Time Management: 3 Ways to Teach Your Child About Managing Time
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Parents,
Some people may think that children are too young to learn how to manage time, but what if we started introducing the concept through practical and concrete ways, such as school and playtime. In today’s brief video, we give you three ways to use your child’s everyday world to introduce “time management concepts.” It’s easy and quick. To get started, click the link below.
https://vimeo.com/parentministry/review/537428433/afb7a39633
As always, it’s my pleasure to partner with you and your family. If you need anything, please feel free to contact me.
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Parents,
Some of you may have heard about the three ways to manage money: give, save, spend. Well, time is similar…work (school), play, and rest. As children move between school, soccer fields, piano lessons, and church, you can have an ongoing conversation about their time and commitments. It creates the perfect opportunity to start the subject about why they do what they do.
Today, we give you a brief video that encourages you to have this conversation with your child. Click the link below to view the video.
https://vimeo.com/parentministry/review/537428433/afb7a39633
The elementary years are an important time to lay the groundwork for much larger discussions coming down the road about time management. You can get a head start by doing some preparation now.
If you have any questions or want to discuss further, please do not hesitate to reach out.
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For a brief minute, let the continually rolling list of adult responsibilities take a break, and we focus only on one task at hand: playing with our children. When we play with them, we teach them the value of managing our time well. Learn more in our new parent video! Check your inbox for more.
When our children work, they are stewards and caretakers of their brains and bodies for a bigger purpose. As they grow up, school turns into a job. This job makes way for those gifts and talents for their provision and to bring God glory. Learn more in our new parent video. Check your inbox for more!
Some of you may teach your children the 3 ways to manage money: give, save, spend. Well, time is similar, but with work, play, and rest. In our new parent video, we quickly show you how to teach your child 3 ways to spend their time well.
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In today’s video, we give you 3 concrete ways to teach your child how to spend their time. It’s so easy to do that I bet you’re already doing it and didn’t even know it. Here are 3 God-intended ways to spend time: Work, Play, Rest.
Number one. Work. This principle is one that God created in the Garden of Eden. He intended us to work and not just sit around all day being fed grapes as people fan us. That’s not God’s goal for us. The ability to build something or create something with our hands and to do work is a gift from God. Even for children!Â
One of the ways they spend time doing “work” is in school. Whether it be learning how to read, using a glue stick, or running on the playground, they go to school every day to “work,” similar to adults. When our children work, they are stewards and caretakers of their brains and bodies for a bigger purpose. As they grow up, school turns into a job. This job makes way for those gifts and talents for their provision and to bring God glory.Â
Teach your child that school has a bigger purpose. God created for them and gave them work, which is one incredible way to spend their time. BUT… it’s not the only way.
The second way your child can spend their time is through play. It’s a child’s love language to play. And one of the best things a parent can do is to play with them. Playing means we choose some age-appropriate recreation with our children where we can laugh and enjoy ourselves. For a brief minute, let the continually rolling list of adult responsibilities take a break, and we focus only on one task at hand: playing with our children—no correcting or instructing, just connecting. And we share a hobby with our children. This use of time exemplifies to our children that “playing” is just as important as work—the two stay in balance with each other.
The third way is rest. We don’t just work and play, we also rest, which is a tweak on Play. Rest is a use of the time that God gives us to calm our minds and hearts. Resting was given to us by God when He talked about the Sabbath. He instructed us to set aside a window of time to stop everything, unplug from the noise, and plug into Him. We invite him in to fill us up, talk to us, and we to Him. It’s worship, whether in hiking through the woods, singing with our Church community, or reading a child’s devotion to our children. We allow God to reenergize and replenish, so we’re free to live fully. Like when the phone runs out of battery or the car out of gas.
God has designed us, including our children, to need to stop and rest. How can we provide these moments equally for our children as we do rest and play? Ask the Lord to show you what is best for your family? How can you schedule moments of rest with your 6-year-old or 9-year-old? Each age, personality, and family dynamic mean rest look different, so ask the Lord to show you how. Â
Some of you may teach your children the 3 ways to manage money: give, save, spend. Time is similar. Teach your child the 3 ways of time management: work, play, or rest. Show them how to do it by modeling it for them, with your schedule, but more importantly, their schedule. As you schedule their activities throughout the elementary years, keep these three in mind. When you do, you follow time management the way God intended. And hopefully, as they become teenagers and adults, they will remember and repeat.