Keeping Students Interested

Every human being is willing to pay attention to a topic that is related to his/her interest.  For instance, individuals who love sports would usually read that section of the newspaper first, and then concentrate on the other topics, which wouldn't be equally interesting in their opinion.  So it becomes highly important for teachers and parents to figure out every child's interest, and take advantage of that when trying to teach them a new concept.

On of the crucial steps that a teacher has to go through for a successful year ahead is spend some time learning every student's interest at the beginning of an academic year.  The teacher then, would be able to introduce lessons and concepts based on what they enjoy best.  For example, once a teacher finds out that many students in his/her class enjoy playing video games, he/she can encourage them to play certain games that enable them to learn whichever concept he/she is covering at school.  There are many games, for instance, that teaches kids how to skip count, add, subtract, etc.  If there are various interests in the classroom, the teacher could give various examples, each of which concentrating on one of them during the lesson, or even in practice exercises.

We should always keep in mind that kids only excel in something they really love.  With a bit of creativity, we would be able to make learning much more enjoyable.