Spending time helping your child with their learning will pay back HUGE dividends. Studies show that children who achieve academic success early in life go on to higher paying jobs, and more satisfying careers. Helping your child with their homework, and making it enjoyable time together will help both of you. In the majority of homes “Homework” is a painful experience for both parent and child. Work WITH them! Help Them With Their Homework! Make it fun! The more kids feel good about the work they’re doing, the more they’ll enjoy learning, and the more successful they’ll be over the coming years.
PARENT TIPS to HELP Young Children Learn to do Math
NUMERACY, NUMBER SENSEand PROBLEM SOLVING start with parents teaching numbers. Create a working knowledge of how to count forwards by 1’s to 100.
Parents can do a variety of activities to enhance a numeracy, number sense and problem-solving curriculum.
Use MATH VOCABULARYto communicate mathematical thinking.
Ask your child HOW they solved a problem.
Practice mental mathematics inaddition and subtraction.
Mental mathematics enables students to determine answers without paper and pencil. It improves computational fluency by developing efficiency, accuracy and flexibility.
Work on estimationwith your child.
Show and talk about what numbers represent, use concrete materials to compare.
Investigate fractions and money amounts; estimate, measure, and describe length, time, and temperature.
Engage your child in mathematical discussions.
Connect mathematical ideas and concepts in to everyday experiences.
Apply problem-solving strategiesto real life situations
Encourage your child to reflect on and extend their understandingof mathematics as it occurs in their everyday activities, play, and conversations.
Encourage your child to TALK MATH, and make Learning Math FUN FUN FUN!
Did you know the study of laughter is called GELOTOLOGY?
BE THE REASON FOR YOUR STUDENTS’ SMILE!!
Laughter can soothe a teacher’s and a student’s tension; it can also make it easier to cope with difficult situations.
Laughter helps you connect with other people.
Laughter is contagious.
Laughter can help reduce your anxiety and make you feel happier.
It can improve your mood and outlook on life.
It benefits your creativity, confidence and self-esteem.
It provides an opportunity for FUN as students learn to cope with the complexities of their world.
Being a teacher can be one of life’s most CHALLENGING yet joyful and rewarding experiences!
Laugh together and give compliments often! Engage in jokes and humorous activities with your students.
Make it a habit to share a laugh with your student before school, during school and after school. And have them share a funny story or jokes with you.
Helpful Tips for Teachers to Include HUMOR in the CLASSROOM.Humor changes developmentally.
During the Preschool years, play and humor are often linked. For example just being bounced up and down or shouting BOO often conjures up shouts of joy and laughter from a child.
Primary school age children enjoy riddles, jokes and rhymes.
Middle school children learn the meaning of more words; their riddles, jokes and humor become more sophisticated.
With each advancing stage children become more aware, more knowledgeable. They play with language, tell jokes and indulge in horseplay.
JOKES & RIDDLES TO SHARE WITH YOUR CHILDREN
What do you call an injured TYRANNOSAURUS REX?? — A DINO – SORE!!
Why did the boy eat the lamp?? — His mother told him to have a LIGHT snack!!
What did the cat say when she spilled her milk?? — Nobody is PURR – FECT!!
What did the sun say when it was introduced to the earth?? — It is nice to HEAT you!!
Why do birds go to the library?? — To look for BOOK WORMS!!
What did one flea say to the other flea, as they were getting ready to go to a movie?? — Shall we walk, or take a DOG!!
What do you say to a BUNNY on the day he was born?? — HOPPY Birthday!!
Did you know the study of laughter is called GELOTOLOGY?
BE THE REASON FOR YOUR CHILD’S SMILE!!
Laughter can soothe a parent’s and a child’s tension; it can also make it easier to cope with difficult situations.
Laughter helps you connect with other people.
Laughter is contagious.
Laughter can help reduce your anxiety and make you feel happier.
It can improve your mood and outlook on life.
It benefits your creativity, confidence and self-esteem.
It provides an opportunity for FUN as children learn to cope with the complexities of their world.
Being a parent can be one of life’s most CHALLENGING yet joyful and rewarding experiences!
Laugh together and give compliments often! Engage in jokes and humorous activities with your children.
Make it a habit to share a laugh with your child before school, after school and before bed. And have them share a funny story or jokes with you.
Helpful Tips for Parents to Include HUMOR in the HOME.Humor changes developmentally.
During the Preschool years, play and humor are often linked. For example just being bounced up and down or shouting BOO often conjures up shouts of joy and laughter from your child.
Primary school age children enjoy riddles, jokes and rhymes.
Middle school children learn the meaning of more words; their riddles, jokes and humor become more sophisticated.
With each advancing stage children become more aware, more knowledgeable. They play with language, tell jokes and indulge in horseplay.
JOKES & RIDDLES TO SHARE WITH YOUR CHILDREN
What do you call an injured TYRANNOSAURUS REX?? — A DINO – SORE!!
Why did the boy eat the lamp?? — His mother told him to have a LIGHT snack!!
What did the cat say when she spilled her milk?? — Nobody is PURR – FECT!!
What did the sun say when it was introduced to the earth?? — It is nice to HEAT you!!
Why do birds go to the library?? — To look for BOOK WORMS!!
What did one flea say to the other flea, as they were getting ready to go to a movie?? — Shall we walk, or take a DOG!!
What do you say to a BUNNY on the day he was born?? — HOPPY Birthday!!
JOKES & RIDDLES TO SHARE WITH YOUR CHILDREN
Did you know the study of laughter is called GELOTOLOGY?