As a parent, you know much about your child’s special interests, strengths, and talents. By using this knowledge to enhance your child’s earliest learning opportunities, you can increase his or her readiness for success in the primary-age classroom. How to Be Your Child’s First Teacher offers information to guide you in this very important role. The chapters cover language arts, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical/health education. Each chapter identifies specific concepts and offers lots of activity ideas. The activities are carefully crafted with hands-on suggestions for fostering early literacy skills, exploring everyday items and occurrences, promoting creative expression, and much more.