Get Your Child to Finish Homework
1. Set up a designated study area in your home. You might want your child in sight so the kitchen or dining room table is great. If you feel it's okay, let your child complete homework in his room. You can let your child decide what is best. What's more, once the place is established, don't change it.
2. Quiet down the house during study time. After all, homework time should be quiet. If you choose to let your child study at dining room, then you should ensure that the room is quiet and not noisy.
3. Set up a system of how you want your child to work. The sheer amount of work assigned for homework simply overwhelms many kids. Break out assignment book and make a plan with your child's help. Usually after a long day at school, your child needs a mental break. Try the easy work first and move to the more complicated assignments next. Or better yet, ask for your child's input on what he'd prefer to work on first.
4. Make sure to assist but don't do the work. You must make it clear that your child is attending school, not you. You're a resource, much like an encyclopedia.
5. Teach your child to pace themselves for larger assignments. Term papers or projects are much less stressful for both you and your child if he performs the work in small intervals.
6. Use incentives carefully. Incentives would be a ice cream date with Mom for a week of properly completed homework or a movie after a month, and so on. Your aim is to take the argument and frustration out of the equation of completing homework. Incentives might be the spark for your child to get them on the path to completing their work in a timely manner.
7. Praise a job well done. Kids glow under the praise of their parents. Heap the kudos on your child for completed work. Your kind words will go farther than any ice cream or treat.
8.Consider having your child read quietly every night. Reading helps with concentration and comprehension that is a skill that can be used in any school subject.