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Did you realize- Children spend 5 times as much time outside of the classroom as they do in school? That is why it is super important that parents have the knowledge and tools needed to support learning at home.
Here are 3 things you can do to support your child’s literacy skill development at home: Read out loud daily. This could be before bed as a way to unwind or listening to an audiobook on the way to and from after school activities. Ask your kids questions before, during and after reading. Pause and ask them to make a prediction about what might happen next. Let your children see you reading! Parent’s reading habits play a large role in determining how often kids read. 57% of kids who are frequent readers have parents who read books 5-7 days a week compared to only 15% of kids whose parents are infrequent readers. Play with sounds and words. For your little learners, rhyming games and songs are great. Play sound "I Spy” (I spy with my little eye something yellow that starts with sssssss) or jump out the number of beats (syllables in words) with your older kids. For even more ideas check out these other valuable resources: https://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/11-ways-parents-can-help-their-children-read https://www.understood.org/en/articles/9-ways-to-build-phonological-awareness-in-pre-k-and-kindergarten#content http://web.archive.org/web/20150314224427/http://reading.org/informationfor/Parents.aspx https://wonderopolis.org/ As always, our team of educators at Hyperion are always ready to support you- if you are concerned about your child’s literacy skill development, reach out to us today!
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 Now that the school year is solidly underway ‘tis the season for parent-teacher conferences. These precious 10-15 minute blocks of time fly so it is important to prepare ahead of time and have a specific goal in mind. You are ready for your parent-teacher conference if you know the following:
You know what you would like to achieve as a result of the meeting. Write tis down and take it with you! Not sure what your goal is? Here are a few ideas:
You know how your child is feeling about school. Have you touched base recently to ask what they think is going well (or not going well)? This can help to prepare you and also enable you to provide feedback to the teacher that they may find valuable. You have a list of questions written out that you would like to ask. Refer back to the goal you have set and generate a list of questions from that. If you need some support with this you can check out our post that gives you 22 questions to ask your child’s teacher. Side note- we do not suggest asking them all at one meeting!!! You have recently checked to see your child's grades, missing assignments, and have read any school/classroom guidelines and manuals. This will ensure you know what the expectations are academically and behaviorally in the school/classroom. You have 1 kind thing you can say to your child's teacher about the school, classroom, or them as a person. Things are rough right now and spreading kindness goes a long way. If you talk with you child's teacher an learn that your child would benefit from instructional intervention or enrichment please reach out to see how we may be able to support you. 
One of the reasons our students are so successful is because all of the instruction our educators provide is direct, explicit and systematic.
What does it mean for instruction to be direct, explicit and systematic?
How is reading taught in this manner? The National Center of Intensive Intervention at the American Institutes for Research as well as the National Reading Panel have outlined 5 key components to all direct and systematic instruction for reading. The components are
Based on information gathered from the baseline assessment and other evaluations, we chose from a variety of approaches to target all 5 areas within each instructional session. How is math taught in this manner? Our systematic math instruction is based on the work of Dr. Mahesh Sharma. Using his framework, every math concept is introduced through concrete materials, moving to visual representation (pictures), applying what is being learned by having the student visualization of the concept in order to learn procedures, and then finally to the abstract level where students learn to replace concrete and visual representations with actual math symbols (writing equations) for problem solving. By providing direct, explicit and systematic instruction our educators help your child close the gap and experience academic success. Do you think your child would benefit from direct, explicit, and systematic instruction? If so, you can reach out to us and schedule a free, no obligation, no commitment consultation so we can chat more about how Hyperion’s program could support your family. We would love to be the bridge that your child needs to achieve academic success. |