Children have a tremendous capacity to learn. You can support your child's capacity to learn by involving your children in activities that require talking, exploring and experimenting.
Research shows that parent involvement helps children's learning. You can foster learning by:
Confidence - feeling good about her/him abilities to succeed
Cooperation - getting along with others and being able to share and take turns
Self-control - knowing there are good and bad ways to express emotions
Persistence - finishing what he or she starts
Curiosity - using her/him natural curiosity to learn
Cooperation - getting along with others and being able to share and take turns
Self-control - knowing there are good and bad ways to express emotions
Empathy - having an interest in others and understanding how others feel.
Showing your child that you care about her/his. Children who feel loved are more likely to be confident;
Setting a good example. When you treat other people with respect, your child probably will too;
Letting your child do things by herself/himself;
Encouraging your child to make her/him own choices, rather than deciding everything for her/him;
Helping your child find positive ways to solve conflicts with others;
Creating opportunities for your child to share and care.
Helping your child become a reader is the most important thing you can do to help him/her succeeds in school.
You can make reading an enjoyable experience by:
You can lay the groundwork for reading and writing by developing your child's listening and speaking skills. By the time your child enters primary school, he or she should be able to:
Listen carefully for different purposes;
Use spoken language for a variety of purposes;
Follow and give simple directions;
Ask and answer questions;
Use appropriate volume and speed when he or she speaks;
Use language to express and describe her/him feelings and ideas.
What Skills and Knowledge Will My Child's Kindergarten Teacher Expect?
Expectations will differ at each school, but some commonly expected skills for kindergartners include the ability to: