How Can I Make Our Home a Good Place for My Child To Learn?

• Have high expectations for your child's learning and behavior, both at home and at school.

• Praise and encourage your child.

• Emphasize effort and achievement, and be a role model for getting work done before play.

• Establish rules and routines in the home.

• Monitor television viewing.

• Limit after-school jobs and activities.

• Encourage your child to share information about school and respond with empathy.

• If you don't do anything else, read to your young child or have him or her read to you every night. Encourage older children to read by reading yourself and by having interesting and appropriate materials available.

Hayward Unified School District Library On-line Catalogs

Hayward Public Library | Hayward Public Library On-line Catalog

Alameda County Public Library System | A.C. Public Library On-line Catalog

Source: http://families.lausd.net/parent-resources/create-supportive-home-learning-environment

Key Research on Parent Engagement

1. Beyond The Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family/School Partnerships-Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson and Don Davies
2. Magazine: Educational Leadership, School Families Communities, May 2011 Vol. 68 No.8
3. Emerging Issues in School, Family and Community Connections: Annual Synthesis 2001. Catherine Jordan, Evangelina Orozco, Amy Everett
4. Educating Newcomers: Immigrant Children in U.S. Schools: Annenberg Institute for School Reform/Voices in Urban Education: Spring 2007

Useful links on Parent and Family Engagement

The Quick and The Ed: Family Engagement Beyond Random Acts

Harvard Family Research Project

Teaching the Teachers: Preparing Educators to Engage Families for Student Achievement

Educating Newcomers (pg 2-4)

Immigrant Children in U.S. Schools (pg 5-12)

How Do You Know If You're Really Open to Partnership?

Source:http://families.lausd.net/parent-resources/parent-engagement-research

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WEB LINKS

• American Library Association - Great Website for Kids
• Surfing the Net with Kids