Helping Your Children To Be Successful Students
Win-win or no deal: Only agree when you are both happy. The goals you set decide your success. The more thoroughly and seriously the goals are decided between you both, the more you both will take the coaching seriously, and when the inevitable moment comes that you both find it harder to work together, you will… Continue reading First the reading, writing, and maths goals – then how you work together
Create agreements that make you both happy. This week I've asked permission to share an email from a concerned family coach who is working with me. She has a young boy who is working on improving his Mathematics and reading and writing skills and he is a very skilled negotiator - even though he is… Continue reading Win-win agreements make coaching your child reading, writing, and maths skills more fun!
If you are really going to co-operate with Nature’s plan for the development of intelligence, you take your signals from the child. Not from some book, not from some expert, .....you take your signals from the child. (Joseph Chilton Pearce cited in Brownlee, P. 2007) Taking our signals from our children: The importance of attunement.… Continue reading Respectful partnership: A buzz for you both
Is your child reluctant to go to school? Not bringing homework home? Refusing to read and write? Disliking mathematics? Parental involvement in children learning to read, write, and do mathematics is a key factor in them doing well at school. Parental involvement shapes the child's identity as a learner, and sets higher expectations for the… Continue reading Help your child develop their reading, writing, and mathematics skills: Don’t leave it all up to the teachers.
This student was taught phonics and learnt to read very quickly. Decide exactly what you want. Set clear and exciting goals with your child. The goals should be written as wishes. Exciting and achievable wishes that you both want to happen. You can both get excited about what interesting books they will soon be able… Continue reading The secret to helping your child learn to read.
Reading and writing should be easy to learn Many children are reluctant readers and poor spellers who struggled to learn to read and don’t like writing. They prefer not to read, or see reading as work rather than fun, and write the minimum, using simple words they can spell. What a great pity this is… Continue reading Phonics: The secret weapon that helps your child learn to read and spell.
Learn reading, spelling and maths skills faster by making connections. The more connections (or memory pathways) your child makes, the better they will remember new information when learning to read, spell, or do maths. The new memory pathways your child is making need their full attention and the support of already existing pathways to grow… Continue reading Making connections – the key to remembering reading and spelling words, and maths facts
Revise, revise, revise, when learning - the key to remembering reading, writing, and maths skills Children are often not getting enough time to revise the reading, writing, and maths skills they are learning in class. Regularly revising new skills, even when your child seems to have already understood and be able to use the skill,… Continue reading Revision is the key
How to develop a respectful coaching relationship to help your child master reading, writing, and maths skills A respectful coaching partnership: Different but equal. Your child can be keen to work with you at home on reading, writing, and maths skills in the beginning. If you had a honeymoon period when you both loved working… Continue reading How to Develop Mutual Respect When Helping Your Child Learn New Skills
Read regularly to your children Reading to your child is VERY important. Many of us think that because our child reads already, they do not need us to read with them anymore. Even when your child can read for themselves, reading to them and with them is important for 4 reasons. You can both regularly enjoy precious,… Continue reading Read regularly to your child
Families as Coaches 