from your window. Ask your child to draw a plant, an animal, or a favorite place, and then ask her to tell you about the drawing.
6 Turn Drawings Into Stories:
Write down what your child says about the picture she just drew. Ask her to make up a story about the picture, and save it with other artwork and stories she has developed.
7 Listen To Your Child And
Ask Questions: Children need time every day to tell another person about what they have seen or what they think. When you ask your child to tell you about a walk or a trip to the zoo, you are encouraging her to think and choose words.
8 Plant A Garden With Your
Child: Planting a garden, any size, is a great family activity. A garden can be a patch of dirt in the yard or a container on a window sill, and it has a season of math and science lessons in it. Measure the space or container, find where the plants will get sunlight, find out how much seeds will cost, count the seeds, measure the rows, watch the plants grow and chart their growth, pick vegetables, look for insects, and learn what plants need to be healthy.
9 Read To Your Child: Read
books aloud every day. Look at picture books and talk about what you see. Alphabet and counting books are always popular, and you ' ll experience a sense of pride as you watch your child learn. Plan a regular time to go to the school library, public library or bookmobile. Enlist brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to help read stories. Have your child read to you if she wants to or tell you a story based on the pictures in the book. Remember that it does not matter if you read in English, Spanish, or Chinese as long as you help your child develop a reading habit.
10 Decrease TV Watching:
Turn off the TV and limit viewing. Too much TV viewing takes time away from other activities. Many experts have shown that children who do things other than watch TV usually do better in math and science in school. When you do let your child watch TV, look for highquality educational programs, and watch and discuss programs with your child to help build a habit of critical reflection.
“ Young children are natural mathematicians and scientists "
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