| ACTIVITY |  45 minutes |
 | Should I do the activity alone? | If you are in a two-parent family, try to do the activity together. Invite your child as well. |
 | After completing the activity… | I should be able to: - Identify specific topics relevant for me/us as parent(s) and for my child to be discussed with my child's teacher(s)/carer(s) regarding him/her and other issues of the school or setting functioning.
- Be aware of my/our own needs for communicating with the school/setting.
- Think about when and how to discuss those issues with the teacher(s)/carer(s).
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 | Before I start, what will I need to do this activity? | Sheets of paper and pencils. |
What do I have to do? - You (and if possible, you together with your child) should write a list with relevant topics you would like to discuss with your child' teacher(s)/carer(s) keeping in mind the reasons for doing that. For example, tips for helping children with homework, your child’s feelings about the school/setting, examples of possible parent/child activities related to what is being learned at school/setting, what type of activities/methodology help him/her the most to learn, what kind of school/setting menu he/she would like to have, what behaviour rules he/she would like to introduce and observe, etc.
- Discuss those topics with your child and order them according to the priority both of you think they have for you, adding the reasons for that.
- Write a proposal to address the tree first topics you chose in step 2 taking into account: 1) When will it happen, 2) where will it happen; 3) who will be involved and 4) what you will do.
- Try to put your proposals into practice for each topic and see what happens! Then, you can try new and different topics......
In the link you find an example of a list of topics templates. |
 | What to do next? | We will help each other if we share some key ideas to the forum. - Any insight you learned from? Was it helpful?
- Are you feeling especially happy or worried about something related?
- Will you apply it in your daily routine?
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