Homework Help

By Dawn Marcotte

A helpful resource for parents with practical ideas on helping kids do homework. Tips for reading, writing, math and spelling are provided. There are also tips on organizational skills, time management, project managment and for special needs students.

Tips and ideas can be implemented immediately and many can be used for all grade levels of students. This book focuses on what parents can do to help their kids complete homework with fewer arguments and be more successful in school.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dawn Marcotte
• Release date: Feb 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465947949

Dawn Marcotte

I am a freelance writer and mother of two children that are growing up much to fast. I focus on helping women coaches and consultants grow our businesses. I specialize in marketing, particularly on social media. For more information join my Facebook group Women Coaches and Consultants Growing Our Business.

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Homework Help

Tips for Parents to Help their Kids Get Homework Done

by Dawn Marcotte

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 Dawn Marcotte

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Understanding Your Child’s Learning Style

Academic Issues with Homework

Organizational Skills

Time Management Skills

Tips for Helping Grade School Kids with Reading

Tips for Helping Grade School Kids with Math

Tips for Helping Grade School Kids with Spelling

Tips for Helping Kids with Large Projects

Tips for Helping Kids with Writing

Help For Special Needs Kids

Random Tips and Tricks

Introduction

I was chatting with another parent yesterday and we were complaining about how much time we spend getting our kids to do their homework. I realized that I had often had the same conversation with many other parents. It seems that we spend a lot of time arguing, coaxing, yelling and bribing our kids to just do their homework. I thought it would be helpful to parents to have a resource with practical ideas they can use immediately.

As a former elementary school teacher I know that homework is a hot topic. There is a movement in some areas to eliminate homework completely, but until that becomes the norm most parents have to help their kids at least a couple of times each week. Kids don't want to do their homework for a variety of reasons.

1. They don't understand the material

2. They would rather be doing something else (usually anything else)

3. They don't understand what they should be doing.

4. They are bored and the homework is