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2Nd Grade Reading Homework
Asked by M.S. from Houston
on January 29, 2009
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Our 2nd grader is having a hard time with Langual Arts particularly with Reading. He is not interested in reading, even though we get him books he'd be interested in....
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- does he like computer games?, my son will play educational computer games like reader rabbit and jump start all day long and not even realise he is learning, start at ...
- Are these required reading books, or ones he chooses himself? My mother has been a middle-school librarian for years, and has told me countless stories about kids who ...
- My 2nd grader also gives me a hard time doing his 15 minutes of reading every night, but it isn't because he is having a hard time, he just thinks it's boring and tedi...
Ensuring 9Yr Old Son in 4Th Grade Does His Homework Daily! (Revised)
Asked by J.S. from San Francisco
on October 27, 2011
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My son is very quite and emotionally sensitive. He does not ask for help or say he needs things to do his homework. I can tell by his body language and or his attentiv...
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- I applaud you for trying to keep this as "perfect" a setting as possible. My younger son is 15, & there are still times when he's moved back into wherever I'm worki...
- What about having scheduled breaks or a timer for him, so that every 20 minutes or so he can get up and stretch and must show you his progress? When my son gets hom...
- Here is a bit of advice. I got two boys through school. Sometimes I wanted to pull my hair out! This is what helped me. If he doesn't have it already get him a date...
Homework and Wanting to Play Dumb
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on August 10, 2009
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My son is 6 and getting ready to start school my question is if he doesn't want to do his school work he plays dumb just to get me wound up and mad. What should I do t...
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- Sounds to me like you are handling it well....don't over react...stay as calm as possible...and just make him stick with it until he is done. I can't imagine that a 6 ...
- S., This is such a boy trait! I've seen it almost constantly in almost every daycare boy I have ever had. It sounds like you are handling things right and I wou...
- Make him sit there until he does it and don't give him the reaction he wants from you, sounds like it's simple since you already have this figured out. Let him sit at ...
Son Left Homework at Home - What Would You Do?
Asked by L.B. from Biloxi
on February 11, 2011
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My son is 14 and in the 9th grade and I am really trying to get him to "man up" about school work.
So I realized that my son left his English binder on the kitchen...
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- I would take it to him just because it was a project and he had worked hard on it. BUT I would also have the chores as a consequence and I would let him know that th...
- My son has done this as well. And I have both brought it to him and left it at home. If it is not a normal thing that happens, such as he is not abusing it I would ...
- Normally, I would say leave it and let him deal with the consequences, but if he's been working really hard on a project and it was within my power to help, I would ge...
How Do I Get My Child to Do and Turn in His Homework??
Asked by J.O. from Rochester
on March 4, 2008
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My 14 year old son is in 9th grade. Since the 6th grade we have been battling him to get him to turn his school work in. He is not struggling academically. He is in...
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- Hi J. I dont know if you can with your daycare, but have you thought about going to school and sitting in all his classes to make sure he turns his work in. I am sure...
- first of all, please don't pay him or give little rewards for doing something that is his responsibility - it sends the message that he should only do what's required ...
- J., hahaha i dont know when you find an answer let me know, hahahah no but seriously you mentioned you did not want to take away his music, if it were football and fa...
Kindergarten, Homework and Working Mom
Asked by T. from Dallas
on July 9, 2007
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My son will start kindergarten this Fall. He will be a young kindergartner, turning five this month. He's smart, but resistant to doing things he perceives as hard.
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- I am so glad to hear someone else say what I think every day!!! Why don't men feel this crunch??? That and that alone is precisely why I am a SAHM. If I were you I ...
- I work and get off in time to pick up my kids. They are going into 1st and 4th grades this fall. To this point I have never spent more than an hour helping with thei...
- T., This is coming from and older and hopefully experienced mom - I have a 19, 17, 3 and 22 month. I am now a SAHM with my younger two and I MISSED SO MUCH because...
1St Grade Homework
Asked by B.H. from Chicago
on October 12, 2010
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I am not a teacher and do not know how to explain things to my first grader for him to get things. What are some things or books I can read to help me not get so frust...
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- It may just be the way you two work together (personalities clashing). Would you consider hiring a tutor? Even a highschool student in your neighborhood could be of g...
- Explain it to him just like his teacher explains it. (Ask the teacher how s/he has explained the concept in class.) Children sometimes need a concept explained MANY ti...
- If you have any questions, I think you should talk to the teacher. Try to figure out where she is going with things as far as the end result and see what you can do to...
Homework Right After School or Play First ???
Asked by D.C. from Dallas
on February 27, 2011
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I was wondering how you do it with your kids and which of these options did you find were better !?!?!
Thanks !!!!
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- For the past 12+ years, they've come home from school, had a quick snack and done their homework. They get it done and then they can play or go to an activity or whate...
- I think it depends on the child. In most cases after sitting in a classroom all day, a child needs some physical activity. For some just the walk home from school or...
- My daughter eats a snack and then starts her homework. I feel bad for her because she just comes home from 7 hours of school, some days she only can do homework, eat, ...
If You Got Your Child's Elementary School to Reduce Homework, Please Advise Me
Asked by K.B. from Tulsa
on August 20, 2011
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We are at a private Christian school that uses all ABeka curriculum. It takes hours, not 30 minutes per night. The teacher and principal say the kids will learn to w...
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- My kids are supposed to have anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour of home work each night. It took us about 2-3 hours. Why? Because there's 2 of them, 1st and 2nd grade...
- So what happens if you just don't do it? Send in a note saying you will spend 30 minutes a day on homework but beyond that it is family time. I would do it. I would al...
- You also are fighting against something you may not be aware of: Pride. It is something that I noticed a lot of private schools use to say they are a "better" school...
School Work Delima - Slow Down.
Asked by S.B. from Dallas
on November 1, 2011
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My son is a kindergartener. He has a homework page to do each night. It's nothing outrageous. The assignments are very easy to keep up with, it's all reasonable. M...
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- If you don't actually sit with him and slow him down from the start, I suggest doing that. At the beginning tell him you're going to play a game to see how slow he ca...
- hmm, you really are doing everything right, It might just be that he does need to be nagged. But here are some ideas taht might or might not work Like someone else...
- My SD was the same way. We'd tell her that if she didn't want to have to do it again, she had to slow down and write legibly. She also got angry when she got points of...
