Help Your Child to Succeed at School: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Hancock, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780071740043
• ISBN10: 007174004X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

"Help Your Child to Succeed at School will help parents aid their children become able readers, confident with numbers, and give them the skills to shine both socially and academically through a series of fun games and simple exercises that all the family can enjoy. "

Author Biography

Jonathan Hancock is not only a primary school teacher, he was also the world's youngest ever World Memory Champion and has written eight books on memory and learning.

Table of Contents

Meet the author	p. x
Only got a minute?	p. xii
Only got five minutes?	p. xiv
Only got ten minutes?	p. xviii
Introduction	p. xxiv
Getting ready for school: preparing children to be brilliant
Your child's brainpower: how to activate it	p. 3
Learning begins	p. 3
The first few months: stimulating the senses	p. 5
From one years: make problem-solving fun	p. 11
From two years: collect treasure	p. 13
From three years: help them to pretend	p. 14
From four years: have fun with fingers	p. 17
From five years: explore the past, present and future	p. 20
From six years: play Pelmanism	p. 22
From seven years: write strange stories	p. 23
Engaging with learning	p. 26
Testing for brilliance	p. 27
Multiple intelligences	p. 30
Learning styles: visual, auditory and kinaesthetic	p. 33
Left-handed children	p. 40
Boys and girls: learning differences	p. 41
Does birth order affect achievement?	p. 42
The importance of friends and social life	p. 44
Dealing with emotions	p. 46
Concentration and focus	p. 47
Happiness and learning	p. 48
Working with others	p. 51
Analysing your child's character	p. 52
Putting your child in control	p. 81
Taking control of communication skills	p. 82
Taking control of confidence-building	p. 92
Taking control of concentration levels	p. 99
Key thinking and learning skills	p. 107
How do we learn?	p. 108
Stimulating learning: warm-up activities	p. 112
Improving your child's visualization skills	p. 115
Strengthening your child's senses	p. 117
Improving your child's memory	p. 120
Using the power of questions	p. 124
Using 'memory journeys' to connect information	p. 125
Building problem-solving skills	p. 130
Encouraging philosophical thinking skills	p. 135
In school: helping children meet all the challenges of primary education
Words and numbers	p. 141
Literacy	p. 143
Speaking and listening	p. 144
Reading	p. 145
Writing	p. 157
Numeracy	p. 164
Using maths every day	p. 169
Memory techniques for maths	p. 172
Knowledge and skills	p. 181
Science	p. 183
ICT	p. 187
History	p. 191
Geography	p. 195
Modern Foreign Languages	p. 198
Art	p. 201
Design and Technology	p. 205
Music	p. 207
Physical Education	p. 209
Rules, roles and responsibilities	p. 214
RE and PSHE	p. 214
Helping your child prepare for school	p. 216
Expectations and responsibilities	p. 218
Communicating with your child's school	p. 229
Dealing with the challenges of school	p. 232
Out of school: adapting home life to support your child's educational success
Healthy families, healthy minds	p. 243
Love and learning	p. 244
Nutrition	p. 245
Sleep	p. 251
Exercise	p. 252
Humour and learning	p. 253
Memory skills and daily life	p. 258
Thinking games	p. 259
Homework	p. 266
The end of primary - and beyond	p. 271
Tests and assessment: what to expect	p. 271
Motivation and your child	p. 272
Preparing for tests or exams	p. 274
Making the most of the results	p. 282
School reports	p. 283
Transition to secondary school	p. 284
Learning communities	p. 289
Afterword	p. 294
Taking it further	p. 296
Index	p. 299
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