what can parents do to help their children learn?
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What can Parents Do to Help Their Children Learn?
Be Proud of Your Home Language and Culture
Read to your child and with your child
• In English or your home language
• Reading gives the child new experiences and vocabulary
Talk with your child
What can we talk about?
• Talk about what you are doing at home – washing dishes, cleaning the house, cooking dinner, fixing the car, etc.
• Talk about things you find in the stores• Talk about colors, shapes, positional
words (in, on, next to, between, in front of)• Retell a story• Create a story• Sing a song, poem or nursery rhyme
Visit the Public Library
• Audio Books• Free children’s videos• Children’s programs• Free internet use• Native language books for children – Albanian,
Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telegu, Urdu, Ukrainian, Vietnamese (12 Mile Branch)
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