How Can Parents Support MAT Pupils At Home?
How Can Parents Support MAT Pupils At Home?
There are many practical steps that you can take to support and nurture your child, for example by encouraging him/her to:
- Utilise the local library and the internet as learning and research resources
- Visit museums, science centres, nature reserves and art galleries
- Watch educational and current affairs programmes such as the news, wildlife/nature programmes and documentaries, and discuss them
- Read a quality national newspaper
- Discuss and debate topics, such as politics, the environment and the media
- Discuss homework and schoolwork
- Take part in extra-curricular activities
- Take an active part in family decision-making
- Listen to different types of music
- Read for pleasure, including demanding/challenging books
- Take regular physical exercise
- Socialise and relax in between work and learn to ‘switch off’
You can also support your child by:
- Providing suitable learning resources such as books, encyclopaedias, magazines, computer software etc.
- Organising day trips and visits to places of cultural, historical and educational interest
- Building cultural experiences, trips and excursions into family holidays