The Princeton Review - 6th Grade at Home: A Student and Parent Guide with Lessons and Activities to Support 6th Grade Learning (Math & English Skills)

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Your job is to help your child excel in school. Everyone agrees that children bloom when their parents, family, friends, and neighbors nudge them to learnfrom the Department of Education to the Parent Teacher Association, from research organizations known as educational laboratories to the local newspaper, from the National Endowment for the Arts to kids shows on TV.

But state standards hardly make for enjoyable leisure reading, and plowing through reports on the best ways to teach math and reading can leave you rubbing your temples. Youre caught in the middle: you want to help your child, but its not always easy to know how.

Thats where 6th Grade at Home comes in. We identified the core skills that sixth graders need to know. Then, we put them together along with some helpful tips for you and fun activities for your child. We built this book to be user friendly, so you and your child can fit in some quality time, even as youre juggling all your other parental responsibilities.

For a helpful orientation to 6th Grade at Home, head over to The Princeton Reviews channel at www.YouTube.com/ThePrincetonReview .

Rob Franek, Editor-in-Chief of The Princeton Review, will share suggestions for how best to use these books with your child and get the most out of this educational tool. Our team at The Princeton Review is here to help you and your child as best we can.

As a parent, we understand you are expected to wear many hats. Check out the following ways you can use 6th Grade at Home to get more involved in your childs academic life.

Teacher. You taught your child how to cross the street and tie his or her shoes. In addition, you may have worked to teach your child academic skills by reviewing the alphabet, helping your child memorize facts, and explaining concepts to your child. By doing so, you are modeling a great learning attitude and great study habits for your child. You are teaching him or her the value of school.

Nurturer. As a nurturer, youre always there to support your child through tough times, celebrate your childs successes, and give your child rules and limits. You encourage your child while holding high expectations. All of this can help your child feel safe and supported enough to face challenges and opportunities at school, like new classmates, new teachers, and so on.

Intermediary. Youre your childs first representative in the world. Youre the main go-between and communicator for your child (school-to-home and home-to-school).

Advocate. As an advocate, you can do many things: sit on advisory councils at school, assist in the classroom, join the PTA, volunteer in school programs, vote in school board elections, and argue for learning standards and approaches you believe in.

Sometimes its hard to know what to do, and its easy to feel overwhelmed. But remember, its not all on your shoulders. Research shows that family and close friends all have a huge effect on childrens academic success.

Click here to download a PDF of select activities.

Did you know that your child learns in a lot of different ways? When children learn, they use their minds, their bodies, and their sensestheir sense of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.

Some children can succeed in any classroom while others need specialized learning support, but all of them have strengths and weaknesses. Your child can learn to rely on his or her strengths and then work on any weaknesses. This book is full of activities that address each of these learning styles.