Literacy and beyond tip sheets for parents

Make a difference in literacy and beyond—practical ways parents can boost learning

The Peel District School Board hosted its ninth annual parent conference on April 2, 2011 at Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School. With almost 1,000 parents attending, Make a difference in literacy and beyond—practical ways parents can boost learning was a tremendous success again this year. The conference provided parents of children at all grade levels with useful tips to help their children be successful in school.

If you missed the event, you can still benefit from the tip sheets created by Peel board staff who presented at the conference. If you're looking for more ways to help your child succeed in school, subscribe to receive a free monthly e-mail package of parent-child activities.

Watch for information about the 2012 Make a difference in literacy and beyond—practical ways parents can boost learning conference in schools in February, 2012.

Help your child improve literacy skills:

Build your child's reading skills (P)

Help your child be successful in French immersion (A)

Help your child write with confidence (J)

Help your teen develop literacy skills (M/S)

Motivate the reluctant reader (P/J)

Storytelling builds literacy skills (P/J/M)

Use your culture and traditions to help your child learn to read (P/J)

Whatever happened to phonics, spelling and grammar? How schools teach reading and writing (P/J)

Help your child boost math skills:

ABC, 123 - literacy matters in math

Help your child succeed in math (P)

Help your child succeed in math (J)

Help your teen succeed in math (S)

Show me the math (P/J)

Turn math into family fun (J/M)

Help your child boost science skills:

Turn science into family fun (P/J)

Use environmental issues to help your child learn (J/M)

Special education :

Help your child with a learning disability succeed in school (P/J/M)

Help your child with ADHD succeed in school (P/J/M)

Help your child with autism or developmental delays build communication skills (A)

Help your child with autism and developmental disabilities cope with routines and transitions (A)

Language, math, card and computer game activities for students with autism (P, J)

Strategies to help your child with autism and/or developmental delays build communication, reading and writing skills (A)

More ways to help your child succeed in school:

Beyond Google - help your teen with online research (M, S)

Boost learning with proven parenting strategies (A)

Boost your child's self-esteem (M)

Boost your teen's self-esteem (S)

Bringing health home (P, J)

Developing our own digital literacy: Parenting 21st century children (J, M)

Discover Premier, assistive software that helps boost literacy (J, M, S)

E-Learning Ontario: putting the IT in literacy (A)

Fostering your child's critical thinking skills (M)

Help your child develop good study skills (M)

Help your teen develop good study skills (S)

Help your child make a successful transition to middle school (J)

Help your child homework (P/J)

Help your family cope with spearation and divorce (A)

Help your family develop ways to cope with stress (A)

Help your teen make a successful transition to high school (M)

Reluctant learners can be successful in school (J)

The essentials: Skills for secondary school and post-secondary academic success (S)

The world needs your kid (M, S)

Understanding the school system (A)

Use fun and games to boost your child's success (P/J)

Use games night to boost your child's success (P)

Use the Internet to boost learning (P/J/M)

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