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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 20:28:48 GMT -6
My son is 8 and we are having trouble w/ homework time. Every time we make him sit down to do homework he says I can't or I don't understand. I says this several times. He gets frustrated b/c he doesn't want to try. ALso, we know he knows how to do it. He does get distracted easily. We (me & dh) also get frustrated w/ him. We even walk him through how to do it and still says those things. Or we do pretty much the whole thing without giving him the answer and he still says that. We sent him to his room b/c we got frustrated and he sat up there crying and stomping his feet.
We are at our wits end do you have any ideas or suggestions. Thanks much.
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Post by jrose on Dec 6, 2012 20:35:12 GMT -6
Some type of reward system maybe? Try not to show your frustration it might make him more frustrated. Maybe ask his teacher for some tips.
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 20:40:30 GMT -6
I e-mailed her tonight. We are afraid if he says it as often as he is that he is going to believe what he is saying. It is hard not to show our frustration, but we will try.
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Post by sharon on Dec 6, 2012 20:42:44 GMT -6
CAN he do it? Or is it truly above his independent work level?
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 20:46:52 GMT -6
If he tries he can do he also doesn't want to. We also tell him he is going to need to know math in the future. Note: it is math we are trying to get him to do. He is given 1 math sheet (2 sided) sheet to do nightly then brought back the following day.
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 20:54:02 GMT -6
We made him go to bed early without reading. He got up early b/c he could hear the garbage man at the neighbors house this morning and we could tell he was tired. Usually he reads til 9 every night. He didn't like not being able to read b4 bed. He likes to read.
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Post by ReneeW on Dec 6, 2012 21:15:17 GMT -6
Some random ideas -- does he have time to run around and play and get some energy out of his system before sitting down to do his homework? My DD who is 8 has a hard time doing homework right after school if she hasn't had any "non brain" time first. Then I would also agree with a reward. Or could you make it a game? (Our piano teacher has us do that.) For example, say there are 12 questions. You get out a deck of cards, use one suit, and he draws a card. If it's a three, he does problem #3 first. A Jack, #11, and so on. Include a joker and when that gets drawn everyone has to run around the table giving high fives before you go back again -- something to make it silly and fun. Or maybe he has a lego set, and after each problem he puts a piece of the lego together until the end and its finished, or he builds a tower with each problem that's done.
OK those are my ideas. Good luck!!
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 21:19:01 GMT -6
Thanks Renee. I like those ideas. I usually have him do snack then homework then his one cartoon he likes then homework again then supper and if homework isn't done then after supper. His homework is usually this one sheet, reading. The reading is usually after he lays in his bed and lays their and reads til 9.
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 21:24:17 GMT -6
I forgot to say I got a response back from his teacher and she said this unit is a lot of word problems and she said her math class is smaller (18) and maybe she'll keep him in her class where they get more individual attention. I felt (feel) that might be a good idea. Usually he goes to a different room.
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Post by ReneeW on Dec 6, 2012 21:27:57 GMT -6
You're welcome, Jodi!! I know that homework can be such a frustrating struggle for everyone involved --- some days at our house it is NO FUN at all. Hopefully some of these ideas combined will work!! I may adopt some of them myself.
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 6, 2012 21:32:12 GMT -6
Hopefully a good nights sleep will be good for all of us. B/c he went to sleep right away. I am doing the same real soon.
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Post by jlschlangen on Dec 9, 2012 21:25:57 GMT -6
Well ds was switched to a different math class his homeroom teachers suggestion. Sounds good. Still having trouble w/ the homework at home. Kid is stubborn I tell ya. Renee I talked to dh about one of those suggestions you talked about.
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Post by ReneeW on Dec 10, 2012 10:50:42 GMT -6
Did he like any of the ideas? I hope you two can figure out some ways to make homework if not fun at least tolerable!!
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