Children's Communication Skills
Developing children's communication skills is the number one priority for educators. Elementary schools focus on improving this skill every year. There are some things you as a parent can be checking for at school, and working with your own child on at home. Lastly, are options that parents have for their kids who seem to need more developing in this area. Be assertive in talking to teachers at the school on how their children's communication skills are being met. Ask them what type of written work they are doing? How much reading is a part of their day? Are these skills being measured for improvement? All these questions can be answered by communicating yourself with the teachers and your own children. At home reinforce this behavior. You can also help your children's communication skills, by helping them with their homework. Have them read back to you what they learned. Encourage outside reading. Let you children know how effective reading and writing can be in their development. Be involved in the teaching of these skills. If they are having trouble with the concepts, written or otherwise, tell them to communicate that with you and their teachers. Letting them know this is a great way to improve their skills, which will help them be more assertive in the future. This type of parent involvement will help your children's communication skills develop. It allows the reading and written skills to be for effective. It also lets the parent know if their child needs some extra help. Recognizing if there is a problem early will only help your child in the future. If concepts are not being received as quickly as other kids there age, or their reading and writing skills are not developing like they should. Then you are aware early on. This way the child is not continuing their development in school, while not fixing the problem. This can lead to other issues like low self-esteem, or bad behavior. Instead of the possibility of looking stupid in class, they will act out. If this is an issue getting them help in a learning center in or outside the school where they can get one on one attention will be much more effective. They can work with a teacher individually, where the progress will develop at the pace of the child involved, and not 30 children involved. All these strategies will help develop their children's communication skills more effectively. |