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Simple lessons for a great year
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PARENTS and teachers have the best intentions for children, and it’s essential they work together to enable effective student learning and development.
Here are some tips for parents from a teacher’s perspective:
1. Give your child some time.
Let your child settle into a new school, a new school year, or a new teacher, before making contact to ask about how they are doing. All children experience a settling in period whenever they start something new, and allowing time for settling in can help ease transitions.
2. Ask your child first.
Teachers believe that making your child responsible for their learning is an important lesson for their development. Before contacting the school or a teacher to get information about your child’s work, ask him or her first. They are actually in the best position to tell you how they are doing at school.
3. Let them be a kid.
After a long day at school, children need to relax. Go for a bike ride, watch a film, or have a meal together to take the focus off school. Children need to know that there are a lot of different aspects to growing up, and that school, as well as their activities outside of school, are all important.
4. Don’t focus on grades.
Instead of asking your child what grade they received, you can ask them about what they have learned. Have them explain something new they experienced at school during the week. In this way, you get to more about their learning and they can proudly share their experiences and accomplishments.
5. Don’t compare.
Children learn in very different ways, at their own pace, and in their own time. Don’t draw comparisons between your children and other children as there will always be someone who is ahead of them and someone who is behind them. They all get there in the end.
6. Respect them for who
they are.
Our children are only on loan to us for a very short time; let them grow into the person they are meant to be. Let them follow their dreams. Respect them for who they are and where they are in their journey.
7. They are still children.
Although they may seem mature and they may beg you for more independence, they truly are still children. They need the physical, emotional and psychological support of a family. There is no substitute for parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They are not yet ready to entirely fend for themselves.
8. Trust your child’s teachers.
It’s imperative to trust the educators in your school as they have the knowledge and experience to provide the best education possible for your child.
9. Relax.
Your child is in school for a relatively short time. Enjoy this part of the journey and allow them to enjoy it as well. Never again will they be so young, so free, and so surrounded by a supporting and giving community, and you can both enjoy this time and experience together.
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