End the day on a positive note:

• Talk with your child about school each day
• Encourage daily physical activity- indoors and out
• Set aside a quiet place for your child to do homework activities or practice skills
• Be aware of the amount of "screen time" your child has on a daily basis

Reinforce learning throughout the year:

• Check schoolwork every day as you empty your child's backpack
• Participate in any homework activities with your child
• Always praise your child for his or her efforts
• Read to your child daily
• Let your child see you read 
• Give your child practice in dressing, zipping, buttoning, and tying shoes
• Help and encourage your child develop responsibility for clothing and materials
• Allow your child to make independent choices
• Assign your child responsibilities around the house
• Contact your child's teacher if you have questions or concerns
• Join the PTA, attend school events or volunteer when possible 

Learning activities you can do at home

• Play games that encourage your child to recognize letters and numbers in the environment
• Read labels on cans, cereal boxes, signs etc. 
• Play board games, do puzzles and play rhyming games
• Visit the Pembroke Public Library
• Read books and children's magazines together
• Begin a story and ask your child to finish it
• Look for opportunities that fice your child a chance to participate in group activities and peer interaction
• Provide opportunities for your child to share and help others
• Practice coloring, cutting, pasting and other motor skills with your child
• Let your child help set the table, measure ingredients for family meals