6 – parents become work or education ready 7 – translate school system 8 - parents advocate for self and child
K – Parents will know the factors that affect learning K – Parents will know the importance of routines and boundaries
S – Parents will have the ability to use a time-management tool S – Parents will have the ability to set goals
A – Parents will know that routines are important for child and parent (entire family)

A. PARENT LEARNING

Opening Activity

• Welcome
• Mirrors. Have each parent find a partner. Have the two parents turn and face one another and put their palms toward each other. Have the one with the longest hair start moving their hands and the other parent with the shorter hair should mirror every move they make. After 1 minute, have the second parent create the movement and the other parent mirror them. Discussion: Was it difficult to keep up with the person you were mirroring? What is the reality of role models today – athletes, singers, parents? Whose life do you impact? Is that impact positive?

Review

• Review the 5 Math Strands
• Introduce Parent as a Role Model – Key message #3 Your child is always watching you, more so than even listening to you.

Introduce Topics
Factors that Affect Learning, Routines and Boundaries, Behaviour and Setting Priorities, Parent as a Role
Model, Time Management

Factors that Affect Learning (see Parent Book) p.40
Learning depends on factors that can be controlled (such as nutrition, amount of sleep), factors that can be influenced (buying glasses to correct vision problems), and factors that cannot be controlled (such as a mental or physical disability).
Physical factors include everything involved in physical development such as wellness, growth, nervous system development, physical skills, and nutrition.

Children must be developmentally ready before they can accomplish something physically. For example, a child cannot ride a bicycle before he/she understands balance, space, and practices riding a bike. Physically he or she can sit on a bicycle and move the pedals, but he/she needs to understand how to balance on the bike.