Your child has just finished Class 1 and is now ready for new session of learning. A class 2 student is very young to understand about competition, comparisons and ambitions. Young curious mind of her should be answered and encouraged to sustain her zeal to learn. This is exactly the motive of Olympiads conducted by
Science Olympiad Foundation is. Every child is unique and as a parent your role should be to expose her to new experiences for better and enhanced learning. Appearing in SOF Olympiads is one such experiences, which will help your child develop many skills like, reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills that will be
beneficiary in long-run. It also aids in understanding the areas in which your child is lacking in proficiency and little interference stimulated can lead to improvement.
In this article, we have provided some powerful tips to help parents to make their child prepare well for Olympiad exam for class 2. Read on!
- Manage their Time Wisely
Child of this age group are distracted. It’s really tough to maintain their interest in the task in which they are involved for a long time. As a parent, you know your child mood and interests very well. You have to plan a study schedule keeping in mind when is your child most focused on studies. Help your child to establish a healthy balance in her/his daily routine, which includes rest and relaxation as well as study time. Secondly, the timetable must be made in which the syllabus of school and Olympiad exam can be studied simultaneously. Apart from their regular school studies, invest some time, say half-an-hour or an hour every day for Olympiad exam preparation. Preparing for both school and Olympiad exams together in this way will be more time-saving and efficient. Thirdly, you have to wisely make a study planner breaking the entire
syllabus of SOF Olympiads in small chunks. Keep them small and precise to retain your child’s focus. Make Daily Tasks of solving 2-3 MCQs after completing a topic.
- Never Pressurize Your Child
Parents must remember that class 2 children are very small and in the initial years of their learning journey. Your child has the entire world to see and an entire life to attain perfection. Hence, they should not be pressurized to get top rank in Olympiads. Let them participate in the Olympiad exam for class 2 for exposure only, so that they can inculcate some skills and imbibe aptitude. Instead of raising a perfect kid try to be a perfect parent.
- Make them aware of the OMR sheet
Filling up OMR sheets is an important part of Olympiad exams. All the questions in SOF Olympiads have to be answered in OMR sheets. The students of class 2 usually mark their answer on the question paper and left the OMR sheet blank. Here as a parent, you need to give your child a good practice of taking OMR based MCQ Exam with
Olympiad Skills Development System. It is a downloadable test series of 8 papers with OMR sheet similar to the actual Olympiads. In short, they are the carbon copy of SOF Olympiad exam, except with different questions. Explore more on
OSDS to boost your child’s Olympiad skills.
- Help Them With The Right Choice of Books
Selection of right study resources is the key to excel in Olympiad exams. If you provide the right guidance lead by relevant Olympiad books, your ward will not just prepare-well but she/he will also prepare smartly as right books save a lot of time. There are many books available online and offline in the market for the preparation of Olympiads, but
be careful! The only content partner of SOF Olympiads is
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MTG Olympiad books and help your child prepare at his/her best to rank high in SOF Olympiads.
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- Incentives Can Help
Children often need some source of motivation to complete a given task. For class 2 student it is very difficult to retain their concentration in doing a particular task. They tend to lose interest in anything very easily. Hence, to keep them engaged in studies, parents may reward them with small gifts on completion of tasks as discussed in #1 pointer. This will keep them motivated while studying.
- Enroll them in Skill Development Programmes
As discussed above appearing SOF Olympiads helps to develop many skills in children which they acquire in the process of solving questions of SOF Olympiads.
MTG’s Skill Development Programmes help in developing skills like reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills in a fun-filled manner! Skill Development Programmes for Science, Maths and English, are worksheets that comprise a comprehensive set of questions structured with a progressive level of difficulty for learners.
- Keep Them Curious With Puzzles
Puzzles are one of the most effective learning tools through which your Class 2 child can learn various concepts of Science, Maths, etc. in a playful manner. Children, actually, enjoy solving them like a game while learning. When a child solves a puzzle correctly, it gives motivation, which on the other hand, boosts his/her confidence. Moreover, these can be solved anytime and anywhere, in a short span of time. Puzzles can be of different types:
Crossword puzzle, Sudoku puzzle, Word search puzzle etc. and each one of them helps children to improve their critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Review Previous Paper and concentrate on problem areas
Reviewing previous years’ papers of Olympiad exam for class 2 will be a great way of preparing your child for Olympiad exams.
Previous year papers can help a child to know what types of questions they will be asked, how much time they will have for each question and how questions are solved. Solving Past Papers is more beneficial to focus on the topics that your child struggles with the most to boost her/his confidence.
Besides this, parents can analyze the pattern of the Olympiads to predict and guide their ward about the expected exam pattern and question type.
- Avoid Comparison
Comparing your child with others is the best possible way of letting them down. Do you really want that? Every child is born with their own set of skills and abilities. Identify and work on it! All children do not have the same capacity for retention. Some remember things fast others take time to remember and learn. As a parent, you must accept your child’s strength and weaknesses and help her/him move forward.
- Inculcate a healthy lifestyle
This is something that need not be told to the parents. Whether it’s the daily glass of milk or almonds, make sure your child isn’t skipping meals and is eating on time. Nutrition plays an important role in keeping energy levels up.
To sum up
Parental support in Olympiad exams is very important and plays a key role in the overall performance of a child. In order to achieve a good result, give your child
MTG’s best resources, your time and efforts and watch them shine and rise!
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