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Helping Your Child with Homework

Homework is not just an opportunity for students to learn. It also allows you to learn about your children's skills. If you review and assist with homework, you will know where your children are excelling and where they need help or lack enthusiasm for what they are learning. Your interest and involvement will also help your children to understand that learning is not only important, it can also be fun and rewarding.

To help your children get the most from their homework assignments, you can do the following:

• Set up a quiet place in your home with good lighting where your children can do their homework assignments.
• Create a schedule for children to make it clear that homework should be complete before dinner, after dinner, or before watching television or playing games.
• If your children do not have homework, talk to their teacher about activities you can do together at home to prepare them better for classroom work.
• If a child puts off doing homework, take a closer look at the reasons why. It could be that the child has difficulty with the subject and needs extra help from you or from the teacher.
• If your children have trouble with homework assignments, you can look to older students, tutors, and teachers for extra help.

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Last updated—December 17, 2004 (jer)