Boost Your Childs Confidence

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• Boost Your Childs Confidence
• Talking positively to your child about school.
• Tell them about how exciting it will be to meet
  other
• children.
• Tell them about good stories and memories from
  your
• school days.
• Talk to them about other child they may know in
  school.

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• Make School Familair
• Visit the school with your child.
• Point out the school anytime you pass it.
• Involve your child in choosing the new things
  they need
• for school.
• Get your child used to focusing on an activity
  for a short
• period of time (painting, drawing, puzzles,
  books).
• Establish a regular routine in the mornings

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• Build Practical Skills By Teaching Your Child
• How to put on / take off their coat and hang it
  up.
• Use the toilet and associated hygiene routines.
• Share toys and take turns.
• Use a knife and fork.
• Respond to instructions given by an adult

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• Learning Starts Before School
• Here are some things that can help your child
  learn
• Playing with puzzles, play dough, water sand
  and shapes.
• Playing with other children.
• Having conversations with adults and other
  children.
• Doing things for themselves.
• Drawing pictures and telling stories about
  them.
• Using printed words (e.g. signs, labels,
  posters)
• Using mark making materials (e.g. paint,
  crayons, pencils)
• Counting and measuring activities.

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Listen To Your Child Starting school brings new
adventures and issues for your child

• Make time to listen about to your child
• about concerns, adventures and new
• friends.

• Look at the work your child brings home
• from school and talk to them about it.
• Play act being at school.
• Encourage your child to talk about
• experiences with you and the teacher.
• Encourage your child to ask you and the
• teacher questions.