Here are a few hints that have helped children do well and adjust in the school easily
- Read a great deal to your child
- Listen to your child read to you
- Make your home a haven of thoughts, books and ideas
- Let your child have a special place to keep her/his books
- Play memory games
- Play works: i.e. what rhymes with cat?
- Refrain from comparing him/her with other children
- Every child is unique: each child has different “sensitive periods” for learning.
- Encourage story-telling and drawing to you and other members of the family friends.
- Encourage your child to write words the way they sound. Invented spellings are acceptable.
- Help your child look at different patterns, count on beans, buttons, beads, toothpicks. Etc.
- Encourage recycling within your home and at school
- Encourage a questioning attitude.
- For pre-school children let the child help you in simple tasks like sorting the laundry setting the table, gardening, etc.
REMEMBER:
- This is such a big and exciting world to your child
- Your child is eager to learn
- Have fun with your child
