Parent Tips
Reading
1. Check your students backpack daily for homework and notes from school.
2. Read to your children or have them read to you at least 20 minutes daily. Magazines, instruction manuals, food products etc., it doesn't matter what subject just get their interest! Make sure Mom doesn't do it all, boys who associate reading with women might dismiss it as a "girl thing."
3. Choose your books wisely. Find books on subjects that interest them.
4. Surround your child with books. Find cheap books at yard sales, thrift stores, and library sales. Subscribe to a children's magazine. Make sure they see YOU reading.
5. Slow down and enjoy reading. Add drama to your voice, act out different characters, put yourself into the story.
6. Read stories over and over. It takes a long time for kids to take it all in.
7.Foster their awareness of letters and print. Point out letters in everyday life. Buy or make them letters to play with. Write their names on possessions like lunchboxes.
8. Surround them with writing tools; paper, markers, crayons, pens, and pencils.
9. Don't pressure them. Nagging your kids about what they read may turn them off to reading. Agree to take turns choosing stories. Comic books and sports magazines are reading material!
10.Show your appreciation. Nothing encourages good reading habits like positive reinforcement.
11. Talk to your children about what they have just read. Ask questions and have them retell the story to you.
Math
1. Help your child use math in everyday settings.
- Have them count the change you get at the store.
- Have them help with the fractions and measurements in a recipe.
- Show your child how to figure percent discounts on a sale item.
- Have your child read the time on a bus schedule or movie showing.
Math is everywhere!
2. Read to your children or have them read to you at least 20 minutes daily. Magazines, instruction manuals, food products etc., it doesn't matter what subject just get their interest! Make sure Mom doesn't do it all, boys who associate reading with women might dismiss it as a "girl thing."
3. Choose your books wisely. Find books on subjects that interest them.
4. Surround your child with books. Find cheap books at yard sales, thrift stores, and library sales. Subscribe to a children's magazine. Make sure they see YOU reading.
5. Slow down and enjoy reading. Add drama to your voice, act out different characters, put yourself into the story.
6. Read stories over and over. It takes a long time for kids to take it all in.
7.Foster their awareness of letters and print. Point out letters in everyday life. Buy or make them letters to play with. Write their names on possessions like lunchboxes.
8. Surround them with writing tools; paper, markers, crayons, pens, and pencils.
9. Don't pressure them. Nagging your kids about what they read may turn them off to reading. Agree to take turns choosing stories. Comic books and sports magazines are reading material!
10.Show your appreciation. Nothing encourages good reading habits like positive reinforcement.
11. Talk to your children about what they have just read. Ask questions and have them retell the story to you.
Math
1. Help your child use math in everyday settings.
- Have them count the change you get at the store.
- Have them help with the fractions and measurements in a recipe.
- Show your child how to figure percent discounts on a sale item.
- Have your child read the time on a bus schedule or movie showing.
Math is everywhere!
