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This section has helpful
information on a smooth transition from school to home and home to school for maximum learning.
Love
and limits help kids learn!
1. Kids whose
parents provide both love and limits develop self-confidence
and a better attitude toward work .
2.
Kids are more likely to exhibit a higher performance in school if their parents provide:
a.
Clearly defined expectations and follow through;
b. A warm and nurturing environment;
c. Flexibility
toward increaseing independence in their child as they grow;
d. Encouragement to solve problems and make decisions;
e. Mutual respect;
f. "Demandingness" with warmth.
Teaching
appropraite behaviors and work habits helps kids learn!
1. Kids change their behavior as they mature and learn new skills.
2. Kids need opportunities to learn behaviors that can be the most productive for learning.
3. Kids benefit
when the adults around them:
a. Understand the patterns of their behavior and work ethic;
b. Provide opportunities for preventing poor behavior choices and poor work habits;
c. Teach kids new ways
to behave;
d. Respond appropriately to behaviors and work ethic;
e. Work together with kids to change
behaviors for the better.
Learning at home helps kids learn at school!
Routines at home help kids learn.
1.
Kids need routines such as specific study times and places, regular
meals, physical activity, and adequate sleep habits to be better learners at school.
2. Kids do better in school where there are family expectations
such as punctuality, correct use of language, always doing your best and finishing your homework:
a. Working relationships focused directly on the needs of the individual child;
b. Ideas from teachers about things parents can do at home to help their child as a learner;
c.
Ideas from parents about what teachers can do at school to help their child as a learner;
d. Shared decisions about
things to do at home and at school to help the child as a learner.
Learning
at home helps kids learn at school!
1. Kids whose relationships with their family
include affection and talking about everyday events, reading books, newspapers,
magazines, and or television programs are better learners in school.
2. Kids whose families visit libraries,
museums, zoos, historical sites, and cultural events have background knowledge to be better learners in school.
3.
Kdis whose parents join other parents in their neighborhood, in the commuity, at work, or at school to learn more about supporting
thier kids learning do better in school.
4. Kids benefit from high expectation at home and support
for higher education and keeping a foucs on learning and homework.
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