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Making Homework
Manageable
“Perhaps the most valuable result of education is
the ability to make yourself do the thing
that you have to do when it ought to be done.”
-Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English physician, writer, and lecturer
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“But that’s not the way the teacher taught us to do
that?”
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“Let me watch one more TV show and then I’ll do my homework.”
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“Mom, Jessica keeps bugging me while I’m studying for my test.”
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“Do we have any colored pencils? I’ve got to make a map of
Canada tonight.”
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“ I don’t have any homework tonight. I
already did it at school.”
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Making Homework Manageable
Students who are successful in school have parents who take time to work with them at home and support what they are learning in school.
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Why is homework important?
• Homework is the best opportunity for the school and the family to be connected.
• Homework helps to develop good study habits.
• Homework fosters positive attitudes towards school and a love for learning.
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Getting into the homework habit
21 days in a row to make a habit
Our goal is to help our children get into the habit of doing
homework every night.
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How do we help our children develop good study habits?
• Set up a positive home environment that encourages learning.
• Select an area where your children will do homework everyday.
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Setting up a home environment that encourages
learning
•Have a small box of supplies available.
•Have a consistent area where your children can keep their school work and supplies.
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Getting into the homework habit
•Establish a consistent time each day for homework.
•Decide as a family the best time to do homework each day.
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How to schedule Daily Homework Time:
• Sit with your child and discuss how much time is needed each day for homework.
• Using the schedule, help your child fill in his/her scheduled activities.
• Now look at the spaces that are left unfilled.
• Check your child’s schedule for accuracy.
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Getting into the homework habit
• Check your child’s backpack with him/her every day.
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Minimize distractions
•Television and radio are off.
•Keep other children busy
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Fostering responsibility and
independence
• Have your child work alone, but make yourself available to answer questions or provide guidance if needed.
• Ask questions about the assignment so you know what your child is doing.
• Help them to recognize their own mistakes and make corrections on their own, but provide help if they need it.
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B.C.
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Making the home/school connection
•Before starting the homework, have a conversation with your child about what he/she learned in school that day.
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Make reading part of your children’s daily
homework
• Set up a small area in your home with books to read.
• Have your child read at least 15 to 20 minutes per day, preferably with an adult, outside of homework time.
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Why Independent Reading?
“The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it; and
the more you like it, the more you do it. “
--Trelease
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Ask Questions
•Ask very specific questions. • What book did you read in school
today? • What did you like best about the
book?• What was the problem and how did
the characters solve it?
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Evaluate homework time
• What worked well?
• What did not work well? And why?
• What should we do next time to make it work better?
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Motivating your children
to do well in school
It begins with us!
What messages are we giving our children about the
importance of education?
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Motivating your children to do well in school
Recognize your children’s efforts
• Have a consistent place to show off or save your children’s work.
• Praise your children often.
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Begin with a positive attitude
• Show interest in what your children are learning at school.
• Focus on the strengths of your children.
• Never say negative things about teachers or the school in front of your children.
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Children need encouragement
like plants need water.
Rudolf Driekers, child psychologist
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Avoid Discouraging How to
Discourage• Have negative
expectations• Focus on mistakes• Insist on
perfectionism• Act overprotective
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Encourage Your Child• Show confidence• Build on your
child’s strengths• Value the child• Stimulate
independence
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Becoming a positive role model for our children
• If we want our children to read, it is very important that they see us read.
• Sign up for classes or attend parent workshops, family nights or conferences.
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Enjoy being a parent
• Take time to enjoy your children.
• Do fun things as a family.
• Delight in your children’s accomplishments.
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A Village
We have to work together in order for our children to grow and succeed so that they may become college and career ready.
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