Study habits & how to support childrens learning

Supporting and engaging with learning and teaching.

Often parents will ask "What can we do at home to support the work done at school?"

Here you will find a collection of ideas and thought provoking tools that might help you on your child's educational journey. 

Of course only a few of these ideas may be relevant to your circumstances but check back here from time to time and you may find some engaging ideas to try.

Want to help your child? Create a literacy-rich home

Cut down the screen time and create a literacy-rich home and give your child every opportunity to engage in reading, writing, speaking and listening. This kind of environment encourages your child to see these skills as an important and normal part of every day.

 

Here are some tips to create a literate home:

 

Books. Lots of books. With lots of books your child will see reading as a normal activity and will always have something new to read.

 

Create a language-rich bedroom and home for your child, with alphabet and word posters, and labels.

 

Organise a bookshelf to display your child’s books.

 

Create a comfortable space for your child to read, perhaps with cushions and blankets, to encourage your child to see reading as a relaxing and fun activity.

 

Provide writing materials and a writing desk. Having different pens and pencils, and a place to write, encourages your child to write more often. Creating a special ‘writing box’ to store your child’s pens and pencils helps your child see writing as an important activity.

 

Set aside a time each week for ‘family reading time’ when every family member is reading, either individually or together.

Regularly discuss what your child is reading or writing.

Very importantly, read yourself. One of the most important ways to get your child reading is to model reading for your child. Children are encouraged to read – and to see reading as a normal part of the day – if they see their parents reading often. Siblings, grandparents, and other relevant persons in a child’s life can also be reading role models.