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Hi, I'm Pam on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to teach you how to bring home fundamentals
learned at school. Another great way to be involved in what your kid does every day,
is to participate in a study that's going on in the classroom. Most classrooms send
home a calendar of what's going on and what the children are doing for the day. You can
see, okay, well it looks like this week, based on what their doing, their studying this topic.
If it's something that you're knowledgeable about, families can be a great source of information.
For instance, we just had a fire truck come to our school, or if you are in the police
force or a firefighter, ask if he can come in and talk to the class, kids will go nuts.
They love it. You can bring your police hat, your fire hat, any equipment that you want
to bring. Let the kids look at it. They are not only going to be looking at it and enjoying
it, they will be asking questions. Trust me. They will be learning at the same time. For
instance, we had one family who went on vacation for the summer, like every family does. When
they went away, they found coconuts. While they were on vacation, they cracked open the
coconuts, ate out of the coconuts, learned all about it. The father came in and actually
did this demonstration for the class. It was a great way for the kids to learn about something
that they normally wouldn't see in that type of form. They also got to taste it, which
most of them didn't like, but it was still fun. Their learning and their having fun and
kids really, really love for their parents to be involved.