BEAT THE REPORT CARD BLUES

Free Guide Gives Parents Tips and Suggestions To Avoid Report Cards

That Don’t Make the Grade

“You and Your Child’s Report Card” Guide From Sylvan Learning

Available at www.SylvanLearning.com

Report card day is often one of the school year’s most stressful times for parents and students. Yet parents can take simple steps to eliminate report card surprises and set the stage for their child’s year-round academic success.

“You and Your Child’s Report Card,” a free parents’ guide available from Sylvan Learning at http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/report-card-guide.cfm, gives parents numerous tips and suggestions to turn report card day into a day of achievement and celebration.

It’s common for children to feel anxious about bringing home their report cards. However, by frequently talking about school and discussing how your child is doing in each subject, parents can help their child prepare for report cards and reduce any apprehension he has about sharing his grades with you.

Report cards enable parents to assess their child’s academic progress and assess his or her strengths and weaknesses. They also provide parents with an opportunity for further insight into their child’s progress in school.

When report cards come home, parents should discuss their child’s progress and any changes from previous terms. A report card is a communication tool and a reminder for parents to stay involved in their child’s education.

Sylvan Learning’s free online report card guide offers parents seven key pieces of advice for communicating with their children to help them achieve academic success. Advice offered in “You and Your Child’s Report Card” includes:

• Maintain open lines of communication
• Set goals with your child
• Organize your child’s academics
• Regularly track progress
• Identify trouble spots
• Get to know your child’s teacher
• Celebrate successes

The free online report card communications guide, and a variety of booklets and journals for students to help build reading, math and writing skills, can be found on Sylvan Learning’s web site at http://www.sylvanlearning.com/.

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