Adoption / Foster Care: Help Your Child Finish the School Year on a Strong Note

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Help Your Child Finish the School Year on a Strong Note May 20th 2013, 09:33 Photo © Carrie Craft, licensed to About.com, Inc. As we're finishing up school here this week, and man did time fly, it's easy to want to just coast in to a summer of relaxation. But, while it may be the end of the school year, it's still important as a foster parent to help your foster child finish the year strong. Encourage your foster child to participate in fun end-of-the-year activities. Perhaps go as a volunteer. Attend book fairs and buy several books to encourage reading during the summer. Ask their teacher for recommendations or appropriate reading levels. Encourage your children to finish homework and get in any extra credit points, if possible. Collect last papers, pictures, and report cards for the social workers and birth mom and dad. Is school almost out in your area? Are your kids excited for summer or going to miss friends. I have a mix here, one is excited, and the other is sad.

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