Streeton Primary School
  • Home
  • About
    • From The Principal
    • Academic Performance
    • Grounds & Facilities
    • School Policies
    • Contact Us
  • Enrolments
    • School Tours & Enrolments
    • Foundation Transition
  • Curriculum
    • English & Mathematics
    • Language
    • Visual Arts
    • Music & School Choir
    • Sports & Physical Education
    • School Production
    • School Camp
    • Innovative Programs
    • Latest Technology
    • Unique Experiences
  • Support Programs
    • DSTA
    • Care & Learning
  • Parents
    • Uniform & Canteen
    • Latest Newsletters & Information
    • Term Planner and Dates
    • Parent Portal - Compass
    • Social Media
    • Our BLOG
    • Events & Fundraising
    • School Council
  • Compass

Our BLOG

English - Ways to Help at Home

6/15/2017

 
Picture
In a previous blog provided some great ideas about what you can do at home to support Mathematics. Here are some terrific ways you can support English.

  • Talk to your children​ - Talking regularly with your children is crucial in building a wide and varied vocabulary, and confidence with a range of sentence struc- tures. These are necessary to be successful in reading and writing. 
  • Listen to your children - The skills your children are using while putting together ideas, constructing sentences and ordering their thoughts are skills that are also used in the reading process.
  • Praise your children - This is very important. Reading can be hard work, and children need all the encouragement they can get. After all, they are doing the best they can.
  • Buy books - Choose interesting books that will appeal to your individual chil- dren, buying them for birthdays, other special occasions, or for special treats. Take your children with you when you are browsing in the bookshop and let them choose with you.
  • Read in front of your children - When your children see you enjoying books, newspapers and magazines, they follow your example.
  • Visit your local library regularly - Enrol your children, and offer your help in se- lecting their books, but resist the temptation to impose your choices.
  • Have a family reading time - Put aside half an hour every weekend when all the family enjoy their individual reading matter.
  • Cook with your children - Read the recipe together. Reading, measurement/ quantity, time, and time for social discussion.
  • Read the TV guide with your children - Discuss the options, and plan your viewing ahead - also helps when talking about concepts of time - before, after, tomorrow, yesterday etc...
  • Go shopping with your children - Read the road signs together, notices of any specials in supermarkets, the labels on packets. Give your children a list of things to look for. 
  • Encourage your children to write letters or send emails - Write thank you letters or party invitations together. Encourage them to write a letter to Gran and Grandad, a friend or to the local newspaper. Reading and writing go hand in hand.
  • Play a board game with your children - Often such games have lots of fun things to read as well as including Mathematics and strategy e.g. Monopoly etc.
  • Make something with your children - Figure out the instructions together. 

Comments are closed.
    Picture

    Our Blog

    Enjoy informative articles on a range of areas.

    Archives

    February 2018
    June 2017
    May 2017

    Categories

    All
    Kitchen Garden Recipes
    Learning
    Parent Tips

    RSS Feed

Address

Yallambie Road, Yallambie
​Victoria, 3085
  • Home
  • About
    • From The Principal
    • Academic Performance
    • Grounds & Facilities
    • School Policies
    • Contact Us
  • Enrolments
    • School Tours & Enrolments
    • Foundation Transition
  • Curriculum
    • English & Mathematics
    • Language
    • Visual Arts
    • Music & School Choir
    • Sports & Physical Education
    • School Production
    • School Camp
    • Innovative Programs
    • Latest Technology
    • Unique Experiences
  • Support Programs
    • DSTA
    • Care & Learning
  • Parents
    • Uniform & Canteen
    • Latest Newsletters & Information
    • Term Planner and Dates
    • Parent Portal - Compass
    • Social Media
    • Our BLOG
    • Events & Fundraising
    • School Council
  • Compass