As parents across the country move to home schooling, we've gathered the best tips from experts to ensure children in high school, primary school and preschool don't fall behind.
Dr Selina Samuels, from online tutoring service Cluey Learning, says parents can develop their kids’ numeracy by talking about numbers when playing. For literacy, parents just need to read with kids – and keep changing books so they aren't reading simply from memory.Ms Chegwidden suggests working on kids’ fine motor skills by painting or playing with Lego or playdough. She says young children also need to practise social interaction, which they can do by playing turn-taking games.
She recommends scattering activities around the home to keep kids busy. “Have some little workstations that they can wander between.”Primary students will be supplied with work by their school. Dr Samuels says structure and routine will help set them up for home learning. Families should set aside a specific learning space, she says, and primary students shouldn’t spend more than three hours a day on schoolwork, split into chunks of 40 minutes at most.Dr Roy suggests stretching kids in their reading. “If they’ve read Roald Dahl, move them onto Matthew Reilly or J.K. Rowling or C.S. Lewis.”Dr Roy also suggests downloading maths games, such as Math Vs Zombies. And parents can print out work-sheets and other activities on Twinkl and Teach Starter.
For struggling high school students, the first person to contact is their teacher. There’s also one-on-one tutoring available online.Sign up to our Coronavirus Update newsletter Get our Coronavirus Update newsletter for the day's crucial developments at a glance, the numbers you need to know and what our readers are saying. Sign up to
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