Helping with homework 002

Give your child half an hour to relax if he has just come home from school. Get him a light nutritious snack. Don’t feed him junk food or sweets as the sugar and preservatives will only make him hyper and he won’t be able to concentrate on his homework.

Avoid getting your child distracted. Study time should be study time. Turn off the TV or radio for the duration of the period. Make sure that his study space is clean and free of clutter. Check the lighting and ventilation condition. Make the area comfortable.

If you endeavor to help you child, sit with him and focus solely on him. Avoid multi-tasking while helping him with his homework so that your child knows that study time is an important task and that it demands attention.

Let him take a five minute break after each subject. Just make sure that he understands that a five minute break does not mean 10 minutes of Wii. Explain to him that the earlier he finishes his homework, the more time he gets to do whatever he wants. Don’t forget to check his work so that he’ll also understand that quality too is also important. So that even if he finishes quickly but turns up shoddy work, he’ll have to repeat his homework and thus spending more time than necessary.