Educational authorities worldwide implore parents to maintain an interactive role in the schooling process, yet the majority tend to let go as their child goes to school. The involvement of the parent has a measurable benefit on performance and can be extremely rewarding for the parent, child and teacher. This parental hands-on support is commonplace in the Far East where exam results now overshadow the achievement in the West. Perhaps the misplaced reluctance can be shown in the following ten point converse list:- - Undervalue your ability to help teach them when they go to school. The skill you developed when they were infants; teaching them to walk, talk, ride a bike, learn about colours, numbers etc. should be ignored. Leave everything to the teachers now on.
- Regard school time as the only time children can learn. Lessons are meant to be hard work and not there to be enjoyed.
- Treat homework as a chore. It has to done, nobody likes doing it and you don’t want to interfere and you're very busy.
- Avoid giving your child help in case its spotted or criticised, better to regard your knowledge of school lessons as dated and not applicable to modern teaching techniques.
- Consider kids free time out of school as sacrosanct. Quality time with children cannot possibly be linked with school work.
- Believe that TV is the sole means of providing educational input relevant to you child's lessons.
- Minimise all contact with the teacher. You’ll find our how your child is doing in end of term reports or parents night. Don’t worry if you wasted a term’s opportunity to help before you found out.
- Don’t believe hearsay that says the biggest drop in your kid’s performance generally happens when they go to secondary or high school. Fingers crossed they’ll keep up.
- Always buy presents that other kids have got, obviously a fad and hold their interest for about a week.
- Ignore the range of fun interactive Educational Games & Toys at www.keen2learn.co.uk. They’re great fun for kids aged 3-15, matched to the curriculum and will definitely help you take a more positive role in their learning.
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