Creating An Academically Friendly Home Environment: Part I

You are your child's first and most important role model. Your child watches your interactions with other family members, listens to you talk on the phone, and absorbs how you respond to those around you. If you value education, your child will as well, and the morals you stress in the home will guilde your child in the classroom, on the playground, on the sports field, and with peers. There are some things you can try to do to help create a acadeically friendly home environment according to the book, "The Mom Book Goes To School":

1. Children who have constant love and encoragement from parents are more like to enter school with the attitude that they can meet any obstacle head on and defeat it.
2. Nurturing your child' curiosity about the world, sending the message that learning is fun, satisfying and worthwhile.

3. Make home a place from which your child feels free to explore, take risk, and approach challenges with a sense of adventure.

4. Foster your child's abilities, chanllenge your child to improve, and provide support when and
where need most.
5. Be supportive of your child's problems and questions. You have the opportunity to show your child the world on a much broader scale then the teacher can.
6. Don't expect the school or the teacher to do your job of raising your child. It is true you and the school must work together for the academic success of your child child, but ultimately your child is your responsiblilty.