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January 18, 2006
Fabulous Parents
Last night I had the opportunity to work with a fabulous group of parents at Jackson Heights elementary school http://www.jackson.rbuesd.tehama.k12.ca.us/. The reason they were so fabulous is because they took an evening out to come talk about how they could help their children learn. This group of twenty-five or so parents spent time learning how to do some fun activities that would help their kids with their reading, social studies, and math.
It was really a pleasure to watch Celia's face light up when she saw how easy it was to play learning games with her children, Kathy and her sister liked the letter game we did with sticky notes, and a gentleman in the back (I don't know his name) was very good in our sixth grade license math. He told me later he had studied math 20 years ago in Mexico, and he could still remember some of it. He remembered a lot more than "some."
The parents were really excited that they had some fun activities to take home to do with their children. They each promised to do one fun thing this week. One was going to read a book with her child. Another was going to take a walk and talk about everything they saw. Others wanted to practice spelling or writing.
There are many research studies that show when parents are involved with their children's learning, learning improves. This group is ready to prove that too.
Posted by Dr Joni at January 18, 2006 08:24 PM