A parent will assist in the classroom at least 8 days throughout the year, and assume two projects. One benefit of this extensive parent participation is that such involvement has been shown to be positively related to a child's success in school. Parents are educators too and they add a new dimension to the classroom and enrich school life.
Parents are also an important resource for a teacher in discovering how to best reach a child.
When helping in the classroom parents get to observe firsthand their child's triumphs and joys in what is often their first structured social situation and first formal school experience.