Whether your child is entering kindergarten, high school, college, or graduate school, these traits or habits are important, so begin early. Curiosity - Effective students are curious. Curious kids can drive parents and teachers crazy.
Curious kids get interested in a subject and want to read everything they can about it.
Curious kids are learning not just because someone else wants them to, but because they have an insatiable need to find out things for themselves. Encourage curiosity with trips to the library, museums, attendance at special classes, or at-home building or collecting projects. Organization - It's hard to be an effective student in a formal school setting without some organizational skills. If your child wasn't born with a built-in need for organization, then get to work on teaching and developing those skills. Assignment notebooks, backpacks, keeping track of things, and having a regular place to study are all important aspects of being organized.