Sample Month - Long List of Activities

1. Make a trip to the library. Get a library card and a favorite book.
   
   
2. Call the school and ask for a schedule for School Council meetings for the year.
   
   
3. Ask about the best part of your child’s school day. Did any of their classmates do anything funny?
   
   
4. Meet another parent in your child’s class.
   
   
5. Set a date with the teacher to visit your child’s classroom.
   
   
6. Ask your child to show – or tell you about – something they learned in school that week.
   
   
7. Take a walk and take turns pointing out interesting sights.
   
   
8. Check out the Sunday paper with your child—especially the comics or an interesting article.
   
   
9. Ask your child who she ate lunch with. Talk about friends.
   
   
10. Ask your child’s teacher if the class could use your old magazines, newspapers, or other things.
    
    
11. Think about the next holiday. Talk its history.
    
    
12. Call Mass PIRC (1-800-471-0980) and see if there’s a workshop that can help you learn about your child’s education.
    
    
13. Ask family members about what a highlight of the week was for them.
    
    
14. Have fun – go to a football game, performance, or watch a favorite TV show. Talk about it afterwards.
    
    
15. Check out the Sunday paper again. What’s happening in the favorite comic or discuss an interesting issue.
    
    
16. Check over your child’s homework. Ask if any supplies are needed.
    
    
17. Ask your child if any subjects are too hard or too easy.
    
    
18. Send a note thanking the teacher for any new learning you notice in your child.
    
    
19. Check into tutoring or other learning support if you child needs it.
    
    
20. Ask the teacher if there is anything you can do to help your child learn.
    
    
21. Have fun. Relax. Help your child cook a favorite item.
    
    
22. Children can learn having fun. Use games like memory, toys, software. Play together with them.
    
    
23. Ask what your child learned today that surprised him.
    
    
24. Make a special effort to go over homework and find something to praise. Effort is always a good thing to praise!
    
    
25. Involve your child in making a dessert.
    
    
26. Ask if your child can show you something he learned or did today.
    
    
27. Go to a movie together.
    
    
28. Talk with your child about educational TV programs.
    
    
29. Learn with your child about art. Take a trip to an art gallery.
    
    
30. Help your child organize homework and school papers for the week.
    
    
31. Ask you child to tell you about what she read in class today.
    
    

EVERY school day, ask about homework.