Become a partner in the education of your child!

 

     1. Your job isn’t over when you drop your little one off at school; it has only just begun.  We want to be your

     partner. Keep us informed about what goes on at home that might affect your child’s behavior or academic

     performance. Share with us how what we do at school affects your child at home.
 

     2. The more self-control your child has, the more successful he will be in school. Children need practice in

     deciding how and when to express their feelings and needs, and when and if to act on impulses. Help him

     develop and practice these skills at home before he tests them at school, where the consequences are a loss of

     learning for him and for others.

 

     3. Make yourself known. Come in. Look around. Peruse the curriculum and materials. Knowledge is power. 

     When you know about the subjects your child is studying, you will be able to help her better and have a

     common understanding for discussion. Volunteering is a wonderful way to learn about what goes on at 

     school and to show your child how much you care about what she is doing.
 

     4. Your child needs lots of opportunities for play outside of school. Play is the way in which he learns about

     himself and the people and world around him. But more often than not, play has been squeezed out of their time      at home. Playing both alone and in small groups helps facilitate learning and allows your child to practice

     skills and concepts.
 

     5. Reading to your child once a day is not enough. Try to read together at least three times a day. Books

     are the gateway to building vocabulary, learning about print, and developing listening and early literacy

     skills. When you read, talk about the book. Discuss the characters and setting, make predictions, and create

     new endings. Point out letters and words in the text, and encourage him to recognize rhyming sounds and

     words and to identify beginning and ending sounds.
 

     6. Writing exploration at home is critical. Your child needs to have opportunities to use pencils, crayons,

     markers, colored pencils, and other writing instruments as she attempts to express herself in written form.

     She begins with scribbles and lines, moves on to letters and her name, and then to words and sentences.

     7. Television and video games use up valuable playtime. Limit screen time. The hours spent with these

     electronic devices could otherwise be spent talking, reading or actively learning through play.

 

     8. First-hand experiences are another teacher for your child. Take her to museums, the zoo, the aquarium, the

     library, parks, arts performances, and geographic locations such as the mountains, beach, forests, and deserts.

     And do it often. She’ll grasp concepts and skills better if she has experiences with the real thing.

 

This document has a great list of suggestions to help your child with math skills.

 

Here is a list of easy ways to support your child's language skills (reading and writing).