Welcome dear parents

Christy Paul

Oklahoma

Homework

• Teaches your children responsibility

• Affects achievement in school

• Is the key link between home and school

How to help them with the homework

• set up a proper study area

• Get homework finished on time

• Get your children do homework on their own.

• Motivate your children with praise

• Communicate assertively with them

Set up a proper study area

• Tell your children that they must have a special place where they will do homework

• Make sure that the space is well lit

• Post a “DO NOT DISTURB” sign during homework time

• Equip your child’s work space with a Homework Survival Kit.

Schedule Time for your children to do their homework

• Make sure all of your children’s scheduled activities written down on the daily schedule

• Determine the length of time needed each day for homework

• Determine the best time of the day.

• If necessary , establish mandatory homework time.

Let children work on their own

• Do not do the work for your children

• Do not teach concepts to your children

• Use the process of encouragement

Motivation/Incentives

• Developing Incentive Systems:

• Decide the problem behaviors

• Forgetting materials for homework?

• Not writing down assignments?

• Rushing while completing work?

• Complaining during the homework routine?

• Set goals

• Create a homework contract with your child

• The contract should include the rewards/penalties for homework procedures.

• Monitor Progress and Follow Through with rewards/penalties

• Stay consistent and keep track of the behaviors using a device such as a sticker chart.

Motivation

• A hug or a pat on the shoulder will increase the impact of your message

• Tell the specifically what you like about what they are doing or what they have done.

Incentives

• Tell your children that you are going to use some new ideas to help them do their homework

• Choose an incentive your child will appreciate

• Remember that giving incentives is your choice

Remember these tips:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqK13wrTjEU

Children are God’s gift to us:

Notes:

• Homework Without Tears: L.ee Canter

• Proverb- Anonymous.

• The First Days of School : Harry K Wong