streatham wells parents’ evening wednesday 14 october parents, children and homework what can a...

Streatham Wells Parents’ Evening Wednesday 14 October

Parents, Children and HomeworkWhat can a parent do?

WELCOME !

Introductions

Plan for the hour

What’s the point of Homework?

5 Solution Focused Ideas For Parents

1 If it’s not broken don’t try to fix it…..


2 If it’s working, do more of it…


3 If it’s not working, do something different…


4 Talk about what you want, not what you don’t want….


5 There are always exceptions to every problem….

10 Homework Tips Parents Have Shared With Me

1 Thinking about it How you think about something affects how you feel about it……. Fun? Interesting? A job to be done? This is all going to end in

tears….. 2 Getting into Step with it decide the routine in advance, consult your child, when, where,

consistent, normal daily/weekly activity, break or wind down first or afterwards

Review with your child, is it working, what has worked better, what might you try out

Make it clear when you are being flexible over the routine and departing from it


3 Giving choices Every child is different, including every one of your children! Choice when

deciding the routine, choice over the homework itself, what to do first, how to do it etc

Involving children in choices can increase cooperation and independence skills

Different learning styles, including different from you!

4 Choose your battles You don’t need to win every battle only the most important ones. Let some

things go and stand your ground. Being flexible, changing your mind, backing off, negotiating or moving on

from something you decided is also teaching your child important life skills.


5 Whose Homework is it? It might feel like yours sometimes but it isn’t ! Asking questions is better than giving answers Resist the temptation to do it!

6 Credit in the bank! 10 bits of positive feedback to 1 bit of negative feedback reward more than punish Notice and comment on every tiny sign of what you want

to happen more


7 Chunk it Up break things down in to small tasks, subjects, activities or time periodsOr places to do it, homework club, aftercare setting and home suggest small breaks between comment on progress and completion

8 Encourage independence in thought, in action, Young children sit near, older children you may be about for

consultation but not too near, encourages child to think things through for themselves first before asking for help

ask your child why homework is important , doing things for your own reasons is always easier


9 Positive thinking Stay in the moment, don’t catastrophise ahead, if your child finds something

hard to do or doesn’t like particular homework it often only means that, nothing else about them, nothing else about their future.

10 Lead from behind all children follow parents’ examples more than parents’ advice They can screen out what you say, but not what you do. Use reading writing and maths in your everyday life with them, show them

how it matters Demonstrate and talk about your Life Skills: how you organise yourself, how

you plan what to do, how you keep at things, how you finish things, how you feel good afterwards

The Experts’ Discussion Small groups discussion on homework with your child,

share:

1 Something you are already doing which works for you and your child

2 Something you already do which you are thinking you might do more of in the future

3 Something you haven’t done which you are thinking you might try out in the future

Homework For Parents!

Read a poemTell someone how much they mean to youWalk a journey you would usually do by car/busPay yourself a compliment every dayLearn to skim a stoneMake of list of what you are grateful for in your life

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