Chicago Public Schools - Tips for Grades K-3

Tips for Grades K-3

Chicago Public Schools - Tips for Grades K-3

Ways You Can Help Your Child Succeed

Read to your child.
Have your child read to you.
Talk, sing, and play with your child.
Have your child write in a "journal.
Add new and interesting books to your home library.
Include your child in family "storytelling times.
Ask your child to read recipe directions to prepare a meal and help him or her measure the ingredients for that recipe.
Take your child grocery shopping, and have him or her "estimate the cost of purchases.
Use flashcards to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts at home.
Encourage your child to read biographies.
Ask your child to think about life without electricity, and discuss his/her responses.
Discuss with your child that the family is like a team whose members share and work together for everyone's good.

Discuss different kinds of jobs and careers in the community.
Share with your child interesting newspaper and magazine articles.
Show your child, on a map, places the family has visited or will visit.
Have clay, crayons, paint, paintbrushes, blocks, puzzles, and paper available at home for your child.
Visit, as a family, museums, zoos, and art exhibits throughout the city. Discuss with your child what he/she sees when viewing the animals or exhibits.
Listen to music together.
Walk, hike, or bike together, to the library or to other places of interest.
Encourage your child to join an organized activity (baseball, cheerleading, basketball, etc.).
Check with your local park district or other community resources for after-school activities.
Help your child identify and set fitness goals.
Teach your child the difference between foods that are healthy for him/her and those that are not.

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