YOUR CHILD’S EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND SCHOOL TEACHER Your early childhood educator, kindergarten teacher and school child’s teacher can provide advice about how you can help develop your child’s literacy and numeracy skills. Topics you could discuss with your early years educator, child’s kindergarten teacher, or teacher include: your progress in literacy and maths child’s the goals your child is working towards in literacy and maths, and how you can support your child to achieve them strategies you can use to assist your child in areas he or she finds difficult how your child has responded to the tips in this booklet. ONLINE RESOURCES The Victorian from March to Premiers’ Reading Challenge runs each year September. Participating early childhood services and schools will register your child otherwise you can register your child at: – The Victorian Maths Challenge is a fun and engaging way for families to engage in real life mathematics and explore problems together: The Victorian Education (FUSE) website Government’s Find Use Share makes it easy to connect to great learning tools from your home computer or local library computer. It includes games you can play with your child to build their literacy and numeracy skills: The Department of Education and Training has general information and resources for parents with young children: The website also has general information and resources for Department’s parents with children at school:
YOUR CHILD’S EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND SCHOOL TEACHER Your child’s early childhood educator, kindergarten teacher and school teacher can provide advice about how you can help develop your child’s literacy and numeracy skills. Topics you could discuss with your child’s early years educator, kindergarten teacher, or teacher include: your child’s progress in literacy and maths the goals your child is working towards in literacy and maths, and how you can support your child to achieve them strategies you can use to assist your child in areas he or she finds difficult how your child has responded to the tips in this booklet. ONLINE RESOURCES The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge runs each year from March to September. Participating early childhood services and schools will register your child – otherwise you can register your child at: The Victorian Maths Challenge is a fun and engaging way for families to engage in real life mathematics and explore problems together: The Victorian Government’s Find Use Share Education (FUSE) website makes it easy to connect to great learning tools from your home computer or local library computer. It includes games you can play with your child to build their literacy and numeracy skills: The Department of Education and Training has general information and resources for parents with young children: The Department’s website also has general information and resources for parents with children at school: