The following list provides tips for parents as they prepare their children to have a highly successful school year.
Things you can do:
Provide routine in your child's day by establishing regular time for meals and regular bedtime that gives your child eight or more hours of sleep per night.
Give your child lots of opportunities for physical play outdoors whenever possible.
See that your child has taken the required immunizations and physical medical examinations
Assist your child to become independent in dressing, eating and using the bathroom.
Interact frequently with your child by talking, listening and playing.
Provide opportunities for your child to play with other children of their age.
Teach your child to share and how to disagree with others.
Encourage social skills such as helpfulness, cooperation, concern for others. Give praise and support.
Model the use of courteous language (thank you, please)
Establish and consistently enforce reasonable limits for behavior. Children want and need these limits.
Take your child to a variety of places around the community, such as parks, store, library, bookstore etc.
Encourage work values such as persistence and initiative.
Read to your child everyday. English or Arabic.
Provide opportunities for your child to see your reading each day. Remember you are their first and most important teachers.
Talk to your child about pictures and stories.
Provide printed materials for your child to look at, such as books and magazines.
Give your child lots of opportunities to draw, scribble, color and write.
Talk to your child about his/ her day at school
Discuss any problem regarding your child with his/ her teachers.
