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How To Support Your Child Through the School Year: 1. Talk with your child and listen to their concerns. 2. Read to your child and listen to them read. 3. Establish daily routines that include study time for homework in an area conducive to study. 4. Provide oppurtunities for exploring and play. 5. Eat meals together. 6. Have appropriate bedtime schedules. 7. Guide and monitor out-of-school time. 8. Model good values and positive behavior 9. Have high expectations of achievement for your child. 10. Gain knowledge of your childs development and parenting skills. 11. Use authoritative rather than authoritarian control. 12. Take a strong interest in your child's school. 13. Communicate with the teacher. 14. Acknowledge other diversities and let your child know how we are all the same no matter our skin color or race.

Ways to volunteer or help out with your childs school: 1. Teaching Tasks- Supervising learning centers * Listen to children. * Play games with the students. 2. School Tasks- Serve as a telephone chairperson. * Prepare a parent bulletin board. * Repair equipment. * Record grades. * Collect lunch money. 3. At-home Tasks- Collect recycling materials. * Furnish refreshments. * Care for another volunteer's child. * Write Newletters.