CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 25, 1978

The following is the third
in a series of letters to parents
submitted by the Castlegar
Learning Assistance Teachers’
Association:

Dear Parents,

Here are some ideas that
may be useful in helping your
children at home to improve
learning in school.

Parents know that children
with learning and reading dif-
ficulties do not usually want to
practice the skills at home they
desperately need to improve in
order to succeed at school.
Anything that resembles a
workbook, a worksheet, a read-
er, ete, requires persuasion and
sometimes results in anger and
frustration for both parent and
child.
"Learning school - related
skills must often be approached
in an indirect way. You can
develop ways in your home in
which your children can use the
skills they are required to learn
in school,

Mathematics

1. Let your child count the
change in your purse. Let him/
her figure out which bill will
pay for an item purchased.

2, Play games such as mono-
poly, letting your reluctant
mathematician be banker. Play
ecards and games that require
counting and keeping score
such as darts. Using two dice in
games teaches the addition
facts,
3. Whenever possible, do in-
formal counting activities.
Have the child count your
groceries as you put them
away. Get him/her to count the
people in the family and then
relate that to the number of
knives, forks, napkins, place
mats, glasses, etc. that you will
need when setting the table.
Have your child count the
articles of clothes he puts on in
the morning. I'm sure you will
be able to find zillions of situa-
tions in your everyday routines
where a little spontaneous
counting could be done. Re-
member, though, to keep these
activities fun
Reading
1. Shopping List—if you can
take the time, make your child
a shopping list when you go out
shopping. Let him/her see you
printing the items on his
personal list. It will give the

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Approach Skills in an Indirect Way

Improving Your Child’s School Learning at Home

child a purpose when you are
both in the store and he will
have fun looking for the items
while you are doing the rest of
the shopping.

Naturally, you will use
caution with. his items. I
wouldn't suggest you start with

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selecting your egg supply for
the week! Most three-year-olds
will be able to remember three
or four items on their list.
Four- and _five-year-olds
will be able to cope with four,
five or more items, Make the
list about the same length as
the age of the child.
2. Riddle and joke books can
provide a stimulus for your
child to read. Have him practice
a few in advance, so that-he can
share them with the whole
family.
3. Recipes require reading
carefully. Add kids love to cook.
Turn your kitchen over to your
youngster sometimes. Ask an
older child to double or half the
recipe.
4, Call attention to pictures in
newspapers and magazines. A
comment may motivate them to
read the caption. “Oh look, here
are the pupils at Kinnaird
Elementary Schoo! cleaning up
the park. Did you see this’
5. Tape Recorder — Stories,
poems and songs may be read
or sung onto the tape recorder
and played back to himself.

* Spelling words may be learned

with a tape recorder.

The child says the word,
pauses, spells it aloud, pauses
and says it again. By listening
to the tape, he gets extensive
auditory reinforcement.

6. Make any trip, short or tong,
a learning experience for the
child by involving him as the
Navigator. He can attempt to
read the road signs and you can
talk out your route with him.

Perhaps you could even

take time to draw a simple map
before leaving home. Older
children can probably use a
commercially prepared map.
Writin,
1. Plastic letters can be pur-
chased from the local toy
stores. These magnets can be
arranged on the refrigerator
door. Get your child toanswera
question or a riddle, or leave
you a message. They can be put
into alphabetical order, or used
to spell a new word,

Try to get both upper and
lower case letters. Often lower
ease letters are difficult to get

but they are important for the
child to use. Too often the child
sees a preponderance ‘of capital
letters on everything.

2. A family newspaper can be
fun. One child who was having
difficulty writing started a
family newspaper. He wrote
about events in the life of the
family, describing his brother's
band concert, his dad's golf
game, and his sister's new
haircut. Illustrations and little

- poems were added.

As the family, including
Grandma, became interested
subscribers (10c an issue), he
assumed the role of editor,
accepting articles from other
family members and began
photocopying his original hand-
written newspaper.

3. Provide a photograph album
for your child to make an “All
About Me” book. He can paste
one photograph per page and
write a little story about it.
“This is me last summer when I
caught a three-pound trout.”
4. If letter writing is a chore,
try a posteard approach. Be
sure the relative or friend
receiving the card answers in
such a way that the child must
respond.

Homework

1. To encourage your child to
d mathematics homework,
give him the family's calculator
to check-his answers when he
finishes.

2. When you see your child
struggling with a novel to finish
it on time, sit with him, reading
a chapter or two to him while
he follows along with ey

3. A regular time for home-
work, possibly immediately
after dinner, should be estab-
lished. Provide a quiet spot
with adequate lighting. Turn
the TV and radio off during this
homework time.

4. If you know ahead of time
the topic of your child's re-
search project, get some litera-
ture and read it to him. Some-
times the child's independent
reading level is below his grade
level and while he may be per-
fectly capable of understanding
certain material he may not be
able to ready it easily for
himself.

Take the time to help him
gain the information by reading
it to him and discussing it with
him while encouraging him to
do his own project. Mum’s or
Dad's personal interest may be
just the catalyst the child needs
to “gel going.”

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Work Habits

1, “Beat the clock” can be
played, especially with dawd-
Jers. When carrying out a task
around the home, such as
cleaning their rooms, dumping
garbage or setting the table,
set the kitchen timer always
giving a bil more time than is
actually required.

. This is particularly good

for children with a poor sense of
time,
2, Keep a score card for your
child with check marks for good
work habits and tasks com-
pleted. The card can be re-
deemed for treats, free play
time, money or whatever suits
your child's needs.

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Memory

1. This game to develop audi-
tory memory may be played on
a trip. One person sees a cow
oul of the window. She/he
begins by saying, “On the way

Bs
: to Trail, I saw a cow.” Another

person adds one thing, “On the
way to Trail saw a cow and
a blue true!

Each person ‘adds’ some-

thing repeating all the previous
things.
2. Another car game is the
“alphabet game.” Each person
must start with “A” finding the
letter on a sign. The first one to
find the “A” goes on to “B.”

Each one must find all the
letters but cannot use one
which another person has
claimed, The winner is the one
who reaches "Z" first.

.8, The old “I packed my bag for

a trip" game is similar to the
first one. The first person says
“I packed my bag for a trip and
took toothpaste.” Another per-
son says all of the above and
adds another article,

The game continues until
people are making errors or
become tired. Some primary
grade or even pre-schoolers will
amaze you with what they can
remember.

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