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Simple Strategies to Teach Kids Time Management

Time management is an extremely valuable life skill. For some of us with dyslexia, nothing about time management and organization comes naturally. Check out these tips to help your dyslexic child develop fundamental time management skills! By Marianne McSunderland

Laura Lurns Last updated September 28, 2016 · 1 min read

Many people with dyslexia also have some form of attention issue. This can manifest itself in various ways, including poor time management skills. However, there are several simple strategies that can teach children to manage their time, space, thoughts and belongings. Children can then transfer these skills and apply them to similar tasks they encounter that require time management.

This article contains helpful hints to teach children time management.

One time management strategy involves adding important events to a monthly calendar. These events are transferred to weekly calendars and then to daily calendars. Each subsequent calendar has more details than the longer calendar. Another strategy is planning an activity by breaking it down into steps. Planning and preparing a meal is a simple task that can be used to teach this concept. The event, preparing a meal, is dissected and the steps are arranged in a logical sequence.

Key takeaways

Forty to 60 percent of children diagnosed with Dyslexia exhibit some form of attention difficulty and struggle with time management.
Teaching simple time-management techniques can contribute to adult success.
Using time management techniques in the home such as having a monthly calendar or using a timer can help contribute to success.

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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.

This article contains helpful hints to teach children time management.

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