Q. What to do when your child has made progress?
• Keep track of your child’s learning process and make sure to recognize his/her improvement. Give encouragement when there is progress.

Q. How to respond to your child’s mistakes and failure?
• Allow your child to succeed and fail on their own. So don’t try to do your child’s work for them, instead, you need to guide them. Also when they make mistakes or even fail, check where the problem/errors are with your child’s learning instead of blaming or even punishing them.

Q. How to accommodate learning based on your child’s own learning style?
• Understand your child’s learning abilities and style and help him/her set realistic goals and guide him/her to reach those goals step by step.

Q. How to make your child feel comfortable and enjoyable when they learn and speak?
• Create a comfortable environment for your child to share his/her ideas, thoughts and interests about their learning. Be spontaneous and open to their ideas, even though you may not agree with those ideas. If you would like to make their ideas more realistic, please do so in a soft way.

Q. How to set appropriate expectations for your child?
• Lead your child to re-evaluate both your and their expectations towards learning regulary (every three months). Talk often and make adjustments if you and your child agree that any of your expectations were too low—or too ambitious for the moment.

Q. How to guide your child to review what has been learned?
• Have your child share everything he/she learns in school, not just his/her grades or test scores.
• Have your child teach you what he/she learns in school – putting the lesson into his/her own words will help him/her retain what he/she learned.

Q. How to cultivate your child’s interests to subject courses?
• Show enthusiasm for your child’s interests and encourage him/her to explore subjects that fascinate him/her.

Q. How to increase your child’s sense of control of his/her school work?
• Help your child organize his/her school papers and assignments so he/she feels in control of his/her work.

Q. How to create positive learning through home education?
• Sit down with your child, and spend time reviewing family expectations towards learning.
• Invite your nieces and nephews to share their learning experiences with your child.

Q. What are some rules at home that nurtures learning habits?
• Priority should be given to schoolwork and reading over television, video games and recreation.
• Emphasize good study habits and a good attitude towards learning. When your child shows real effort and a good attitude about school work, don’t forget to praise him/her for that.

Q. How to help your child when he/she did not perform well on tests?
• Don’t express negative feelings when your child performs badly on the test. Lead him/her to find out how they can do better on the next test. For instance, re-answer the questions on the test.

Q. How to check your child’s learning process?
• Check your child’s progress: review report cards, attend parent-teacher conferences. Also ask your child to share something he/she learned in school.

Q. How to make sure your child reviews and previews school content?
• Work with your child to ensure that he/she reviews what was learned at school today. Also, guild him/her to preview what will be learned tomorrow.

Q. How to guide your child to read at home?
• Set aside a special time (20-30 minutes) daily to read books with your child.

Q. How to use library resources to develop your child’s reading?
• Take your child to a local library to borrow two or three books weekly or bi-weekly. When he/she read books, ask him/her to choose two or three connected sentences from the books. If your child’s first language is not English, choose books both in English and in your child’s first language.

Q. How to help your child in reading through collaboration?
• Help your child and his/her classmates organize a study group. Your child can share what he/she reads with other classmates.

Q. How to facilitate your child’s understanding in reading?
• Discuss the themes and main ideas of a story and ask questions about the characters and plots.

Q. How to make reading content meaningful to your child?
• Help connect the contents of the book to your child’s life experiences, which helps them to understand the content.
• Encourage your child to tell you his/her feelings and thoughts, letting your child to tell you about his/her day—about activities and games.

Q. What is the 5E instructional model?
• Use the 5E model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate. For more information please click the following link: http://www.wisd.org/users/0001/docs/GVC/5E%20Model.pdf

Q. How to ensure that your child learns at home?
• Make daily study time a “family routine/value”, something each child does with or without homework assignment from school.
• Provide a “study corner” that is quiet and bright for your child to study and read.
• Buy some books from bookstores (e.g., Half Price Books, Barnes and Noble) or borrow books from a local library. Put the books in your child’s “study corner”.

Q. How to encourage the value of education at your home?
• Write short stories about your family, and the value of school learning, on posters and put them on the wall at home. This might enhance your child’s understanding of the importance of learning.

Q. How to be a role model to your child in school-engagement?
• Maintain a reciprocal relationship with your child’s teacher. In a conversation with the teacher, invite your child into the conversation and share with the teacher your expectations for your child’s learning. You can also ask the teacher to share his/her expectations and goals for your child’s learning.
• Attend school events whenever possible to support your child’s efforts and work. If your schedule allows, consider volunteering at school.

Q. How to check your child’s learning process?
• Keep up with your child’s assignments. Be aware of what your child is studying as well as his/her progress on homework assignments, tests and class projects.

Q. How to let your child know the importance of school?
• Share with your child your thoughts and personal experience about the importance of school.

Q. How to help my child to prepare for college financially?
• Use FAFSA4caster (https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e1s1) to find out how much federal student aid your child might receive. This information will help you plan ahead.
• Continue saving for your child’s college education. If you have not opened a savings account, learn about the tax advantages of saving and find a link to a clearinghouse of state college savings plans.

Q. How to help my child to prepare for college academically?
• Talk to your child about his or her interests and help match those interests with a college major and career.
• Help your child develop good study habits, such as studying at the same time and place every day and having the necessary materials to complete assignments.
• Stay in contact with your child’s teachers and counselor so that they can let you know about any changes in your child’s behavior or schoolwork.
• Keep an eye on your child’s grades on his or her tests and report cards, and help him or her find tutoring assistance, if necessary.
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