Read…Read…Read  

Ø       Read to your child.  Research shows that children who are read to, perform better in school.

Ø       Read with your child.  It is good to practice reading with your child as much as possible.

Ø       Listen to your child read.  A listening ear will do wonders for a child’s motivation to read.

Telling Time skills

Ø       Use both an analog and digital clock.  Children need to learn to tell time on both types of clocks.

Ø       Work on elapsed time.  Children should be able to tell how many minutes/hours have passed since an activity or how long it will be until the next activity.

Counting Money

Ø       Practice counting both coins and bills.

Ø       Give children a small amount of money to spend on your next visit to the store.  This will give them real-life experiences with counting money.

 Help your child get organized

Ø       Organized children perform better in school.

Ø       Help them prepare a “To-Do” list and check off the activities as they are completed.

Ø       Check their school planners each day when they get home from school. 

Get plenty of sleep

Ø       We all perform better when we get the proper amount of sleep.

Ø       Research shows that children perform better when they have a set time to go to bed each evening and a set time to get up each morning.

Get plenty of exercise

Ø       Exercise makes a person feel better.

Ø       Research shows that exercise helps with weight problems, stress and anxiety, diabetes, etc.