'Teaching
Your Child'
provides advice and support for parents and carers on how to develop
their child's learning.
A range of activity ideas are suggested to enhance
your child's reading, writing and number skills. The site also provides
information on behaviour management strategies, the importance of social
skills and healthy lifestyle choices.
The Benefits of
Supporting Your
Child
One of the most valuable things parents
and carers can provide for a child is a
supportive and stimulating environment. Whether you have a few minutes a
day or a full weekend, there are a range of activities for you to do
together with your
child. All activities are designed to be beneficial and fun, whilst providing parents and
carers with suggestions on how to ensure their child progresses well during their
early years of education.
Teaching your child to read is an essential skill and by introducing
them to stories at a young age and supporting them you can help them
progress into confident and able readers. For our step-to-step guide on
learning to read, see Progressing with Reading.
Being able to count, add and subtract are all key skills that children need
in their everyday lives. Maths is all around us and there are many ways
in which we can use everyday opportunities to develop a child's maths
ability further. There are a range of maths activities and suggestions,
such as how to help your child recognise and write numbers. For more
ideas on supporting your child's numeracy see
Developing Maths.
Learning to write is a complex task which children are expected to
master at an early age. By providing opportunities for your child to
practise writing letters and learning each letter sound, they will be
able to progress far more quickly with their writing. Often
children increase dramatically in confidence and are more enthusiastic,
such as when they learn to write their own name! For ways to help your
child with writing see Learning to Write.
Children need time
to socialise and make friends with others their own age, to be happy and
confident in themselves. By organising activities for your child
and their friends they will learn to share, take turns and show
consideration for others. For ideas on how to help your child develop
friendships and their self esteem see Social Skills.
Your
child's behaviour is key to them being able to learn and progress at
school, and of course being happy at home. For advice on how to handle your child's
behaviour see
Behaviour
Management.
Having a healthy and balanced diet is important for children's all round
development and well-being, for advice on healthy lifestyles seeHealthy Living.
By setting aside quality, one-to-one time your child will have the
opportunity to learn lots of new skills and have a range of new
experiences.
With all the suggested activities, it is advised that you adapt them
to suit your child's individual needs. Praise and encouragement is necessary, so your child develops
confidence and is motivated and keen to learn and try new things. By supporting your
child you are ensuring they become more able, confident and primarily
are happy and able to try their best at everything.
Whilst every care has been taken in the compilation of the information
provided on this website, Teaching
Your Child will not be held liable or responsible for any loss,
damage or other inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracy or
error within the pages of this website.