III. Write down the answers to the following questions

1. What do the school and the family combines their efforts for?

2. What does the family give the child?

3. Whom do parents share their role of educators with?

4. How does the child develop in the family?

5. Is family considered the basis of the child’s moral background?

6. What has the family life a tremendous impact on?

7. What do basic forms of work with parents include?

8. What do basic forms of work deal with?

9. Is the rearing of children a civic responsibility?

IV. Find the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Ukrainian:

to combine efforts, to rear the growing generation, the principal educator, an insight into the world, a certain amount of knowledge, a definite character, to share the role, an educator, dearest to him, a conscious perception of the world, a certain attitude to his environment, it is not by chance, the child’s moral background, tremendous impact, the individual’s fundamental qualities, class parent’s meetings, current school matters, diverse aspects of upbringing, the pupil’s home regime, a civic responsibility, a duty.

V. Find where in the text it is said about:

1. The family is the first and principal educator.

2. The family is the basis of the child’s moral background.

3. Basic forms of work with parents.

VI. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false:

1. The school is the first and principal educator for it gives the child its first insight into the world.

2. The child begins schools with a certain amount of knowledge, habits, a definite character.

3. The school is considered the basis of the child’s moral background.

4. Family life has a tremendous impact on the development of the individual’s fundamental qualities.

5. The rearing of children is not a civic responsibility.

VII. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces:

1. The school and the family combine their efforts … the growing generation.

2. The parents share their role of … with the teacher.

3. The child develops a … perception of the world.

4. Basic forms of work with parents include parent … and school and class parent’s meetings.

VIII. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:

1. The family is the first and principal educator … it gives the child its first insight … the world. 2. … the family the child makes its first contacts … those dearest … him. 3. Family life has a tremendous impact … the development … the individual’s fundamental qualities. 4. … current school matters they deal … diverse aspects … upbringing and the pupil’s home regime.

IX. Select the statement which best expresses the main idea of the text. Give reasons for your answer.