Klamath County Schools In Activities
Observing National Education Week
What School
Teachers Know
About Your Child
Practical Pointers For Puzzled Parents
FOR PARENTS OF
2 TO 5 YEAR-OLDS
Fact: Pre-schoolers who play
with other children adjust more
quickly to school lite.
Tip: If your child ' has few
chances to play with others, try
to make such opportunities. Invite
other children to your home,
take him to parks and play
grounds. Fact: Pre-schoolers who are
read to at home are more likely
to be ready for learning to read.
Tip: Surround your child with
books and read to him often. In
troduce him to your local library
at an early age.
Fact: Pre-schoolers who are ac
customed to being away from
home and mother find it easier
to adjust to school life.
Tip: Leave him with friends or
relatives occasionally for several
hours, a whole day or overnight.
Leaving home to go to school will
come as a pleasant experience
rather than a psychological shock.
Fact: Pre-schoolers who do
things for themselves at home when using the belongings of oth
ers. He will adjust more easily
to the group life of school, if you
help him become more consid
erate of others.
FOR PARENTS OF
6 TO 10 YEAR-OLDS
Fact: Children from 6-10 are
full of curiosity and eagerness to
learn.
Tip: You can take advantage
of this by helping your child to
develop hobbies, to read widely,
and to make simple science ex
periments.
Fact: One of a child's biggest
fears mav reflect the attitudes of
ei""er 10 B o'ng aithe adults in his family.
Tip: You can help your child
take tests successfully by being
calm and relaxed about them
yourself. Don't tell yarns about
how tests always scared you.
Fact: It is possible to raise
your child's mental alertness dur
ing the early elementary school
years.
Tip: Expose your child to a
rich variety of family activities
. , , take him on trips, to chil
dren's plays. Expose him to good
art and music . . . surround him
with many books and magazines.
Fact: Children develop at dif
ferent rates of speed; each has
his own rate of growth and maturity.
Tip: Do not compare your
child's behavior or school work
with that of his classmates or his
brothers and sisters. He may be
find
school.
Tip: Encourage your child to
wash and dress himself , , . turn
lights on and off . . . put away
his toys. The more independent
he is, the more readily he will
adjust to being on his own in
school.
Fact: Pre-schoolers should have
experience in respecting the prop
erty and rights of others.
Tip: Encourage your child to
take turns and to get permission
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TIP: Visit your teen - ager's
teachers and counselors, and find
out how you can help him make
important decisions. Don t feel
left out and resentful because he
has turned to outsiders for ad
vice and counsel. Be thankful for
their help.
FACT: When teen-agers own
cars, their grades are likely
to suffer.
TIP: Let your teen ager drive
the family car, when qualified by
age and training, but discourage
him from having a car of his
own until he completes high
school. Straight-A students rarely
own cars; many failing students
do.
FACT: Teen-agers like to help
make their own rules of conduct.
TIP: Let your teen-ager help
make the family regulations
about household chores,- dating,
etc., for he is more likely to
observe the rules he helped to
make.
FACT: It is an age of read
ing . . . two out of three teen
agers are currently reading ' a
book not related to school work.
TIP: Keep your teen-ager well
provided with a variety of inter
esting books, magazines and
newspapers. Good reading habits
he establishes may last through
out his lifetime.
FACT: They're half adult, half
child, and veer from one to the
a slow developer. Try to discoveri0'
how to help and encourage him
Fact: At these ages, children
TIP: Try not to point out this
fact to your teen-ager. Being told
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are still interested in the world!10 a your age sometimes, and
of fantasy. ou re ,0 ounE ,or ulal at
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music and play-acting. They'll
throw themselves wholeheartedly
into such projects, and may de
velop long-lasting interests.
FOR PARENTS
OF 11 to 14 YEAR-OLDS
FACT: Children differ greatly
in size and maturity during their
early teens. Some are taller, some
shorter than the average,
TIP: Do not expect your child
to be the same as all the others
or exactly the height you were
at his age. He'll be more suc
cessful . in all his activities if
you accept him as he is.
FACT: In junior high school,
children look strongly to their
own age-group for approval.
TIP: Don t worry if your young
ster takes up odd clothing fads
because he wonts to "look like
everybody else." He'll outerow
mis urge lor contormity. . inai uisiruciion: teacning
FACT: Students in junior high " maKCS use " materials
school want to know the WHY of ana equipment that facilitate
what they are learning. learning through both hearing and
TIP: Encourage family discus-rremB- ana mereDy give added
sions on a variety of topics, and'"ld"ln6 woros. j&xamples:
TEACHER
TALK . . .
(TRANSLATED FOR PARENTS)
Phonic method: a procedure for
leaching reading and speaking by
emphasis on the analysis of words
into their speech sounds. Exten
sive drill is given on word recog
nition and pronouncing by pro
longed study of letter combinations
which represent sounds. Modern
instruction uses phonic elements
as a part of other methods de
signed to help, children not only
to pronounce, but to understand
the meaning of words in phrases
and sentences.
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aiscuumg conjiruction procedures in their planning ot a utility shelt. The boys in in
dustrial arts at Fremont will plan this project on the drawing board then actually build
it using their own plans. Junior High industrial arts is designed to explore several
areas of work. Their School vear bealnt in th .drjiwinn rA with rnntfriii-tlu- JrAu.
make a point of tracking down
the lads behind general state
ments. Your youngster will enjoy
airing his opinions, and he will
be learning to think, and to check
I he facts.
FACT: Girls often -are one or
two years more advanced physi
cally and socially than boys dur
ing childhood and early youth.
J it': i)o not be too concerned
if your daughter says she likes)
older boys ; perhaps the boys
;in ner class are shorter than
he is and "act so juvenile."
FACT: Young adolescents want
to argue, talk, make themselves
heard.
TIP: Don't worry if your young-
sicr can l restrain his urge to
spook up loud and clear. Re
member he has just discovered
mat ne has ideas and opinions.
Help him to practice courtesy and
to listen to others.
ings, illustrative drawings, and some architectual drawing as each boy puts his own
ideas into the designing of a floor plan. Half of the schoof year is spent in woodwork
ing with experiences in furniture building and lathe work. Here is where their learnings
in drawing and planning are put to practical use. The final quarter of the school year
it devoted to crafts with emphasis on leather carving.
FOR PARENTS
OF 15 TO 17 YEAR-OLDS
FACT: Teen-aners often wnrrv
about their life plans and occu
pations, and discuss these more
easily with teachers and friends
uian witli parent.
motion pictures, TV, radio, tape
recordings, charts, and slides.
Enrichment: the efforts and
programs used to extend the in
terests and experiences of students
beyond the prescribed program.
usually enrichment involves more
independent reading, more re
search and creative pursuits, and
more difficult individual projects.
Enrichment is sometimes used in
place of acceleration
of challenging the abilities of
gifted students.
Gifted child: one of exceptional
intellectual ability (sometimes
called academically talented).
Characteristics usually found in
the gifted child are: ahilitv In
think logically, originality, initia
tive, power to generalize, deep and
varied interests, curiosity, and in
telligence. (Persons with excep
tional ability in drawing, music.
etc. are referred to as "talented.")
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