This document discusses the importance of building a bridge between home and school to support a child's education. It emphasizes that parents are a child's first teacher and should reinforce learning at home. A partnership where school and home work together creates the best environment for children to learn and develop problem-solving skills. The document provides many suggestions for how parents can be involved in their child's education both in and out of the classroom.

1. From Home to School: Building the Bridge

2. Research says: What teachers teach in class… An important link in a child’s education is the bridge between school and home … Parents reinforce at home A partnership between school and home creates a positive environment for your child to learn

3. As a parent YOU build the foundation provide them support so they can grow to stand on their own What kind of foundation will YOU lay for your child? YOU are your child’s first and most important teacher

4. Children see Children do Especially YOU How should I act? Children constantly look for answers What should I think? What should I say? What is expected of me? What is acceptable? WHY? from everyone around them… They find those answers

5. At any given time, your child is on the verge of learning to solve new problems. How can you help your child? Some problems, however, cannot be solved without assistance. Your child looks to you as a parent, a teacher, and a model. Your job is to provide the right amount of structure, clues, reminders and encouragement to help your child become a successful problem solver.

6. Help build up your child’s thinking process Don’t tell the answer, have them think it out Break complex things into bite size pieces And let them make their own connections When they understand, make the pieces larger Give them less help, have them work it out Eventually they will come up with their own answers What parents start at home Teachers continue in classrooms

7. Words create Action They create a link Between the unknown And the answer __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Remember these? Once there was a rabbit… I before E except after C 30 days has September…

8. Language is a tool Children can learn to fix their own problems For example… A six-your-old has lost a toy and asks her father for help. The father asks her… “ Where did you last see the toy?” “ I can’t remember” a series of questions “ Did you have it in your room? “ “ No.” “ No.” “ No.” “ Outside?” “ Next Door?” “ In the car?” “ I think so...” “ Go check.” “ I found it!”

9. It’s OK! to talk to them selves read out loud when they are confused Your child will… scribble and doodle Babbling and scribbling are starting places to talking and writing.

10. It’s never to early to start reading to your child Show them how often you read in every day life, read aloud to them or with them And continue to show them you read, even when they can read on their own

11. Involve your children in activities where they can practice what they have learned How? Take them shopping and have them read the labels and signs Have them help with the laundry and count the different colors Have them help bake and do math for recipes Let them play and learn how to interact socially Not as difficult as you thought?

12. A child’s education is built through a strong partnership between parents and teachers. Communicating with teachers Attending parent-teacher and… Student lead interviews Bringing up concerns about your child’s learning Volunteering to help schools during special events Helping with extra curricular and after school activities Being involved in your child’s learning Any of these things will help make your child a better learner Provide them with the best help you can

13. Created by: Christopher Joy Scott Berry Alyssa Tresidder Nicki Brouwer