Rollins Newsletter

Learning At Home

English

Good communication with children involves listening well and talking in ways that encourage your child to listen to you. It’s like any other skill – you get better with practice. 

 

Good communication with children is about:

  • encouraging them to talk to you so they can tell you what they’re feeling and thinking
  • being able to really listen and respond in a sensitive way to all kinds of things – not just nice things or good news, but also anger, embarrassment, sadness and fear
  • focusing on body language and tone as well as words so you can really understand what children are saying
  • taking into account what children of different ages can understand and how long they can pay attention in a conversation.

Communicating well with children improves your bond with them, and encourages them to listen to you.

For more tips please visit the Raising Children website.

Maths

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STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths)

WHAT STEM ACTIVITIES ARE GOOD FOR SPRING?

These awesome spring STEM activities serve a range of kids from ages 3 to at least 9 to 10!  Think preschool, kindergarten, early elementary and elementary age kids.

Most spring STEM activities can be adapted to fit your kids’ unique interests, needs, and abilities with just a bit of tweaking.  You can make all of these spring STEM activities work for you!

If you have kids who love to explore, discover, get dirty, create, tinker, and build, this is the STEM resource for you! However, if you are new to STEM or science, technology, engineering, and math, we have a few additional STEM resources you can check out just below.

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/outdoor-stem-activities-science-kids/ 

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R.E.A.C.H.

Respect, Encouragement, Ambition,

Consideration and Honesty

The school motto “REACH” demonstrates the values that form the basis of our actions throughout our entire community. 

This edition of our newsletter is focusing on Ambition (noun)

a strong desire to do or achieve something.