How to calm a child at test time

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Remember It’s only a test!

Explain that they are just used to determine what students know so that teachers can understand if they need cover some material further. Young children don’t need to hear about all of the dire outcomes adults worry about, from students being held back to teachers losing their jobs to schools being closed.

 

Practice makes perfect.

Give your child a practice or previous  tests so she can understand how the exam works. There are lot of electronic tests now, so look online for examples of questions. Focus on reading the instructions and prompts together, since this is where many test-taking problems arise.

 

Create a strategy.

Advise your child to answer as many questions as she can and to go back and check her answers. Let her know that most kids are expected to miss some questions. Also, she should know that there are usually experimental sections that won’t be counted.

 

Have a relaxing night.

The real beauty of standardized testing is that there is a homework hiatus. You’ve been given a Friday afternoon in the middle of the week, so enjoy the free time. Go outside and play some basketball, or go for a long bike ride. Have another family over for an early dinner and push it to the edge of bedtime. You are going for distracted exhaustion.

 

Turn nervousness into excitement.

Sometimes it is really hard to calm down, so go with the hype and transform it into excitement. “How fun! You’re taking a test!” A Harvard University study found that people who were excited gave better speeches than people who were calm. Whereas nervousness can impede success, excitement can enhance it.

 

Frame things in a new way.

If your child has a helper mentality, emphasize the altruistic nature of the tests. By taking the test, your child is helping her school’s leaders understand what they have done well and how they can improve the curriculum for next year’s cohort.

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Remember It’s only a test!

Explain that they are just used to determine what students know so that teachers can understand if they need cover some material further. Young children don’t need to hear about all of the dire outcomes adults worry about, from students being held back to teachers losing their jobs to schools being closed.

 

Practice makes perfect.

Give your child a practice or previous  tests so she can understand how the exam works. There are lot of electronic tests now, so look online for examples of questions. Focus on reading the instructions and prompts together, since this is where many test-taking problems arise.

 

Create a strategy.

Advise your child to answer as many questions as she can and to go back and check her answers. Let her know that most kids are expected to miss some questions. Also, she should know that there are usually experimental sections that won’t be counted.

 

Have a relaxing night.

The real beauty of standardized testing is that there is a homework hiatus. You’ve been given a Friday afternoon in the middle of the week, so enjoy the free time. Go outside and play some basketball, or go for a long bike ride. Have another family over for an early dinner and push it to the edge of bedtime. You are going for distracted exhaustion.

 

Turn nervousness into excitement.

Sometimes it is really hard to calm down, so go with the hype and transform it into excitement. “How fun! You’re taking a test!” A Harvard University study found that people who were excited gave better speeches than people who were calm. Whereas nervousness can impede success, excitement can enhance it.

 

Frame things in a new way.

If your child has a helper mentality, emphasize the altruistic nature of the tests. By taking the test, your child is helping her school’s leaders understand what they have done well and how they can improve the curriculum for next year’s cohort.

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Remember It’s only a test!

Explain that they are just used to determine what students know so that teachers can understand if they need cover some material further. Young children don’t need to hear about all of the dire outcomes adults worry about, from students being held back to teachers losing their jobs to schools being closed.

 

Practice makes perfect.

Give your child a practice or previous  tests so she can understand how the exam works. There are lot of electronic tests now, so look online for examples of questions. Focus on reading the instructions and prompts together, since this is where many test-taking problems arise.

 

Create a strategy.

Advise your child to answer as many questions as she can and to go back and check her answers. Let her know that most kids are expected to miss some questions. Also, she should know that there are usually experimental sections that won’t be counted.

 

Have a relaxing night.

The real beauty of standardized testing is that there is a homework hiatus. You’ve been given a Friday afternoon in the middle of the week, so enjoy the free time. Go outside and play some basketball, or go for a long bike ride. Have another family over for an early dinner and push it to the edge of bedtime. You are going for distracted exhaustion.

 

Turn nervousness into excitement.

Sometimes it is really hard to calm down, so go with the hype and transform it into excitement. “How fun! You’re taking a test!” A Harvard University study found that people who were excited gave better speeches than people who were calm. Whereas nervousness can impede success, excitement can enhance it.

 

Frame things in a new way.

If your child has a helper mentality, emphasize the altruistic nature of the tests. By taking the test, your child is helping her school’s leaders understand what they have done well and how they can improve the curriculum for next year’s cohort.

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