Homework: Your Child Can Practice Life Skills as well as their Lessons

-From the Desk of Heather Tuttle, Curriculum Writer- Life Skill #4: Communicating with Authority Figures We talked about how homework can improve your kids’ communication skills with their peers. But it is also a great tool to teach kids how to communicate with authority figures. First of all, sometimes there is just too much to [...]

Homework: Your Child Can Practice Life Skills as well as their Lessons 3

-From the Desk of Heather Tuttle, Curriculum Writer- Life Skill #3: Communicating with Peers Life-Skills #1 and #2 (keeping a to-do list and time management) are pretty obvious life-skills your kids can learn from homework. But how about one that’s a little more out-there: Homework can be a great opportunity to teach your kids some [...]

Homework: Your Child Can Practice Life Skills as well as their Lessons 2

Life Skill #2: Prioritization and Time Management Didn’t get to read about Life Skill #1? Click Here to read the first article now! Your kids have finished their to-do list… but there are about ten thousand things on it. It’s making you go cross-eyed, and you wonder how they’ll ever get it done. You again [...]

Homework: Your Child can Practice Life-Skills as well as their Lessons!

You stand frozen in place, staring into the faces of your kids. They have just asked one of those dreaded questions that are almost as bad as “Jimmy says there isn’t a Santa Claus…” or “Where do babies come from?” Your eyes dart around frantically for an escape. Maybe the window? You could do a [...]

Ask a Teacher: Homework Tips

Question: Homework is a chore at my house. Is there anyway to turn around the attitudes? Answer: Here are some quick hints to help your child get the most out of homework. Assume that your children will have studying to do every night. Ask your children if they understand their homework. If they do not, [...]