HE STARTS SCHOOL....GIVE HIM LOVE NOT PRESSURE....HES ONLY FOUR
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Well Pankaj, you've missed giving a very imptnt detail in yr questn: the age of yr son; becoz z answer depends much on that. Bt generally, any game which requires brain efforts (like thinking, analysing, deciding etc) are recommendable. For eg: Chess, Scrabble, IQ tests (yes, IQ tests can be used as games!), Mastermind, Reversi, Minesweeper, Hangaroo (quizzes), Question-Answer games between friends/relatives (generally all types of questions). Good Luck to your son!
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Teach him to smoke cigarettes and drink lots of Coke. He will become an average US kid everybody seems to dream of nowadays. Start saving money for a wheelchair, if he is human of course. If he is a carnivorous plant, give him a bigger pot.
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All you can do is encourage him, he has to want to do it.  You can't force someone into action, the most you can do is to try to show him the ways in which going back to school will benefit him in the long run.  Ambition and drive is something that a person has to have within and if he fails to see the importance of an education, then there isn't much that you can do.
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get them to create something. Drawings, building blocks, games that excite or test their ability to remember, painting, crafts. You can try making them discuss issues. You will be surprised what comes out. If you are facing hyperactive children know that their attention span is very short so a variety of quick games may help. TV is your last resort. They would likely not enjoy the same program anyway. Good luck.
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What are his interests? Find something he is interested in then go to the library and get tons of books about that. If he is young, even picture books to start out just to get him familiar and comfortable with books. When I was in the Master's program for Education at Ohio State, I tutored a 3rd grade boy who was on a Kindergarten reading level and soon he was able to read anything I gave him. It was because I made it fun, relevant to his life and interactive. Give him games to work on comprehension and let him write his own stories to read back to you. If he is not old enough to write his own, then you dictate for him, letting him write whatever he is able to and help him read it back. Just make him want to do it. This is the key to teaching anything. Try Harry Potter, most kids get into that. :)
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Don't let the child play or watch tv or whatever until homework is finished. Make it firm and clear that there is no fun until after work is done. Give him/her rewards when he/she does well on homework or tests. Nothing big, just a small token for doing a good job and getting their work done. You can search study habits on the internet, and will also get a lot of good strategies. Like make sure it is in a quiet room, no disturbances, and things like that. Good luck.
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Let him play the video games, it stimulates the mind. Just make sure he does his chores and homework and let him do what he enjoys. Not everyone will enjoy sports. Also, maybe find out what kind of games he plays and play with him. Educate yourself, learn about games. Be a good father.
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I agree with Little Lulu.  If you can manage to have his teacher challenge him on his level, or you provide appropriate enrichment (most gifted children thrive on researching, working within their passions, be it dinosaurs, math, science, writing their own books for classmates to read, art...), this would probably be best.  The problem will hit at the middle school level, when many of his classmates will be reaching puberty and he will be a baby (and bullying and tormenting their classmates seems to be a hobby for middle school students) or in high school when he is a year or more behind in getting a driver's license.  If he is 7-8 years old socially and emotionally, he needs to be with 7-8 year olds, because when he is 9-10 years old socially/emotionally, he shouldn't be with 12-13-14 year old wild children!
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Bless you in your endeavor! Just to start out, you could surround him with books...give him time outside...not too much of the TV or video games or ipod...don't completely take it away...or he'll hate homeschool, just don't let him use that stuff during "school hours"...so he'll find something productive to do. Ask him what he wants to learn about and do a Unit Study...but don't overdo it, let him take the lead...but he may need you at his side for a while until he realizes he doesn't need a teacher to learn, just the desire to learn. The library is a great place to get all of the "curriculum" you could ever need. You could get him some science kits, or let him start a rock collection, or buy him a telescope so he could begin studying the stars, the possibilities are endless. I don't know why we call it homeschooling, it's really universeschooling...but I won't get into all of that...I'm homeschooling my 4 children and I wouldn't trade it for the world. They LOVE it and would not like to go back to school. \n\nI don't know where you live, but I'm sure you could find a homeschool support group near you. I'm in the Los Angeles area...many, many groups to choose from.\n\nThe best to you and your son!
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Help him organize at home first.  Make sure he has school "stuff" in an appropriate place at home - a drawer, a cabinet, a desk, wherever.  Just keep it in the same place, and don't allow him to move it.  Make sure he works on homework at this place every time he has work.j\nUnfortunately, he's going to be on his own at school, and he'll have to learn the hard way about being organized.  You can buy a different spiral and/or folder for each class - be sure to COLOR CODE THEM, so he won't grab the wrong one.  And let HIM choose which colors go with which classes - he'll remember it better if it's "his" system too.  It sounds "geeky," but buy him a pencil pouch and put pencil, pen, calculator, small ruler, and small pack of colored pencils in it.  He should take the pencil pouch to EVERY class EVERY day so he won't be without necessary items.  \nFind out when his homeroom is.  Pop in once or twice to see what's going on.  Talk to his homeroom teacher and enlist his/her help with your child's organization (It's easy - all they have to do is talk to the whole CLASS about it; give tips, help gather materials, etc.).  Ask the teacher to remind your son once a week or so about his organizational skills.  Check out his locker.  See how (if?) he organizes it.  Do this AFTER SCHOOL so the other kids don't see!  If it's a disaster, talk to him and get HIS ideas about how he could rearrange it to be more effective for his use - morning class materials in the top/afternoon class materials on the bottom, etc.  Also, Wal-Mart has locker shelves that are pretty neat, and there are also little magnetic pencil holders that can be put inside the locker door for "extras' when he's without a writing utensil.