Help your child research careers of interest. What skills or education are required for each?
Visit a new place with your child, such as a marina or town hall.
Help your child see the good in others. Focus more on people’s strengths than their weaknesses.
Talk with your child about some ways people can learn from their mistakes.
If you hear a compliment about your child, be sure to pass it on. Children need positive feedback.
Tell your child about something you did in school that you would do differently now.
Help your child set priorities when studying. Which assignment is most important? Due first? Most difficult?
Make pizza as a family tonight. Get creative with toppings.
Name a location anywhere in the world. Take turns with your child telling one thing you would like to see there.
Work on a hobby with your child.
Discuss a controversial issue with your child. Ask, “What do you think?”
Ask what conditions make it easier for your child to do assignments. Knowing how they learn helps students do better.
Teach your child to ask who, what, when, where, why, and how when doing research.
Ask family members to describe ways they used math today.
Tell your child a story that teaches an important lesson.
Get up early one morning and take a walk around your neighborhood with your child. Does it seem different early in the morning?
Think of synonyms for words with your child. For example, a synonym for tired is fatigued.
Play Math Jeopardy. Say a number. Can your child come up with a problem for which it is the answer?
Ask what your child likes most about this year’s classes.
Ask your child to figure out the average of something: family members’ ages, number of pairs of socks owned by family members, etc.