How
to Help Your Child
Get Ready for a Test
There are many things that you as parents can do to
help your child prepare for tests at school.
*1
Most importantly, you can communicate to your child that school
is important and you believe
their job in school is to learn.
You
can do
this in many ways:
*2. Encourage Good Study Skills.
* 3. Become aware of what your
child is
studying in
school and what his/her assignments
are.
* 4.Provide a comfortable well-lit
place
for your
child to study.
* 5. Offer to help quiz your child
on facts he
needs to know.
*6. Discuss what your child has
learned today
in school.
* 7. If you notice that your child
is having
difficulty,
ask his or her teacher for
advice.
8.Don't wait until just before a test
to
get help.
* 9.Mark your calendar with your
school's
important test dates.
* 10. Take advantage of
opportunities to find
out
what is happening at your child's
school.
The Night Before a Test:
* 1. Try to
plan ahead and keep
the normal
household routine.
* 2. Consider talking about the test to
reassure and encourage your child.
<>* 3. Let your
child know that you know that
tests can be hard, but
taking them provides a chance to show how well he or she can do.
<>* 4.Avoid bringing up issues
you may have with
your child the night before the test,
such as failing to
clean his/her room.
*5. Make sure your child get a good night's
sleep.
The Morning of a Test:
* 1. Have
your child get up early and eat a well-balanced breakfast.
However, you
should not force your child to
ear. If he orshe is nervous, too
much food could make your
child feel ill.
*3. Have your
child dress comfortably, maybe
in their favorite outfit.
*4. Be
positive when
you send your child to
school and let him or herknow
that you have confidence in his/her abilities.
After a Test:
* 1. Talk
with your child about what he or she learned from the test.
* 2
Praise your child for trying hard on the test.
* 2. When
you get the test results for your child, take time to discuss those
results with your child.
3. If
you have any questions about the test and the results don'thesitate
to
discuss those issues with your child's teacher.
