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Narrator: Working independently and self-monitoring

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to stay on task
will allow your child,

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over time, to complete activities on their own.

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Increasing the time children work independently

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and asking questions, or prompting them with questions,

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to help them solve problems themselves,

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will help accelerate growth
in independence.

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Angela Cuyler-Hunter:
The ability to engage

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in independent activities is
an important skill for students,

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because students must learn
how to work independently,

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and also it's important so that
we teachers can work

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with other students during
that time as well, individually.

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Bethann Fain:
Those skills are just basic,

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foundational skills that
they need in order to succeed.

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It helps them know
what they are doing

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and what they are expected
to do, and if we focus

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on those skills in kindergarten and make sure they're mastered,

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then they will do
much better in first grade,

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and it'll be
much easier to succeed.

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Narrator: There are many ways
you can help instill

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independence within your child.

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Scroll down the page
for specific examples

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in our family
activities section.

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