Tips for Parents
Help your child be successful
 

 

Tips for handling homework:

These are the messages to get across to your children about homework:
  • Education is important. Homework has to be done. Let children know that this is what you value.
  • Try to have a special place where each child can study.
  • Help your children plan how to do all the things they need to do--study, work around the house, play, etc.
  • Let your children know that you have confidence in them. Remind them of specific successes they have had in the past perhaps in swimming, soccer, cooking, or in doing a difficult homework assignment.
  • Don't expect or demand perfection. When children ask you to look at what they've done--from skating a figure 8 to a math assignment--show interest and praise them when they've done something well. If you have criticisms or suggestions, make them in a helpful way.



 

What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn

  • Listen to them and pay attention to their problems.
  • Read with them.
  • Tell family stories.
  • Limit their television watching.
  • Have books and other reading materials in the house.
  • Look up words in the dictionary with them.
  • Encourage them to use an encyclopedia.
  • Share favorite poems,songs, and books with them.
  • Take them to the library--get them their own library cards.
  • Take them to museums and historical sites, when possible.
  • Discuss the daily news with them.
  • Go exploring with them and learn about plants, animals, and geography.
  • Find a quiet place for them to study.
  • Review their homework.
  • Meet with their teachers.