From Home to School:

Building the Bridge

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

As a parentYOU build the foundationprovide them support so they can growto stand on their own

What kind of foundation will YOU lay for your child?

YOU are your child’s first and most important teacher

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

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.

Help build up your child’s thinking processDon’t tell the answer, have them think it out

Break complex things into bite size piecesAnd let them make their own connections

When they understand, make the pieces largerGive them less help, have them work it out

Eventually they will come up with their own answers

What parents start at homeTeachers continue in classrooms

Words create Action

They create a link

Between the unknown

And the answer

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Remember these?

Once there was a rabbit…

I before E except after C

30 days has September…

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!”

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.

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

Involve your children in activities where they can practicewhat 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?

A child’s education isbuilt 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

Created by:

Christopher Joy

Scott Berry

Alyssa Tresidder

Nicki Brouwer