HELPING STUDENT LEARN AT HOME • Offer remeinders of times

Tips Families can use to help Children do better in school. Persistence has helped your
child master a skill
Put simple ideas to work now to
support learning all year long. • Offer encouragement. Say
Schools and families shares things “You are making
a common goal: helping progress. Keep it up, you will
students learn, grow and get it.”
thrive. And it takes both
schools and families to
achieve it. • Discuss the rewards. It feels
great to be able to into a test
At school, the start of a new with confidence, knowing you
year is a time to establish have studied hard. Even better
routine and priorities. To do it feel great to learn and get
the same at home and set your smarter.
child up for a productive year of learning.
• Offer chances to write.
 Create a study space that is comfortable for your Together, write letters to
Student. It can be at bedroom desk, at the kitchen table or relatives. Dictate your grocery
on the couch. It just needs to have plenty of light and few list for your child to write
distractions when your child is working. down.

 Keep on reading aloud No matter how old students

are or how well they can read to themselves, family
readaloud times are effective and fun ways to build reading
skills. For the best results: Choose a regular time.
Reading aloud with your child daily demonstrates that
reading is too important to miss.
Read books you like. Your enjoyment can increase your
child’s enjoyment.
Emphasize the first line to grab your child’s attention.
Use distinct voices and expressions for each character
to bring them alive.

• Have conversations about

what your child is doing in
 Offer reasons to persevere Learning isn’t always classes. Show enthusiasm
easy, which is why it’s so important for students to and interest. Find out what
develop persistence. To encourage your child to persist: your child thinks about the
school.
The rationale behind the development of the newsletter is to engage parents more into the
intellectual development of the children in the classroom. Aside the various classroom
activities, as an early childhood educator it very much appropriate allow parents to also support
the learning progress of children.