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Parent Tips for Assisting with Homework
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Friday, September 11, 2009
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- Provide an adequate study area (i.e., a quiet place, good lighting, proper materials, etc.) for their children and encouraging regular consistent homework habits.
- Work with their children to plan the homework session by determining which assignment to do first, estimating how long each task might take, and so forth. This helps students anticipate questions and reduces the need for parents to ask that it be redone "right".
- Answer their child's questions, listening to reading or recitation, and explaining or demonstrating a process that is difficult for their child. Parents should keep in mind that it is the child's homework, not theirs. Parents' role in the homework process involves helping, advising, and planning for a time and place, but not actually doing the work. Listening can play a large role in this process.
- Understand that if the child is having a serious difficulty with a concept, spending an unreasonable amount of time on an assignment, or having a personal problem, that the parent may write a note to the teacher and send it to school with the unfinished homework.
- Encourage good habits and responsibilities by helping their children locate a "spot" for all of the things that are to go to school the next day.
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