We all want to help our children to do well at school. Helping Your Child lets you practise your word and number skills so that you can lend a hand with homework and much, much more! From understanding the letters your children bring home from school to working out how much money they need to pay for school dinners, the course helps you to feel more comfortable with words and numbers.

Outline and learning objectives:
When you have finished the course, you will find it easier to:

• Use ICT to help your learning
• Listen for information and follow instructions
• Develop listening, reading and writing skills
• Appreciate the importance of helping a child
• Know more about learning styles and strategies
• Know more about primary and secondary education Understand how to communicate by phone and face to face
• Understand some educational jargon
• Know how to read/understand timetables/reports
• Understand how to interpret images related to text

Course modules:

• Helping Your Baby Or Toddler
• Helping Your Child At Primary School
• Helping Your Child At Secondary School
• Communicating With School

How long does it take?

• 10hrs
• You can work through this course at your own pace.