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Text (slide 6):

What Teachers Can Tell Parents About Homework

• When your child does homework, you do "homework," such as balancing a checkbook.
• When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers.
• When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it.
• If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away.

Speaker's Notes (slide 6):

• When your child does homework, you do "homework," such as balancing a checkbook.

  Show your child that the skills they are learning are related to things you do as an adult. If your child is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your checkbook.

• When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers.

  Giving answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him.

• When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it.

  Cooperate with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions given by the teacher.

• If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away.

  Too much parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects. Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills.