This document discusses the importance of parental involvement in a child's education and development. It provides several key points: 1) Parents are their child's first and most influential teachers, and learning begins at home even before school. 2) Research shows that parental involvement and support is critical to a child's success in school, more so than other factors like IQ or economic status. 3) When parents are involved by spending quality time with their children, creating routines, reading together, communicating with teachers, and more, children have higher grades and test scores and are more likely to complete high school.

2. Parental care
helps to develop leaders for future
Presented by:
Maqbool Rahu
Program Manager Education & Literacy -HANDS

3. Nothing in the
world is more
important than to
care for a child"

4. Some facts
• Parents are their child's first and most
influential teachers!
• Home is a child's first and most important
school.
• Child learns skills and attitudes from his/her
parents, starting from the very first Day
• It is important to understand that learning
does not begin when a child walks through the
classroom door; learning begins and continues
at home

6. Parents

7. Parent involvement
The more involved you are in your child’s
education, the more likely your child is to
succeed in school.
Research shows that parent support is more
important to school success than a
– Student’s IQ,
– Economic status,
– Or school setting

8. Parenting Pyramid

9. If Parents are Involved
• Children get higher grades and test scores.
• Children have better attitudes and
behavior.
• Children complete more homework.
• Children are more likely to complete high
school and enroll in post-high school
education

10. Spend time with your child
• Ask your child about his or her day.
• Use car time to talk with, and listen
to, your child.
• Take walks or ride bikes together.
• Look for things to do as a family.
• Eat dinner together and use this time to
talk about the day’s events.

11. Help your child develop routines
• Have regular homework or reading time.
• Make sure your child has a regular
bedtime that allows for plenty of rest.
• Give your child age-appropriate chores.
• Make sure your child has a nutritious
breakfast every morning.

12. Teach your child to love to read
• Read to your child from an early age.
• Let your child see you read.
• Listen to your child read.
• Take your child to the library to check out
books of interest.
• Provide your child with books and magazines
written at his or her reading level.

13. Create a study environment in your home
• Do not allow the TV to be on while your child
is doing homework.
• Make a study area that has
paper, pencils, pens, erasers, a
dictionary, and other materials your child
uses to do schoolwork.
• Check your child’s homework when it is
finished.

14. Talk with your child about schoolwork
• Ask about homework and check to see that
your child has done all the work assigned.
• Ask your child to show you his or her
schoolwork and note the grades and
comments made by the teacher.
• Discuss how the skills your child is learning
in school are an important part of everyday
life. Let your child see you read, write, and
use math.

15. Talk with teacher of your child
• Introduce yourself at the beginning of the
school year.
• Attend parent-teacher conferences.
• If possible, spend time at your child’s school
and classroom as a volunteer or visitor.
• If you use email, find out if your child’s
teacher uses email to communicate with
parents.

16. Turn Daily Activities into Learning
• Cook together.
• Your child can read the recipe and measure
ingredients.
• Go grocery shopping.
• Your child can write the shopping list, compare
prices, and identify and classify food items.
• Organize the house.
• Your child can sort and arrange items in the junk
drawer.

17. Help Your Child Feel Good about Education
Find reasons to praise your child every day.
• Help your child focus on his or her strengths
• Let your child know that he or she is a
valuable, capable person and that you know he or
she can succeed.
Have high expectations for learning and behavior, at
home and at school.
• When you expect the best, your child will rise to
those expectations.
• Be a good role model for getting work done before
play.

18. Support Your child
• Keep the lines of communication open.
• Set fair and consistent rules, with your teen’s
input.
• Set a good example through your own
involvement in the school and community.
• Continue to make time for family activities.
• Limit the time your child spends watching TV
and playing video games

19. Help Your Child Make Plans
• Help your child discover his or her interests
and start making a plan for life after high
school.
• Help your child set goals and plan how to
reach those goals, through education and
activities.
• Let your child explore educational and career
choices while in school, so he or she can have
a solid plan for post-high school education and
work.

20. Points to remember
• What you do makes a difference. Your kids are
watching you
• You cannot be too loving
• Be involved in your child's life
• Set rules and explain your rules and decisions.
• Any time of the day or night, you should always be
able to answer these three questions: Where is my
child? Who is with my child? What is my child doing?
• Avoid harsh discipline

21. Points to remember
• Treat your child with respect.
• Speak to him politely. Respect his opinion.
• Pay attention when child is speaking to you.
Treat him kindly, Children treat others the way
their parents treat them
• Your relationship with your child is the
foundation for child's relationships with
others