Transcript How to support your child to reach their full potential.

How to support your
child to reach their full
potential.
‘Ready to learn, inspired to achieve, prepared for life.’
What makes a difference?
Reading
O Reading a little each day - to your child, your
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child reading to you, enjoy reading!
Read things they enjoy – magazines, sports
pages, newspapers
Reading in your environment – TV listings,
signposts, shop signs, number plates
Flash cards / matching games to help learn key
words and letter sounds
Model reading
Writing
O Writing their name
O Purposeful writing – shopping lists,
invitations, letters, notes
O Stationery - Coloured paper, envelopes, post
it notes, pens, biros…
O Writing needs to be fun
O Model writing
Speaking and Listening
O Speak lots to your child
O Speak and read in your first language
O Listen and model correct language
O Nursery rhymes, songs, tongue twisters,
poems
O Games – I spy, rhyming games, blending
games
What makes a difference?
O Maths
O Counting and comparing
O Asking how many… how many more….
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Numeral recognition
Writing numbers
Talking about shapes
Talking about practical maths
Time ~ telling, talking
Multiplication and division
O Learning your tables
O Knowing the facts
O Family of facts ~ if I know 4 x 5 = 20 then I know 5 x 4 = 20 ,
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also 20 divided by 4 = 5 and 20 divided by 5 = 4
Knowing the related multiplication and division facts
Knowing the middle of the times tables really well, these are
the tricky ones 5x 6x 7x 8x a number children find tricky
You tube has many great ways to learn your tables
Finding rhymes I ate and I ate till I was sick on the floor 8 x 8 =
64 etc
Finding a pattern
Finding what works for your child
Finding time
General
O Being active helps children stay focused in class going
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to the park, ball-games, swings
Talking
Nursery rhymes / songs
Using your first language
Sleep helps children's attention in class – going to bed
at 7pm
Limiting computer games, ipad, television
No screens before bed
Being read to, hearing stories, talking about books
Going to the library
Playing games – board games, I-spy, guess what I am?