The intelligent diaries for organising and managing homework, materials preparation and school commitments

By using the START DIARIES every day children will learn to manage their study time better and to develop key organisational skills which will act as the foundations for school success; preparing their school bag, keeping track of test dates, identifying goals to be reached etc.

Devised by Gianluca Daffi and Cristina Prandolini the START DIARIES – an Erickson revolution in school diaries – is available in a new version!

The START DIARIES is based on a methodology which enables key competences to be developed:

• preparing work Space both at school and at home properly;
• setting and respecting homework Timing;
• planning the Activities needed in order to complete homework and reach the educational goals set by the teacher;
• organising Reviewing of homework, both in the execution phase and after completing it, in order to monitor if timing has been respected;
• Transferring, or in other words, consciously reusing skills learnt in similar homework tasks.

A workspace for learning how to plan revision for a test over a period of time, revision can be strategically split up over several days.

List of monthly objectives to help children focus on areas for improvement, which they can check at the end of the month on the review page.

Games and activities designed to develop metacognitive abilities in a classroom setting.

Guide sheets for focusing clearly on:

• the timetable;
• the connection between each subject and its teacher;
• the material needed for each subject.

Colored stickers for highlighting missing materials, upcoming tests or important school commitments on the pages of the planner.