Broaden Your Child's Experience
Broaden Your Child's Experience
- Talk to your child about what you do at your job, what you like, what is important for your job, what a typical day at work is like, etc. Describe jobs you have held and how school helped you in your career.
- Point out examples of employees providing services and creating products in your community.
- Make a game to see who can identify the most occupations when at the mall, in the car, or on a family outing.
- Help children identify job skills in the chores they do around the house.
- Help them explore the world of work through part-time, summer employment, or community volunteer work.
- Encourage your child to take a challenging program of education, including academic/career technology subjects and extracurricular activities.
- Help them explore their interests by job shadowing a person or family member in one or more occupations of interest.
Job Shadowing http://www.jobshadow.com - Encourage participation in clubs or organizational groups that teach many leadership and social skills needed in today's world.
- Broaden your child's interest in sports and hobbies to provide opportunities for teamwork.
Contact your child's school to see if they have OKCIS.