Download - Parent Involvment for Young Students
Parent InvolvementSelf Study Module
By Drew Covi, LaTonya Dupass, Nicolle Gilbertson, Jessica Hess, & Carrie Zelin Johnson
Tips to raise your student
Tips to raise your student
Lifelong Journey
Self Motivation
Get Involved
Are My Kids Ready?
5 Developmental Domains
Health and Activity
Motor Movements
Look For:
• Run smoothly
• Skip with direction and control
• Hop with direction and control
• Catch a ball thrown underhand
• Climb easily on playground equipment.
Look For:
• Hold a pencil or crayon
• Put several beads on a string without assistance
• Draw recognizable objects
• Use scissors to cut preformed simple shapes
• Put simple puzzles together without assistance
Social & Emotional
Look For:
• Adjust to new situations
• Use words to resolve conflicts
• Sit & focus 5-10 minutes on a story or task
• Complete those tasks
• Cooperate with others and take turns
• Use self control when frustrated
• Take pride in their achievements.
Multiple Learning Paths
Look For:
• Match objects to examples
• How they share ideas
• Use problem solving strategies
• Understand the rules in games
• Use use prepositions
• Identify numbers
• How well they can count to 50.
Language & Communication
Look For:
• Listening to how they use appropriate words or gestures to relate feelings needs and suggestions.
• Listen attentively to a conversation, story or song
• Take turns as a speaker
• Recall story events
• Enjoy listening to stories and rhymes.
Society and Awareness
Look For:
• Ability to complete bathroom activities independently
• Cover their mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing
• Ability to snap zip and button garments
• Put away toys and help with clean up
• Understand the roles of their parents and teachers.
Some Ideas
• Reading
• Developing a bedtime routine
• Letting them try new things
• How to be a friend
• Discussing their feelings
• Play with other children
• Chalk, crayons and markers
• Asking them questions
Special Needs
Stay Involved
Some ways:
• Check your child’s backpack for homework every night
• Limit TV viewing on school nights or the kinds of programs they watch
• Play with your child indoors and outdoors to increase learning
• and become an advocate for better education in your community and state.
Establish Community
A Few Suggestions:
• A Family Fun Carnivals
• Father Daughter Dances
• Family Spaghetti Nights
• Scholastic Book Fairs
• Transportation Nights
Connect With Teachers
Ways to contribute
• Discuss your child’s progress at conferences
• Vote in school board elections and attend parent teacher association meetings
• Set challenging academic standards
• Participate in fundraisers, field trips and attend special programs
Ways to contribute
• Attend kindergarden round-up
• Make yourself available and flexible
• Be open to having the teacher make a home visit
• Read the communication daily and weekly
• Know the school rules and help your children respect them
Ways to contribute
• Encourage school officials to visit homes and communities
• Address any concerns about stereotypes with your child’s teacher
• Avoid making calls that are only of a negative nature
Ways to contribute
• Avoid discussing your child’s teacher in front of them in a disrespectful manner
• Make major transitions such as changing schools or teachers only when absolutely necessary.
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