Helping Parents Cope During a Pandemic by Lyn Sharratt
Parents are our students’ first teachers and now their role as teachers is more important than ever! We may be able to reduce some of that extra pressure by helping them to understand some guiding principles of teaching and learning that we use every day:
Parents may find these links useful:
Learning Potential (Australian Government)
Whitehorse Manningham Libraries: eLibrary (some of our weekly Learning Tasks will use this fantastic resource) Join online here.
State Library Victoria (more great online resources - join for free to access the collection as a Victorian resident)
Department of Education and Training Learning from Home information for parents
(some useful resources from here are also listed below)
Literacy and Numeracy tips to help your child every day (DET)
Junior School students:
Eleven games and activities for parents to encourage maths in early learning
Maths Challenge - Wall Frieze (Prep - Year 2)
Maths in the Early Years (everyday activities)
Numeracy at Home: Birth to Level 2
Maths at Our House (NZ Maths)
Numeracy at Home (Monash University)
NRICH (University of Cambridge)
Middle and Senior School students:
Numeracy at Home: Levels 3 - 8
Victorian Maths Challenge (for Year 3 - 6 students, or try these as a family!)
NRICH (University of Cambridge)
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