Doing well in school is super important, right? Obviously. While school is always going to be a lot of work, here are some fun and easy tips that will help you get to the head of the class in no time!

Color your world
Take better notes! Write and pay attention while you’re in the class, but look over your notes and recopy the really tough stuff at home to help memorize it. Make your notes nicer and more interesting by drawing in some doodles, highlighting the important parts, or adding lists, stickers, or whatever you think will help keep your attention while studying or will help you organize all of the information. This method will help you study better, because our brains naturally love things that are visually fun.

Take a break
Every 50 to 60 minutes, take your nose out of that book for a couple of minutes to re-energize yourself. A short walk outside will reset your poor, overworked brain and get you inspired to jump back into studying.

But not with your phone
Put your phone away. And any other gadgets. Unless the world is ending, your friend doesn’t need to talk to you right this second. The more places your brain is scattered, the less likely you are to remember what you were studying. And nothing scatters our brains worse than our phones.

Test yourself
Ask someone in your family or a friend (then both of you can get your studying done at the same time!) to do little quizzes with you. Nothing proves how well you know the subject quite like having somebody making you try to remember everything you just studied.

And don’t forget to reward yourself if you ace the quiz! Maybe it’s a piece of candy or just giving yourself some time to check your Facebook, or maybe it’s just jumping up and down and shouting to celebrate. Be proud of all the hard work you had to do to achieve what you wanted!