6 Jul, 2009
Importance of Teaching Time Management
Posted by teacherjulie @ 8:34 pm
Shelved under Just For Fun, Lessons in Life, My Family, Parenting, Philippines, Teaching Techniques, home management
~ What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ~ St. Augustine

My father used to work in an American military installation. He became and still is a stickler for being on time.

From him I learned about the importance of time and time management.

Being a special ed teacher and a full-time homeschooling mom to my two younger children, time management is one of the most important things I have to teach myself otherwise I would not be able to accomplish anything. With house work thrown in between these full schedule, I really have to squeeze couple time and time for me.

My day starts early. Wait, make that, my eldest daughter’s day starts earlier than I do for she wakes up around 4.30 am to prepare for school. Without me waking her up.

I wake up after her. Cook her lunch to bring to school, if I am early enough. If not, she gets lunch money to buy lunch in school.

After she leaves for school, I do several things:

  • if I have to go to work, I prepare the things we have to bring like food and homeschooling stuff.
  • If we just stay at home, I go online first to do stuff like read the news, write blog posts, check e-mails and play my favorite online game while the children are still in bed. One of those days, a hired help comes to clean the house and another to do stuff in the backyard.

When the children are up, we go about our homeschooling tasks. These lessons have been scheduled in advance, with a per-day schedule taped on the notebooks. They cross out the lessons that have accomplished and see how far they still have to go.

(Do you know that a lot of mothers spend so much time online that by doing so, a lot of time supposedly spent with the family is taken away?)

Anyway, back to my schedule: If they finish early, then we have complimentary lessons like watching DVD related to their lessons, or they get to play their toys. If the weather is fine, we go outdoors to play for a bit.

If they don’t finish early, then they have to do better the next day and reap the rewards waiting for them.

I believe that time management is one of the best lessons to be taught to our children. Among the other life lessons are taking the time to hug your children and learning to take things slow.

How do you teach the importance of time management? Share your experiences here and get a chance to win a watch from Kids Watch Central.

Here is how to win:

  1. Share the most effective time management techniques you us with your children.
  2. Share short anecdotes on how these are implemented and what the outcomes were.
  3. Share why teaching children about time and telling time gives them an opportunity to learn about discipline and time management.
  4. Share these by posting a comment with your email address to qualify.
  5. The three (3) MOST UNIQUE AND INTERESTING ANSWERS will be given one (1) Kids Watch Central watch.
  6. Deadline for submission of entries will be July 20, 2009.
  7. Winners may claim their prizes at GeiserMaclang c/o Arbee Panga, Unit 7D Tuscan Building, 114 V.A. Rufino St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
  8. Open to residents in the Philippines only.

Thank you GeiserMaclang and Kids Watch Central for this contest that not only will enable us to learn more about time management but have us win watches for our children :)

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7 Jul, 2009 @ 5:18 pm
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7 Jul, 2009 @ 10:34 pm
annamanila said:

Time .. sabi nila .. is an illusion. The past, present and future is just one continuum .. parang doors in a house which you can go in and out of at will. Kaya siguro lagi akong late. Walang sense of time. hahaha. My children teach me time management rather than the other way round.

Sorry if I have spoiled or couldn’t or wouldn’t get into the flow of this time management competition. Haaay .. its one of those days.

9 Jul, 2009 @ 11:00 am
Mauie said:

Time is so important in my household. We have wall clocks installed in all rooms and various parts of the house. I even have a small clock in the bathroom. It’s been useful especially during our hectic weekday mornings. It helps my boys keep track of the time, even while taking a bath, because breakfast is ready by 5.20 a.m.

When my son arrives in the afternoon, I let him watch TV while he takes his merienda but he needs to keep track of time because we need to start studying and doing his homework by 6 in the evening. Dinner is seved by 7 p.m. and we sleep by 9 p.m.

We have had this routine for two years now that I don’t need to remind him about the rules anymore. I guess, setting a routine helped me train my child in time management.

13 Jul, 2009 @ 11:40 pm
maiylah said:

I guess for me the most effective way to show my child the importance of time management is by example.
Like, in the morning I don’t open the computers until breakfast has been eaten, bath taken, and school stuffs done. We can then do our computer/internet stuffs while waiting for his school bus to arrive… :)

15 Jul, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Edna Lim said:

My children follow two simple rules in the house:

1. Do not be late. – If we are going somewhere and they are not ready by the time I specify, I really leave them behind.

2. Prepare in advance. – I tell my children that last-minute cramming to do anything is a bad habit, and they will most likely omit or forget certain things in the process if they work like this.

20 Jul, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
omar said:

My wife values time differently; she’s a person who can accomplish a lot of things even in a small span of time. So when it comes to time management, it is more of my responsibility than hers.

Everyday, I have to commute an hour before I arrive at the office, but I can still eat breakfast with my wife and daughter. I keep on reminding my daughter that it is important that she’ll arrive to school early so she doesn’t need to rush in writing her long name. During parties or events, I set more time allowances and utter the time we should be there so everyone would hurry up. Through being persistent and being a good example, not only my kids, but even my wife is adapting ways on how to be early most of the time.

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