Homework and Your Child

Tamara wrote

I am the boss of the homework around my house (well, mostly the boss) becaus I homeschool my ODD/ADHD son. This means I can tailor lessons around his good times of day (often late at night or in the car) and have him do the work that will help him progress.

Right now I use a combination of Charlotte Mason and eclectic techniques...we are working our way systematically through arithmetic, sometimes just two or three problems at a time, we use programs like freerice and funmath.com to practice multiplication, and he is learning to narrate what he reads (orally for now). I give spelling words, but not because he needs to learn to spell, they're really just copywork, an excuse for him to work on his handwriting.

Our goal is to spend about an hour a day on formal reading, writing, and math, about another hour reading fiction and nonfiction books, doing science experiments, creating artwork (he's into stop motion animation at present) and going on field trips with our co-op.

Posted September 19, 2009

Eric wrote

in reply to Paul
Sorry Paul, from your response, you undoubtedly have no children. I am in the same boat as Hollie (but no ODD child, but have 3 children. Children need time to be children.

Posted September 11, 2009

eftemofreedom wrote

this is great this is what my son need because sometimes he skips his homework and other school assignment. I've been having a lot of difficulty in teaching my son to do his homework instead I'am the one who is doing it for him which is sometimes good because we are having some quality time together learning. so what i did to achieve this was enroll myself and my son to an eft training. WIth eft in mind anxiety or depression from school work or home works were all gone. they help to improved our minds to focus very well. this is done by tapping out with the use of your fingers. it is much like an acupuncture but its different it uses your own fingers to tap out some certain areas from your body to keep your energy awaken.

Posted September 08, 2009

Rose wrote

in reply to Paul
You are so right!

Posted August 13, 2009

Paul wrote

I cannot believe the number of people who are falling for this ridiculous "let's not do homework" theory. They all seem to be part of the "let the kids do what they want" ideology. Kids do NOT know what's best for them; they simply want what they want, and wish to do whatever they like and have no consequences. Life isn't like that. ADULTS know what's best for them; that's why we're the adults and they are the kids. Kids need guidlelines, rules, consequences and supervision. To simply let them elect NOT to do homework is irresponsible, and is undermining what the school and teachers are trying to accomplish. As a kid, I too hated homework. But in hindsight, I realize it gave me the extra practice that I needed.

Posted July 09, 2009

Andie wrote

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree! I am starting to trust that my child knows more about what's good for him than any indoctrinated, bureaucratic public school system. Instinct is something that should NEVER be taken away. And I have had the same experience. Homework is almost silly at such a young age. They simply don't have the concepts of why it's important, and logic or explanation does nothing to substantiate it. Let the children be children. Learning should be so inspiring at young ages (and older for that matter), that they should not know it's "school".

Posted June 15, 2009