Daily Excerpts: Excerpt from 10 Quick Homework Tip - Homework Agreements
Today's excerpt comes from 10 Quick Homework Tips by authors Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly: TIP # 2 TYPE UP AN OFFICIAL HOMEWORK AGREEMENT Like anything worth doing in life, happiness takes time and patience and consistency. ~Mark Manson Why is this Important? That idea of heading off stress by being proactive about homework is perhaps best used in the creation of a Homework Agreement. Quite simply, this is an agreement your family makes that states when, where, and how homework is expected to be done. Having a plan before school starts in the fall allows you to avoid that “you against them” feeling that so often is attached to homework. If the year has already begun, though, there is still no time like the present to make a great change for the better! What You Can Do: Have you ever realized that it is easier to get out of something if you can "blame something else"? “Sorry we can’t come to your son’s piano recital; we have a family reunion that d