Top 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed

The 10 Best Ways to Help Your Child Be Their Best:

1. Read to or with your child EVERY day! Let them see you read as well. (Encourage reading in any way you can)

2. Make math a part of everyday life. (Look for patterns, count, sort, estimate, measure, do mental math, use elapsed time, etc.)

3. Reinforce good listening skills. (Listen to understand, speak to be understood.)

4. Practice following the school rules. (Reinforce asking politely, sharing and problem solving)

5. Keep the teacher informed about things at home that might affect your child at school. ( New baby, vacation, family illness, etc.)

6. Make sure your child is ready for school each day. (Reasonable bedtime, nutritious breakfast, proper clothing for the weather, lunch, backpack, supplies, etc.)

7. Encourage responsibility and independence. (Let them pack/unpack their bookbag, clean-up their messes, participate in chores, etc.)

8. Talk about how things are the same and different. (Utilize the skills of compare/contrast, same/synonyms, opposites/antonyms)

9. Ask your child about school each day, sound genuinely interested, showing that your family values education. (Develop a routine at dinnertime)

10. Show your child how to be organized.
Children who are organized find it much easier to succeed in school. (Teach organizational skills through example)