How Do You Help A Child With Social Studies Projects?
When your child looks at you with those big, pleading eyes, and begs you to help him make a bas relief map for geography, or build a model of a Civil War house for history, or fashion a string of South Sea Island beads for an anthropology assignment, of course you want to help, but you should be able to find ways to offer guidance and encouragement while refraining from taking over the project, so the finished creation is truly your child’s creation. Step 1 Read through the instruction sheet and discuss the social studies project with your child. Ask how he would like to start, rather than diving in and firing off suggestions. If he is unwilling or unable to determine how to start, ask how he would go about making the project if you weren’t there. Praise his creative thinking and offer additional ideas for his consideration. Step 2 Visit the children’s section of the library. Check out books on the project topic, or rent a video to help your child’s imagination get wrapped around the c
