Washington's new, higher standards cover eight academic subject areas. The following activities suggest things you can do at home to help your child meet them. Washington's clear, rigorous standards spell out exactly what we want children to learn in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and other important areas. Clear standards will help focus and improve teaching and learning in schools, but parents still play the most important role by encouraging their children to apply themselves, work hard, and study. Parents can do a great deal to ensure their children are meeting higher academic standards at school.
Children spend far more time at home than they do in school.
How they spend their time at home makes all the difference. If the recipe is a traditional family dish, cooking it together can also be a history lesson, a cultural experience, and an exercise in story telling, which is, of course, the source of all great literature. Help your child understand how these activities relate to school studies in reading, math, and social studies. Children are learning something during every waking hour. Parents should be in charge of how much they learn, what they learn, and who they learn it from.