TIP SHEET #12: What Can You Do When Your Kids are Young to Help Them Like School?
- Read to your kids at bedtime.
- Read aloud to them even after they learn to read so they can hear the vocabulary of the book
- “Partner read” – take turns reading aloud.
- Check and supervise homework in elementary school.
- If you don’t check homework, if your child is struggling in an area, you aren’t in touch
- You are signaling to your child that school is important enough to take your time in the evening to see what she has done.
- Good study habits are formed in elementary and middle school.
- Try to keep organized
- Stress occurs when you can’t find what you need or know where you’re supposed to go.
- Be involved in classroom activities, even though you might work full-time.
- As an occasional room helper, you see a special view of your own child’s life
- You observe other children: their learning and potential friends of your child.
- Keep homework simple and routine.
- Give time to unwind when they get home
- Do homework before play.
- Invite kids to your house to study when you are home.
- This “normalizes” studying and makes it social
- This demonstrates that school is important.
- Let her pick out her own study materials and accessories.
- She will take more “ownership” if she chooses supplies
- Help her arrange her study area, removing distractions.
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