Supporting Your Child From Home

Ickford Combined School

Reading is really important!

Reading at home improves progress in school, relationships and healthSupport the school, read and record Enrich it with other material, let them chooseRead with and to children, quality timeHam it up! Act it out!Anytime, anyplace, anywhereWho? Where? What? Why? Why? Why?Don’t forget technology but love real books

Television

There are lots of great TV programmes both entertaining and educational but… there is also a great deal of drossIt may be that children given access to unlimited TV early on in their lives are conditioned to use it for life as their default activityThe electronic babysitterResearch shows that too much in formative years can lead to ADHD, Dyslexia, AutismChildren learn a lot through imitation and repetitionAggressive marketingKeep it out of bedrooms and monitor its use

Virtual WorldsElectronic games and ICT can be wonderful resources for your child…Games can develop ways of thinking needed in a technology rich societyThe web can give access to incredible amounts of informationICT offers a many ways of communicating and presenting informationWay of keeping friendships across vast distances

But…do we talk anymore?

It’s not just children who retreat into virtual worlds. Parents are often lured away too:Lap tops, iPads, Blackberries, iPhones work has spread into home lifeT.V is just to easy to switch on and draws you in whether really interested or notEmail and web browsing, where did the time go?Holding proper conversations with children has a huge impact on their progress in literacy

Some ideas that may help literacyTalk is really important but so is using correct speech and not being afraid to correct children… we was, we done, we were, we didReading and story tellingHave lots of different writing equipmentToy post offices and schoolsThank you lettersPost cards on holidayPen palsRole playCharadesI spyBoggleScrabblePost it notesCrosswordsShared storiesPhotographs

Some ideas that may help numeracyShoppingMaking cakes and weighing thingsToy shopsTimes tablesSudokuPlay dartsPlay cardsWeather forecastsDouble numbersUse diceHave a tape measure to handCar journeys and road signsMonopolyReal objects

Healthy diet

Routine

Regular bed times

Interaction

Role models

Boundaries

We all love our children but love can be manifest in a number of ways.

Ensuring that children have the things contained in the diagram rather than just giving them every material thing possible, your love is really demonstrated.

Praise