Daily Excerpt: 10 Quick Homework Tips (Alder & Trombly) - Introduction

 



Today's book excerpt comes from 10 Quick Homework Tips by Alder & Trombly.


Introduction

           Have you ever felt frustrated with your child and his homework?  If so, know that you are not alone.  In our 40 combined years of teaching, we don’t think we’ve ever met a parent who hasn’t felt frustrated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused about how to end homework battles at one time or another.     

          In our previous book, 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents: Fun Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in Elementary School, we offered some homework tips scattered throughout the themed chapters.  It is our hope, here, to gather the 10 most helpful strategies, all in one convenient place for you.

Overall, we have discovered that the main reasons for family stress about homework seem to come from two things:

# 1.      When and where to do the homework

and

# 2.      What to do when your child doesn’t know how to do it

          To help you conquer these problems, we have put together 10 tips that will help you set up some guidelines for how your household can consistently tackle homework. As with so many things in life, consistency is the key to making homework time less stressful.  

Maybe you will find that your family has already implemented some of these ideas.  Maybe some will be new to your child and your family.  Some kids will take to the changes easily.  But, if this is not the case, and you are worried that your child might resist, just remember that you are the parent and you decide the rules in your house.  And if you and/or your kids are ever frustrated, you can explain that you are making these changes so that it is ultimately less stressful for them. And it will be.  Just give it some time. 

          Ideally, it would be great to work with your children on creating some of these new norms if you feel it is important that they feel a part of them.  However, because you are the parent, give yourself permission to make the final decisions on what you think is best for your family.  

          With some kids, it might work best to ease into these changes. With others, it works far better to just dive right in and state that, starting tomorrow, these are the new rules. 

          Of course, as always, you should choose what you think will work best for your family.

Book Award
Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards, Gold Medal/Education 

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