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Post by Mommysalami on Nov 18, 2003 19:18:32 GMT -5
My son 2nd grade gets bout 40 minutes of homework, including 20 minutes of reading each night. Occasionally there is another 10-20 mins of class work he needs to bing home.
How do the rest of you do homework? As coon as you get home? In small increments? All at once? What works best?
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Post by Mayleng on Nov 18, 2003 19:23:33 GMT -5
My son 2nd grade gets bout 40 minutes of homework, including 20 minutes of reading each night. Occasionally there is another 10-20 mins of class work he needs to bing home. How do the rest of you do homework? As coon as you get home? In small increments? All at once? What works best? We do ours immediately when the boys get home and then they can do their other activities or play . |
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Post by crillmom on Nov 18, 2003 19:53:51 GMT -5
as soon as they get off the bus my kids do their homework. if my son, who is in 4th grade has atest we usually study at night before bed when nobody else is around.
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Post by mattandchris on Nov 19, 2003 12:22:28 GMT -5
I have two boys. One in 3rd grade and the other (my ADHD son) in 8th grade. I usually give them 30 minutes break-can watch TV, play computer, play outside, have a snack. I think this helps them to unwind a bit after their day. After that all computers,TVs and radios are turned off until homework is done.
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Post by mommy007 on Nov 20, 2003 7:38:03 GMT -5
My son is in 5th grade and we have Tons of homework this year. he gets out of school at 3:30 is home in 5mins. We do homework every day at 4pm. we do it all, studying is done at bedtime, spelling words, review . . .
We have LOTS of major written projects this year, we do these in smaller chuncks during the 6 weeks to complete them. Read book , write paragraph on the story elements, characters, setting etc. . . and then he has to do an additional project with the written, mobile, game, lots of choices, but must incorporate all story elements.
anyway the homework pace has worked for years, he gets his 25mins . . and then the work begins.
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Post by JV on Nov 21, 2003 8:32:31 GMT -5
My son is in 6th grade, we have had the same routine now for years. He gets home at 3:30, he has his snack, then its homework time, we keep going till all the homework is done except for reading assignments. After the written homework is done, he can go outside or an activity of his choice. We usually save reading for just before bed, its a great way to wind down in the evening and get prepared for sleep. This is the first year however he seems to be doing so great socially,  , that there are times when he has a buddy come by, and they will do their homework together, and the amazing thing is they do it well. I never thought he would do the work, I thought he'd spend the time screwing around, but he is amazing us all the time. |
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Post by loveforeric on Nov 21, 2003 21:18:01 GMT -5
My 8yo and 7yo are on a schedule to have a snack and half hour of play time each before they do homework respectively. At homework time we turn all distractions off for the 8yo. so he can stay focused. He usually has homework on tuesdays/thursdays but brings home day work everyday that wasn't done in class. Have a peaceful day; Christina |
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Post by faith7th on Nov 22, 2003 0:11:38 GMT -5
Great Question,
Looking back on all my kids homework I would say it depends on the child. Right now my 10th grader (LD classes) choses himself when the best time is. Some days he wants to get it over with and others he would rather wait until the house calms down and he can just retreat to his room and meditate with his study or homework time .
My 1st grader has homework 2x week, plus 2x week speech homework too. When 1st grade started it was still very summery. He did not adjust well to doing it right after he got off the bus. We would actually do it in the morning because that is when he felt "good" about doing it. Now that the weather is not always compatable with outside play afterschool he has decided that it would be best to get it done.
With my older kids I was pretty flexable as long as they followed through. If there was definate grade problem or a homework turn in problem I would of course put my foot down and make them more scheduled. My hubby must have heard " is your homework done" alot when he was growing up. He tends to say this when he walks in the door from work. Me on the other hand, my parents trusted me and gave me control on how and when I would get it done. Everything in moderation. I think we know our kids well enough over time that we can call the shots.
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Post by jwm on Nov 22, 2003 18:26:06 GMT -5
hi,
My 9 year old 4th grader gets home around 3:30. He has a snack and drink. Then he does his homework. This year he has quite a bit. We save reading for bedtime, like JV does. That really helps him wind down and it is our time to spend together. We have tried to let him go out and play first before homework, it just does not work. He is so out of it and tired after supper it becomes a war. He is doing great with his routine. There is no questions, he just goes up to his room and does what he can. I help out if he gets stuck. I found in our home, routine is the key. Hope this helps. have a great weekend.
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Post by wahoogirl on Nov 22, 2003 20:46:23 GMT -5
last year I would make my son do his homework right after school. It was a fight almost everyday. This year I decided he needed to burn some after school energy first then homework. He's in first grade so the homework is not overwhelming yet so a lot of times we do homework after dinner. He sits at his desk and usually can get done in 15 to 20 min. We haven't had one bad day with the homework and things are a lot more peaceful at homework time. I don't even sit in the room with him. I sit just outside and he calls me if he needs help.
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Post by chictech on Dec 9, 2003 16:03:31 GMT -5
My 9 year old daughter is in the YMCA after-school program until 6:15 p.m. Homework often doesn't start until after dinner, around 7:30 p.m. She does have an opportunity to do it at the YMCA, but she chooses to play instead. Once she begins her homework, it can easily go until 9 p.m. However, if I sense that she is beginning to melt, I have her stop. If it's a bathnight, the evenings do tend to get very long. But usually she and I are in bed by 9:30 p.m. with a story and a back-tickle.
And by the way, "read independently for thirty minutes" rarely happens at our house. There simply isn't enough time in the evening. Such is the life when two parents work outside the home. <sigh>
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Post by MomX2 on Dec 15, 2003 8:48:11 GMT -5
This can vary from one day to the next. Typically my kids have to care for their rabbits when they get home and they usually have one easy chore. If the neighbor kids come over they're allowed to play for awhile. I try to make sure they're doing homework by about 5:30 to 6pm. I don't like to make them do homework right after school because they just finished a long day at school but if it gets too late they may be too tired to do well on their homework. I usually ask what homework they have right after school so I have some idea of how much time they'll need to complete it. If they have a lot of reading or special projects I have them take a short break and start earlier.
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, that there are times when he has a buddy come by, and they will do their homework together, and the amazing thing is they do it well. I never thought he would do the work, I thought he'd spend the time screwing around, but he is amazing us all the time. 
