Home Activities
If you ask your child "What did you do today?' Don't be surprised If she has nothing to say. The question's so big Where should she begin? It's hard to remember everything! Better say, "Nothing"; that's easy to say It really was too busy and a complicated day.
For better information It's best to say, "Did you hear a story or paint today?"
Then help them remember what it was about and before you know it, more things will pour out.
So ask for specifics about things that we do it will be much easier for your child to tell you!
If you ask your child "What did you do today?' Don't be surprised If she has nothing to say. The question's so big Where should she begin? It's hard to remember everything! Better say, "Nothing"; that's easy to say It really was too busy and a complicated day.
For better information It's best to say, "Did you hear a story or paint today?"
Then help them remember what it was about and before you know it, more things will pour out.
So ask for specifics about things that we do it will be much easier for your child to tell you!
IDEAS FOR AT HOME ENRICHMENT
Let your child help you:
Let your child help you:
- Fold- sort laundry-match socks
- Dry - stack dishes in order to recognize differences and sameness, match and organize.
- Make grocery lists in order to print, spell, and learn about planning meals.
- Unpack groceries in order to read labels , account, and organize.
- Cook in order to learn measurements and how food changes from raw to cooked.
- Care for gardens, house plants, and pets in order to understand growth and to assume responsibility.
WAYS TO DEVELOP SELF CONCEPT:
WAYS TO DEVELOP SELF CONCEPT:
- Give your child age appropriate responsibilities (make bed, feed pets, set the table, unpack schoolbag, etc.) Establish clear rules and consequences for your child, and then follow through with them. Post them n a visible place.
- Praise your child often!
- Reward your child for a job well done ( with a hug, choosing a special dinner, playing an extra game together, etc...)
- Encourage your child to try new things.
- Allow them to make mistakes and fail, we have so much to learn through failure
- Help your child cope with frustration or failure.
- Provide opportunities for your child to succeed.
- Set realistic goals for your child both at home and at school.
- Set aside special time to spend with your child one on one.
WAYS TO DEVELOP READING SKILLS:
- Read to your child.
- Let your child read to you. Talking about pictures and telling your own story is a pre reading skill and very valuable.
- Read something yourself every day.
- Let your child catch you reading.
- Take your child to the library.
- Read the newspaper and or magazine together.
- Have books, books and more books in your house.
- Keep a basket of books by your child's bed for independent perusing.
- Contact your child's teacher with any questions or concerns regarding your child's reading.
- Play reading games with your child.
- Have fun looking at books together.
WAYS TO DEVELOP MATH SKILLS:
- Point out numbers on printed materials (calendars, box tops, street signs, etc...)
- Work on telling time at home.
- Help your child understand measurement by using rulers, tape, measures, and measuring cups.
- Teach your child to understand the value of money. What is the difference between one coin and the other? How much is each coin worth?
- Encourage your child to use numbers by counting, doing dot-to -dot pictures, shopping, and playing Bingo or Yahtzee.
- Let your child catch you using math skills.
- Talk to your child about mathematical situations in real life. (balancing the check book, figuring out the budget, paying the bills, checking change from the grocery store, this weeks hot lunch and milk order)