Lesson Revision Through Educational Games Boosts Performance
Recent research shows that parents who play educational games with their child at home including educational video games can help increase the child’s performance in school by two grades.
The recent government programme to equip children from poorer families with a laptop computer is designed to allow children access to learning programmes and parent’s dynamic contact to see how their child is achieving at school. It will also allow teachers to advise parents on the extra help they can give to help the child.
Learning that is also fun has a huge opportunity to engage parents at home. Educational games played with their child lets parents see exactly what their child is learning in the National Curriculum and gives an immediate measure of achievement and performance. This proactive approach casts the end of term report and parents night into the scrap bin. Ongoing support and mutual fun can be vastly more effective than the isolated “do your homework” command from a parent.
One of the great ways to learn is through practise. This can be either a boring slog through a text book or a fun revision quiz. Physics, chemistry, literacy and maths can suddenly become enjoyable games the family can join in. You never know you could end up learning yourself.
