Parents
Parents and schools need to work together for the betterment of the students. Parents play an important role in providing support and building the confidence of their children. Parents should check some of the tips or activities they can use to develop their children’s confidence and improve their school experience.
Helping My Student
Education starts at school and continues at home. There are plenty of things that you, as parents, can do at home to help your child along with a strong developmental path. Here are some helpful tips to give your child an advantage at home, which will transfer to the classroom.
Language Arts & Math Help
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Mississippi Department of Education Family Guide
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) developed family guides to assist with grade-level at home strategies and activities that support both student and parent understanding of the English language arts and mathematics standards. Parents can use the activity booklets at home to support what their children are learning in the classroom.
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4th Grade
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5th Grade
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Las Guías Familiares del Departamento de Educación de Mississippi
El Departamento de Educación de Mississippi (MDE) desarrolló guías familiares para ayudar en el nivel de grado en las estrategias y actividades que apoyen la comprensión del alumno y el padre de las artes del lenguaje Inglés y estándares de matemáticas en casa. Los padres pueden utilizar los folletos de actividades en casa para apoyar lo que sus hijos están aprendiendo en la aula.
Things to do right now
Read, Read, Read Reading is an important cognitive function for children to learn. Take every opportunity you can to read with your child. Make the kitchen, living room, and their bedrooms, into “reading zones” and devote some time every day to reading short stories, homework, or anything that is particularly challenging for them.
Make it Fun! Games can be exceptional learning tools. Board games, card games, memory games and word games subtly engage a child in learning essential problem-solving skills, while ensuring they have fun! Showing them how much fun learning can be will make them more eager to learn.
Embrace Technology Computers, tablets, and mobile devices have access to all sorts of educational resources that can help your child learn in a collection of different ways. From games to writing to reading, technology offers a number of different ways to engage kids as they learn. Don’t be scared to let them get used to technology, the sooner they learn about the devices, the more comfortable they will be when using them in the future.
Encouragement is Golden Remember to encourage your children through the learning process. Positive reinforcement goes a long way in helping a developing mind absorb information. Mistakes should not be cause for concern. Instead, view them as learning opportunities and help your child realize where, and how, they can improve.
Count, Write, Read Practice, repetition, and routine help a young mind develop skills faster, and become more comfortable with the skills they already have. Set time aside to count with your children, let them write stories for you and read them together. This little bit of effort can make a world of difference in the long run.
Lunch Account
You can now add money to your child’s school accounts via the Internet by going to www.myschoolbucks.com and click on register/sign up to create an account. The site accepts credit cards as payment for breakfast and lunch student, faculty and staff accounts.
You can stay up-to-date with your child’s spending. In addition, you can even receive notification when your account balances become low.
The goal is to offer an efficient and convenient method of payment for parents and schools. The service offers to ease the process of gathering and managing funds for you and your school.
You no longer need to send a check with your child. Once an online payment is made, money is added to your child’s account in seconds. The payment amount and a small transaction fee ($2.50 per transaction) will be charged to your credit card or checking account.
Getting started is easy. Go to www.myschoolbucks.com and create an account. Then easily add your child to your account for payments. The following information will be needed to add a child to your account.
. Child’s Student ID or Child’s Birth Date
. A valid email address for your account
Mark H. Davis, Food Service Director