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Things to do to help your child learn grades 6-12

Read

Read to Your Child Every Day (In Any Language)

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Share stories with parents/grandparents. (In Any Language)

Discuss

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Have discussions at the dinner table. (In Any Language)

Communicate

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Ideas for Telling Oral Stories

Children love to hear stories. One way to help children learn to communicate is to have older relatives talk with them about the past. Many times, older family members have stories to share and lessons to teach young people.
If you need ideas to get communication started, look at this list of suggested questions for children to ask older relatives or friends.

Questions Children Might Ask
Older Family Members

Interview Questions:

What is your full name?
Do you have any nicknames?
What did your parents call you?
Has your name changed since birth?
What is your date of birth?
What city or town and country were you born in?
Were you born in a hospital? Or were you born in a home?
What is your mother’s full maiden name?
What is your mother’s nationality?
What is your father’s full name?
What is your father’s nationality?
What is your favorite memory with your grandparents?
What is your earliest childhood memory?
Where did you grow up?
What is your favorite childhood memory?
What is your favorite tradition from childhood?
What was your favorite childhood toy?
Who was your best friend as a child?
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Did you go to school?
What activities did you like to do?
Did you go to college? What year did you graduate from college? What activities were you a part of in college?
What was your first car?
Where did you go on your first date?
What was your first job?
Where was your first house?
Have you ever been married?
How did you meet my mom/dad/grandma/grandpa?
If married, when is your anniversary?
Where were you married?
Did you have a honeymoon?
What is your favorite memory with your spouse?
How many kids did you have together?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite thing to do?
What is your favorite vacation spot?
What is your favorite song?
What is your favorite band?
What is your favorite sports team?
What is your favorite holiday?
What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you?
What is your best characteristic?
What has been your greatest life lesson?
What do you feel is your greatest success?
What is your biggest fear?
What is the most difficult thing you’ve had to overcome?
If there is one thing you wish to accomplish in your lifetime, what is it?
If you could give me one piece of advice, what would it be?