Parents

How Can I Help My Child At Home?

Provide a good role model — read yourself and read often to your child.

Provide varied reading and math material — some for reading and math enjoyment and some with information about hobbies and interests.

Encourage activities that require reading and math — for example, cooking (reading a recipe), constructing a kite (reading directions), or identifying an interesting bird's nest or a shell collected at the beach (using a reference book).

Establish a homework time, even if it is only ten minutes a day.

Write notes to your school-age child; encourage written responses.

Ask your child to bring a library book home to read to a younger sibling.

Establish one evening a week for reading and math (instead of television viewing).

Encourage your child in all reading and math efforts.