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GENERAL HOMEWORK TIPS FOR PARENTS (from www.ed.gov. and the U.S.
Department of Education)
✪ Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Avoid
having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other
distractions, such as people coming and going.
✪ Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a
dictionary, are available. Ask your child if special materials will be needed
for some projects and get them in advance.
✪ Help your child with time management. Establish a set time each day for
doing homework. Don‘t let your child leave homework until just before
bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big
projects,especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.
✪ Be positive about homework. Tell your child how important school is. The
attitude you express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires.
✪ When your child does homework, you do homework. Show your child that the
skills they are learning are related to things you do as an adult. If your
child is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your
checkbook.
✪ When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. Giving
answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches
your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him
or her.
✪ When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. Cooperate
with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team.
Follow the directions given by the teacher.
✪ If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. Too much
parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects.
Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning
skills.
✪ Stay informed. Talk with your child‘s teacher. Make sure you know the
purpose of homework and what your child‘s class rules are.
✪ Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework.
Have your child do the hard work first. This will mean he will be most alert
when facing the biggest challenges. Easy material will seem to go fast when
fatigue begins to set in.
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