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Helping the Homework Resisters
by Heather Miller from Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Have children do their work at a communal table. Stay nearby, to alleviate the loneliness that some kids feel — and to prevent procrastination.
- Ask your child to unload her backpack and talk through assignments.
- Help your child make a "Done/To Do" list.
- Ask your child to put the assignments in the order he’d like to do them. Encourage him to explain his thinking — fostering a sense of control.
- Use a timer. Challenge your child to estimate how long an assignment will take, and ask if she wants to set the timer for that full amount of time, or less.
- Your role: To monitor, organize, motivate, and praise the homework effort as each piece is done.
- Read the whole article from Harvard Graduate School of Education
