Parents of 7 to 11 years old: Urgent feedback required

[YaseminSertoglu]

Hello,

I need urgent feedback about the business I am working on.

The question is:

How does your child manage her projects? Think school projects, personal projects, family projects..

Do you give help?
Can they manage to divide the project into managable tasks?
How do they collaborate with teammates, if there are any?
How do they keep track of their progress?
Are there any issues that your child is struggling with regarding large projects?

Any kind of feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Yasemin.

so what are your teaching qualifications?

im not being snarky asking these questions but if people are going to be paying money for tuition i would imagine they would want someone who is qualified in some way.

I'd like ds(11) to learn to remember/manage simple "projects" (tasks) without being reliant on an app to do it. Technology is great but at this age group there are some basic life skills that need to be learned without it.

Why can't we just let children be children? This is everything I hate about someone having children and trying to make a business out of their parenting. Sorry but I find this offensive.

Another parent of a child here with asd (he's 10) who thinks its a good idea. We already use a lot of visual reminders and timetables etc but something on iPad would definitely appeal to ds!

Maybe there's your market?

Yes, this is exactly where I am coming from. I have an observation I'd like to share and ask your opinion:

Most kids -especially under-10s- around me have difficulty with sticking to a schedule. Homework takes a lot longer than it should, she can't start on time or finish on time. This creates real stress in the family and diminishes the quality of family time.

I think this is beacuse the kids can not yet visualize time and the future (even next 2 hours) like we do. They can not visualize what their workload means in terms of time. They grasp it intellectually, they can read clocks, etc. but it is not the same as grasping what "2 hours" actually means. Would you agree with me?

I tried to come up with a solution to help my daughter visualize time and her workload. It worked for my daughter, but I am trying to understand if this is a universal problem and the the solution I came up with would work for other children as well. So, my solution:

If you look at the mock-up, you will see a turtle and a hare.
Turtle: If she started on time, going at a steady speed until deadline (bed-time or dinner), she should be where the turtle is.
Hare: This is where the kid actually is. If she wants to finish on time, she should catch up with the turtle.

So what do you think?

P.S. I really appreciate that you take the time to answer my never-ending questions. The reason I started this thread is to see if my assumptions are correct and if there is any value for other people in such a project.

my 10 y old is following in my footsteps when it cone to this sort of thing: procrastinate, delay, rage against a the machine, procrastinate some more, leave it until the last minute, pull an all nighter where required, then pull it out of the bag at the last minute. You can't fight genetics.

Honestly though, I think adult life is full of projects and deadlines, even secondary school, age 7-10? Leave them to it I say.

Can I ask one last favor?

Could you please participate in this little survey (6 multiple choice questions,

@TheOriginalLEM I think there is a misunderstanding here. I am not offering any tuition or teaching. Another parent was talking about that, in the context of her own experience.

I think there is a market for this (possibly less so on MN). My SIL would love it, she loves to make her kids grow up before their time and she also loves schedules so I think she'd love it! Also her kids have ipads, which we do not have (or approve of!).

Consider targeting children with a special educational need perhaps? Such as dyspraxia, dyslexia, ADD etc.