How to Encourage a Child to Do His Homework
Provide positive feedback for your child's progress whenever you are able to., Look for places you can help them feel successful, praising good efforts and playing down negative aspects of their work, while realising you may have to nudge them to...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Provide positive feedback for your child's progress whenever you are able to.
If your child didn't complete a task, but gave it a reasonable effort, tell them you don't feel like they failed, and recognise their efforts. -
Step 2: Look for places you can help them feel successful
, Children should have time after school for healthy and enjoyable activities, but to succeed in school, homework cannot be ignored.
When your child gets home from school, let them have a little break.
They have probably been in school at a desk most of the day.
If time allows, go over their homework while they take a break so you can estimate how much free time to allow them.
Once you have estimated how much time they should require on each subject, create a schedule for homework and give it to the child. , It is much better for a child to do their work independently than to hover over them and micromanage their work. ,, Nothing can be more discouraging for a child than to spend significant time on a subject without seeing results.
They should know they can turn to you for help if they need it. , Good lighting, a clean, neat work area, and little or no distraction will improve their concentration. ,, For long, arduous sections of work, allow them a break at regular intervals. , -
Step 3: praising good efforts and playing down negative aspects of their work
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Step 4: while realising you may have to nudge them to work harder to make up for poor efforts.
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Step 5: Organize a reasonable schedule for homework.
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Step 6: Have your child begin their homework
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Step 7: if they are mature enough to work independently
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Step 8: let them.
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Step 9: Check their progress frequently until you have established that they are performing sufficiently and accurately enough to complete their work successfully.
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Step 10: Be sure your child understands that you are willing to help with subjects/assignments they are not succeeding in.
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Step 11: Provide a good workplace for their homework regimen.
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Step 12: Provide resources including books
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Step 13: references
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Step 14: internet if needed (help your child remain on track
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Step 15: could get lost if left alone)
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Step 16: pencils
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Step 17: and tools like a calculator
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Step 18: compass
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Step 19: or rule to make their work possible.
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Step 20: Offer snacks and breaks for a reward for successful completion of a section or subject they are working on.
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Step 21: Check their work when needed to make sure their answers are correct
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Step 22: or that projects
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Step 23: will be done correctly.
Detailed Guide
If your child didn't complete a task, but gave it a reasonable effort, tell them you don't feel like they failed, and recognise their efforts.
, Children should have time after school for healthy and enjoyable activities, but to succeed in school, homework cannot be ignored.
When your child gets home from school, let them have a little break.
They have probably been in school at a desk most of the day.
If time allows, go over their homework while they take a break so you can estimate how much free time to allow them.
Once you have estimated how much time they should require on each subject, create a schedule for homework and give it to the child. , It is much better for a child to do their work independently than to hover over them and micromanage their work. ,, Nothing can be more discouraging for a child than to spend significant time on a subject without seeing results.
They should know they can turn to you for help if they need it. , Good lighting, a clean, neat work area, and little or no distraction will improve their concentration. ,, For long, arduous sections of work, allow them a break at regular intervals. ,
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