Things to do to Help Your Child
Show an interest in your child's schoolwork and help her with her homework. Praise and encourage her but avoid comparing her with others. Remember that every child is different.
Talk to your child. children can learn a lot from everyday experiences, e.g. counting things, naming colours, numbers on houses, buses etc. Listen to them and answer their questions.
Children enjoy crayoning and scribbling. Encourage them to do this on old newspaper. Buy them colouring and activity books.
Tell her stories about yourself and what you do. Tell her about your own childhood - where you lived and how you grew up. Take her to visit some of the places you've talked about.
Show her pictures books and read stories regularly to her. Remember to talk about the stories and pictures. Teach her nursery rhymes. The local library has a great selection of children's books.
These activities should be part of play and looked upon as being fun. Help your child see that school is a happy place. Don't let older children frighten her with horror stories.
