A parent's guide to (avoiding) worksheets

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Bookshops and newsagents sell a large range of workbooks and worksheets and parents can feel as though they will not be doing their best for their child unless they buy them and work through them with their children. The problem with worksheets is that they can turn learning, which young children find such fun, into a slog or chore. While time spent with your child is vital to their learning and development, there are many more useful things that you can be doing to help. The guidance says the workbook activities will help my child to achieve the early learning goals. Isn't this a good idea?