How to help your child prepare for tests
There are many valuable ways you can use to help your child prepare for tests. Here is some advice on how you can help your child do his or her best on tests.
Read aloud with your child Reading together is one of the best ways you can help your child succeed in school.
Share experiences
You can show your child how you make cookies, or make a map of your neighborhood.
These activities help build skills that are helpful for your child.
Help your child with his or her homework
Let your child know that education is important and that homework needs to be done each day. You can help your child with homework by providing a quiet, comfortable place to study, setting a regular time for homework, and taking away distractions（使人分心的事物）such as the television and social phone calls during homework time. Check your child's homework and offer to help if he or she has some difficulty. If you help too much, your child will not get much from the activity.
Keep communicating with your child s teachers
Attend parent-teacher meetings. Talk to the teachers about your child's performance in class.
| A. And then you do them together. B. This will help you get to know your child's teachers. C. Your child might not have good study habits such as good reading habits. D. Make sure your child finishes his or her daily homework. E. Reading aloud helps develop vocabulary and a positive attitude（态度） towards reading. F. But remember, it s your child's homework, not yours. |
