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What are some of your tips for helping kids with their homework?
Asked by Work It, Mom! Team, 3rd Dec 07 Answer this now »
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Alison 9th Dec 07
KathyHowe 7th Dec 07
Homework
is
a
challenge
in
our
house
for
two
reasons:
1)
because
we
don't
get
home
until
about
6:30
at
night
and
2)
because
my
children
attend
a
Spanish
Immersion
Charter
school.
And
I
don't
speak
Spanish.
Since
they
attend
the
after
school
daycare
program
they
generally
do
their
homework
there.
The
benefit
is
of
course
that
they
then
have
Spanish
speaking
teachers
available
to
them
for
assistance
and
of
course,
it
is
then
done
well
before
7pm
when
they
are
EXHAUSTED.
Nydia 7th Dec 07
Lucas
started
kindergarten
this
year,
so
homework
is
still
very
"light".
But
every
Friday
(homework
day),
I
sit
with
him
on
his
desk,
read
the
work's
heading
and
watch
him
doing
it.
As
many
of
it
has
coloring
and
drawing
involved,
I
always
say
words
of
encouragement/compliments,
and
if
he
has
doubts
concerning
numbers
or
letters
(his
fav
challenge!),
I
try
to
help
him
without
doing
it
for
him
instead.
DAWN 6th Dec 07
I
like
to
make
homework
more
down
to
earth
(so
to
speak).
So
I
use
layman's
terms
when
explaining
that
4/100
means
4
out
of
every
hundred
people
are
------
and
so
on.
This
gives
them
a
better
grasp
on
the
concept
and
why
they
are
doing
this
math.
I might say "if there were one hundred people standing in your room, only 4 of them would have psp's. Then they grasp the concept and understand it much better. As with all HW, I am there to make sure they know I am interested and concerned. But I am great when it comes to explaining the concepts in any subject by using metaphors to help them uderstand and it works!!!
Daisy 4th Dec 07
I
often
do
my
"homework"
when
my
teen
is
doing
his
--
that
is,
unless
we
both
need
the
computer.
Then,
we
work
out
a
take-turns
schedule
so
we
both
get
done.
If
he
has
reading
to
do,
I
like
to
read
with
him.
Either
he
reads
aloud
to
me
or
vice
versa,
and
we
get
to
discuss
the
issues
in
the
book.
His
latest
was
To
Kill
a
Mockingbird,
one
of
my
all-time
favorites.
I
enjoyed
reading
and
discussing
it
with
him.
mamajama 3rd Dec 07
One
thing
that
my
husband
recommends
(as
a
teacher)
is
that
parents
sit
down
to
do
their
"homework"
at
the
same
time
that
the
kids
do.
For
example,
sit
down
to
balance
your
checkbook
while
the
kiddos
are
working
on
math.
It
helps
motivate
them,
and
shows
that
there
is
a
practical
use
for
what
they
are
learning.
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I have found that what works best for us is for him to work through his homework alone when he gets home from school, before the rest of the family is home from daycare and work. This gives him plenty of quiet time to think. After dinner, I check his homework and see what areas he has not understood. I re-teach the concept to him in a way he can understand -- usually my verbal explanation or pictoral illustration helps since he has trouble paying attention to his teacher and with reading comprehension. Once he "gets" the concept, I have him re-work his problems independently. We repeat the process until everything is correct. It's important to be patient and spend plenty of time on homework as needed. I can see the temptation to do the work for them when kids struggle because homework time takes sooo long, but I force myself through the long homework process because it's so important that he learns everything.