Consistency is a key factor for children's academic success. Set a standart time for dinner to be served, and try to make dinner time including family discussions last a consistent duration. Once dinner is over, make it a rule that this is when your child must complete his/her homework. If your child is not involved in athletics or orther school events, then on some days your child can do homework before dinnertime. If your child finishes all his/her homework before dinner, then after dinner study time should be used for reading or other educaitonal activities.
Teach your child that learning is more important than just memorizing facts and completing an assignment. This is one of the most misunderstood and confusing concepts for children to understand. Ask your child after completion of each homeowrk assignment to write down a couple sentences about what he/she learned, not facts, but broader concepts. This will help your child put his/her learning into perspective.
Encourage your child to take notes in class. Developing proper note taking skills are vital to your child's learning. Rather than have your child try and write everything down as fast as possible, teach your child to search for the teacher's mian point and summarize it in your child's own words. This will help your child weed throught he garbage and focus in on the teacher's core message. After the lecture, encourage your child to rewrite the notes, expand on them, and organzie them in a meaningful way. This is a great way for your child to review the material, and the improved organziation will help your child study for the test in the weeks to come.
Have the appropriate learning resources handy. It used to be that keeping a home dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopaedia in an accessible place was imperative for your child to complete homework assignments. Now all your child needs is an internet connection and vast amounts of information is at your child's finger tips. It is worth the investment to get a high speed DSL or Cable internet connection so information is more accessible. Also make the investment of a quality digital flat panel monitor. If your child spends lots of time researching, writing and reading on the computer it will save your child's eyes.
Reprinted with permission by: math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org
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