Make Your Kids Do Homework Faster With These Smart Tips
Parents all over the world like magic formulas to encourage children to do homework. It’s not as simple as waving a magic wand, but there are ways to encourage children to grow and stick to regular homework.
Create a homework space and schedule, set clear expectations, rewards and consequences, and approach homework positively.
These successful tips can help your child manage homework.
Build a homework-friendly Zone
Create a quiet place for your child to do homework. Keep away from distractions like TV and music. Try to reduce the number of people travelling to and from the area and keep younger children away from older children who are trying to study. Make sure your child completes homework in a well-lit area. Keep supplies (paper, pencils, glue, scissors) within reach.
Schedule a regular Homework time
Creating a routine will help your child know what will happen. You may want to allow them to take a break between the end of school and the start of homework. For example, let them spend an hour before school to do the activity of their choice, and then do their homework.
After snacks and play, some children work best in the afternoon. Others may prefer to wait until after dinner.
Admire their work and efforts
Praising work well is a great way to motivate your child. Intrinsic motivation is because you do things because they make you proud, not because you get external rewards to do them.
Rare rewards for a special project that's done really well can be a great boost, but regular material rewards are best avoided.
Tell them while your child is doing his homework that you are very proud of them for being coordinated, prompt, constructive, etc. It's important to describe the exact reason you are proud of so they know what to keep going.
Make sure homework is your child’s responsibility
This may seem difficult, especially in an era when many parents feel self-responsible for homework, but it is vital that your children understand that homework is their responsibility as early as possible, not yours.
Let your child keep track of their homework and materials instead of doing it for them.
If they do not think and make mistakes for themselves, they will not learn. Parents can make suggestions and guidance. But this is the child's job.
work together
In order to help motivate your child to complete your homework, a clever trick is to do some homework of your own to tell your child that you are responsible and complete essential chores. You will be a good role model for your children, proving to them that the same content they are learning is directly related to your work as an adult. If your child is reading, please pick up a book or newspaper and read it nearby. If they are doing math work, sit down with the calculator and balance your chequebook.
Help them plan
Many teachers break down large projects into a series of deadlines so that children learn to budget time. Please teach your child how to "layout" homework by himself. Divide the project into multiple steps together, and then help her estimate how much time each project will take. Get a weekly or monthly calendar and write down when she will complete the steps and for how long.
Use a colourful Timer
One way to avoid a troublesome start is to use a timer. A colourful and fashionable timer can solve the problem. Put it on their desk, set the time, and start! Children like to have their own little things, and cute timers may inspire them to play their part and take them with them. In most cases, one uninterrupted hour is enough to complete daily tasks. Please reset if necessary.
Come on, parents! You know you can do it. Keep calm and don't lose patience. Your child’s school days now seem to be endless. Homework is painful but they will be gone in a blink of an eye.