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Meet the Teacher: How to Help Your Child Navigate Elementary School

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Two veteran teachers guide parents through the challenging waters of a child's elementary school years.

Parents want their child to succeed in school. This book helps them promote smooth sailing for their child through all those important early school years, encouraging them to communicate with teachers early and regularly. The authors, two teachers who are also mothers, share ways to establish positive parent-teacher relationships and provide an insider's understanding of how schools actually work. Here is outstanding practical advice that parents need to help their child thrive in school.

Tips for parents cover a variety of topics, including:

Establishing a positive relationship with teachers and the school

Managing homework

Interpreting report cards

Suggestions for successful parent-teacher interviews

Addressing conflict

How to prepare young children to enter school

Early reading and writing development

Effective home-school communication

Improving their child's study skills

Tips for parents who need to help their child deal with peer pressure and bullying
Special chapters include information on the different ways children learn, legal and medical matters and special education concerns. There are also fun and educational activity pages for family-oriented activities that support school curriculum topics.

Borowski and Mayne have extensive experience sitting on both sides of the parent-teacher conference table, and they offer valuable insights from both perspectives.

Language: English

Pages: 175

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Firefly Books

Release: September 02, 2010

ISBN: 1554076609

ISBN 13: 9781554076604

Meet the Teacher: How to Help Your Child Navigate Elementary School

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Two veteran teachers guide parents through the challenging waters of a child's elementary school years.

Parents want their child to succeed in school. This book helps them promote smooth sailing for their child through all those important early school years, encouraging them to communicate with teachers early and regularly. The authors, two teachers who are also mothers, share ways to establish positive parent-teacher relationships and provide an insider's understanding of how schools actually work. Here is outstanding practical advice that parents need to help their child thrive in school.

Tips for parents cover a variety of topics, including:

Establishing a positive relationship with teachers and the school

Managing homework

Interpreting report cards

Suggestions for successful parent-teacher interviews

Addressing conflict

How to prepare young children to enter school

Early reading and writing development

Effective home-school communication

Improving their child's study skills

Tips for parents who need to help their child deal with peer pressure and bullying
Special chapters include information on the different ways children learn, legal and medical matters and special education concerns. There are also fun and educational activity pages for family-oriented activities that support school curriculum topics.

Borowski and Mayne have extensive experience sitting on both sides of the parent-teacher conference table, and they offer valuable insights from both perspectives.

Language: English

Pages: 175

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Firefly Books

Release: September 02, 2010

ISBN: 1554076609

ISBN 13: 9781554076604

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