HOW PARENTS CAN HELP
Check this list of things you can do to help your children learn.
* Read to your child
* Listen to your child read.
* Play games with your child.
* Help your child get a library card from your public library.
* Go to the Library. Help him pick out interesting books.
* Talk to your child about subjects that are interesting to her.
* Listen to your child.
* Set aside a special "reading time". Let your child know you look forward to and enjoy that special time together.
* Give your child his or her own place to keep books.
* Write notes to your child.
* Help your child write letters and notes.
* Encourage your child to keep a scrapbook about a subject that interests him or her: stamps, dogs, birds, trucks, shells, etc.
* Limit your child's television watching - select certain shows to watch. Turn the TV on for that show and turn it off immediately after the show is over.
* Read and discuss your child's schoolwork.
* Provide materials such as crayons, art paper, and paints for creative uses.
* Give your child a calendar so he or she can write down special events and mark off each day.
* Let your child help you prepare dinner.
* Subscribe to a children's magazine (in the child's name).
* Bring book for your child to read in the car while he or she wait for you to run errands.
* Look up words in the dictionary with your child.
* Encourage your child to start a collection of rocks, stamps, etc.
* Encourage your child to show his or her schoolwork to your relatives and friends.
* When traveling, read road signs with your child. Discuss what they mean.
* Show your child how to use a yardstick, ruler, and tape measure for measuring objects around the house.
* Provide counting experiences for your child.
* Show your child how to count change.
* Give your child a special place (box, dish, section of countertop) to keep items he or she must take to school each morning. (This ends last minute searching for library books, papers, lunches, etc, all of which can cause your child to be late for school).
* Show your child how to tell time.
* Tell your child that you love them everyday.