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5 ways to support a child as a PYP parent
As an essential member of your child’s learning community, you play an important role helping them take their learning deeper. Here are 5 simple ways you can support your child’s learning at home. Whether it is the more formal learning connected to their schooling, or the incidental, unplanned learning through play, exploration and life experience; these 5 strategies will help you, help your child become a lifelong learner.
Take an inquiry stance
MEET A QUESTION WITH A QUESTION
How could you find that out?
BE PREPARED TO INQUIRE TOGETHER
Let’s figure it out together!
ASK AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
What do you notice?
BE A LEARNER
Here is how I’m going to find out
Support conceptual understanding
VALUE PROCESS
How did you do that?
Why did you do that?
What strategy did you use?
HARNESS THE POWER OF KEY CONCEPTS
- Form: What does it look like?
- Function: How does it work:
- Connection: How is it connected to other things?
- Change: How does it change?
- Causation: Why is it like that? Why is it the way it is?
- Perspective: What are the different points of view?
- Responsibility: What are our responsibilities?
Support your child’s agency
INVITE AND INVOLVE THEIR VOICE
Let them express themselves.
SUPPORT THEIR CHOICES
What choice are you making for yourself as a learner?
EMPHASIZE OWNERSHIP
You’re in the driver’s seat.
Prioritise reflection
GET THEM THINKING ABOUT THEIR THINKING
How do you know?
What makes you think that?
Is there another way that you could do that?
What did you find easy or challenging? Why?
Give feedback that goes beyond the moment
TEACH THE LEARNER, NOT THE LEARNING
Move from asking How are you doing?
to
Where to next?
GIVE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS
I like how you did… What might you try doing next?