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[quote=Anonymous]Hi Teacher here--the kids that always knocked my socks off were the ones who were really sweet kids who could look for different solutions. As PP indicated--raising great kids who can function is todays' world counts so much more than test scores.

1. Teach please, thank you, can I help you?, offer to hold doors, and the reasons behind. 
2. When kids don't get something, encourage them to try a different way
3. Encourage problem solving--what can you do? Can you try it a different way? 
4. Let them explore--if you have a back yard use it as much as possible
5. Encourage projects--building things, making things--these are ongoing and develop above listed skills
6. Expose to arts and various cultures through cooking/eating at various ethnic restaurants
7. Do things together--ice skating, walking in park, cleaning, cooking, etc. 
8. Let them fail and talk about why that happened
9. Making reading enjoyable--give them their own library card, let them pick books, have them read to you--talk about subjects (Most schools now force test prep down kids throats so reading has become very laborious. Kids want to see you reading too! )

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