Fun educational activities for 7th graders?
Question by xxdivinexinterventionxx: Fun educational activities for 7th graders?
I’m a junior in High School and I am a mentor/tutor for middle school kids who are having a lot of trouble in school. My student is in 7th grade and really needs help in math, science and english (especially math). The problem is that most students in the program only bring in a little bit of work and spend the rest of the two hours on the computers playing games. However, I really care about helping my student bring up his grades and feel that we should spend the entire time actually working (maybe the last 20-30 minutes on the computer if he’s doing extra well that day). I allowed him to play on the computers first time we met but i refuse to do that this time.
So what are some educational activities I can give him? Like online educational games, or just more fun ways to learn? I printed out some basic math worksheets and thought about coming up with vocab words for him to memorize but what else can i do? I don’t want him to hate me but at the same time I want him to do well. Does anyone know any fun educational activities I can have him do? maybe some to just build up his math and english skills a little bit more?
Thank you so much for any answers. I really really appreciate it.
Best answer:
Answer by Jacky Xiao
let him play starcraft. u can monitor his decision making and how well he performs
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Comment from CandyCanes
Time January 28, 2012 at 12:09
I’m no teacher or anything but I do have a little brother (he’s in gr. 3) and I sometimes make him study because I want him to do well. If I were you I would sit right next to him while he’s doing the work sheet and encourage him or congratulate him when he gets a question right. Make sure when he’s doing the questions, you’re watching him closely if he’s struggling with a particular question you can give him hints and let him think about it. Studying is not boring once a student grasp the concept. You shouldn’t let him play computer games because that’s time wasted and the whole point of tutoring is studying and bringing marks up. While he’s studying or learning you have to do that with him. (like doing a math problem together, you telling him the steps then he tries to do the question. Or you can show him examples then tell him to follow the example and do it) Personally I’ve always hated educational activities (for example: french class, every year I would have a teacher that forces us to play these french games where we’re in groups and read articles and stuff and then rotate). OMG, it was torture soo happy I’ve finished with all those years of french! I’m not sure about him because everyone’ s different and learn differently. I think in order to achieve results is if you make him care about school. You can do that by making him feel confident by making him feel smart like don’t give him really hard questions start from something easy and work your way up that way his confidence can build up and try to find out what it is he’s struggling with like what area of the subject. As long as you can bring his marks up in the long run, i doubt he’ll hate you.