Your child has brought home their reader and it’s your job to hear them read it. Here’s some tips from an experienced teacher to make it easier for you and a positive learning experience for your child.
1. Independence - Let your child have as much control as possible. They should hold the book, turn the pages and point to the words (if necessary). It’s best to sit side by side so you can look at the book together.
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If your child gets stuck with their homework a free online tutoring service may be just the thing. They offer free help in English, Maths, Science and assignments for years 4 - 12.
It’s a one to one service so your child connects directly to a qualified tutor online where they can chat, draw on the whiteboard and send in their assignments or share a website.
You can connect to Your Tutor through most public libraries in Australia, you just enter your library card number and you are instantly connected to the tutor. [click to continue…]
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How do you get your teenager to buy into being organised?
If you have a teenager at home you’ll know deciding things for themselves is very important to them. Just telling them doesn’t work anymore, does it?
Here’s a way for them to discover that getting organised, setting goals and planning time are vital skills if they want to have choices when they leave school.
I’ve used this technique successfully, both at home with my own teenager and at school with teenage students.
Start a discussion that goes like this: Suppose you were told in 12 months time to the exact day, you had to attend a meeting at 5:00 p.m. at a location in a town 100 kilometers away called Goals. You were given a car and knew how to drive. You were told that it was vitally important that you arrived to the meeting on time because at the meeting, you had the opportunity to sign up for things you wanted to do for the rest of your life. If you missed the meeting, you would have to settle for the things the other kids didn’t want. [click to continue…]
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Forget the latest toys and gadgets, a recent study by leading child psychologist Dr Richard Woolfson has revealed: “Reading is so popular with kids that it was voted their favourite pastime with a parent (51%), ahead of other forms of entertainment such as watching television (17%) and playing video games (7%).”
Almost two thirds of children have revealed they want their parents to read to them more often.
When it comes to telling a good story, children have recommended to parents that the best way to maintain their interest is to talk in funny voices for different characters (71%), followed by unusual sound effects (17%).
Dr Richard Woolfson said: “The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children’s lives. There is no doubt whatsoever that children value the experience of having a story read to them and view this the best wind-down activity at the end of the day.”
You may know that I love storytelling so I couldn’t wait to share this research with you. Do you remember the poem….?
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be
I had a mother who read to me.
Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)
Just add father, grandparent, aunt, uncle or any loving adult and it sums it up from me.
Photo credit: Gracie & Viv at Flickr
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QUESTION:
I’ve been a primary, classroom teacher in Central Queensland and I”ve now taken on the role of ESL Co-ordinator. Where can I get training?
ANNIE ANSWERS:
As ESL Co-ordinator in a primary school, your role may include not only to teach those students from non-English speaking backgrounds but to advise your fellow teachers on how to best support ESL learners in their classrooms.
When I was ESL Advisory Teacher on the Sunshine Coast, I did a 4 day training called ESL in the Mainstream that was both up-to-date in theory and gave practical strategies that I could implement immediately into my classroom.
The aims of the program are to: [click to continue…]
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