Parent InvolvementSelf Study Module

By Drew Covi, LaTonya Dupass, Nicolle Gilbertson, Jessica Hess, & Carrie Zelin Johnson

Tips to raise your student

Tips to raise your student

Lifelong Journey

Self Motivation

Get Involved

Are My Kids Ready?

5 Developmental Domains

Health and Activity

Motor Movements

Look For:

• Run smoothly

• Skip with direction and control

• Hop with direction and control

• Catch a ball thrown underhand

• Climb easily on playground equipment.

Look For:

• Hold a pencil or crayon

• Put several beads on a string without assistance

• Draw recognizable objects

• Use scissors to cut preformed simple shapes

• Put simple puzzles together without assistance

Social & Emotional

Look For:

• Adjust to new situations

• Use words to resolve conflicts

• Sit & focus 5-10 minutes on a story or task

• Complete those tasks

• Cooperate with others and take turns

• Use self control when frustrated

• Take pride in their achievements.

Multiple Learning Paths

Look For:

• Match objects to examples

• How they share ideas

• Use problem solving strategies

• Understand the rules in games

• Use use prepositions

• Identify numbers

• How well they can count to 50.

Language & Communication

Look For:

• Listening to how they use appropriate words or gestures to relate feelings needs and suggestions.

• Listen attentively to a conversation, story or song

• Take turns as a speaker

• Recall story events

• Enjoy listening to stories and rhymes.

Society and Awareness

Look For:

• Ability to complete bathroom activities independently

• Cover their mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing

• Ability to snap zip and button garments

• Put away toys and help with clean up

• Understand the roles of their parents and teachers.

Some Ideas

• Reading

• Developing a bedtime routine

• Letting them try new things

• How to be a friend

• Discussing their feelings

• Play with other children

• Chalk, crayons and markers

• Asking them questions

Special Needs

Stay Involved

Some ways:

• Check your child’s backpack for homework every night

• Limit TV viewing on school nights or the kinds of programs they watch

• Play with your child indoors and outdoors to increase learning

• and become an advocate for better education in your community and state.

Establish Community

A Few Suggestions:

• A Family Fun Carnivals

• Father Daughter Dances

• Family Spaghetti Nights

• Scholastic Book Fairs

• Transportation Nights

Connect With Teachers

Ways to contribute

• Discuss your child’s progress at conferences

• Vote in school board elections and attend parent teacher association meetings

• Set challenging academic standards

• Participate in fundraisers, field trips and attend special programs

Ways to contribute

• Attend kindergarden round-up

• Make yourself available and flexible

• Be open to having the teacher make a home visit

• Read the communication daily and weekly

• Know the school rules and help your children respect them

Ways to contribute

• Encourage school officials to visit homes and communities

• Address any concerns about stereotypes with your child’s teacher

• Avoid making calls that are only of a negative nature

Ways to contribute

• Avoid discussing your child’s teacher in front of them in a disrespectful manner

• Make major transitions such as changing schools or teachers only when absolutely necessary.

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