That's how I motivate them. I take it in small steps. When they have written something very, very well, I praise them over and over again. That motivates them to want more. Then I know I'm being successful.
Motivation is huge.
Parents were offered learning strategies to use at home, provided handouts, booklets, information sheets, and introduced to several Wake County family support programs through displays. To make it easier for all families to attend the Family Learning Festival, ParentScope arranged transportation and childcare, translated materials and provided interpreters for non-English speaking families. In a drawing at the festival, parent Carlethea Alston won a laptop computer provided by a company that sells computers at discount prices to students. At each school, principals have met with parents to help them understand the new promotion policy.