If motivation is a bucket to be filled, it is filled with raindrops collected over time, not a one time event. It comes from both feeling capable of success and an accumulation of awareness, appreciation and satisfaction for a job well done. How do you help build this in children?
Here are some strategies.
1. Set small, attainable, FUN goals. These must be the kid’s goals, not the parent’s; things that they have desire for. Make them small to build successes. Success begets success, IF it is reflected on and assimilated.
2. Make it a game, a game they can win. We are all pulled more toward fun than drudgery. Most things can be turned into a game, adding fun and joy: increasing motivation. [Read more…] about Summer Motivation