How do I get patience with my 6 yr olds homework?

Question

I sit down with her when everything is quiet, I read it over translate them so I can understand, then I loose patience in explaining it to her THEN I want to do them for her,

Answer 1

First have patience with yourself. We can't know everything and not all of us are trained to teach kids. I would first ask her teacher if she could recommend a resource. I would also say that there are a ton of good web sites to teach stuff to kids on line. Maybe if you find a web site that will help her with math, for example, in a fun way she will not need your help. Here is a link to a huge list of web sites for children that I have found in my travels (over 50 links): http://www.sonomamothersclub.org/OnLineKidsGames/

Check them out ahead of time and then encourage your kids to use this great tool.

Peace!

Answer 2

Six years old seems a little young to have homework that requires so much effort. Is it the homework that's causing the frustration, or is it your child's behavior? Maybe she's come to expect that you'll do it for her. If so--big mistake! Time to make sure she's doing her own homework, or she never will.

And if it seems like you're both spending too much time on homework, talk to her teacher and, if necessary, to the school principal. I'm not a fan of this attitude today that kids should spend hours and hours doing homework. A six-year-old should be playing outside, exploring, learning about the world by interacting with it. Homework is for older kids, and it's only good for helping to instill difficult concepts. Once a kid knows that C-A-T is cat, there's no point giving tons of homework repeating the lesson. Just read a nice book together about cats.

Answer 3

Having a 6 year old who brings home homework, I totally understand. If I get frustrated, I tell my daughter my husband will help her. LOL.

Seriously, though....I'm absolutely amazed the rate my 6 year old is expected to learn compared to the rates of when I was learning. My daughter is in the first grade and she learned to read in kindergarten. She's now reading chapter books.

I found this works best:
Make sure there are no distractions when helping your child with homework....tv on, dog playing, another child running around distracts learners. Try to minimize all distractions as much as possible

Remember that their brains don't have as much information as ours yet. They're just learning and everything is new to them and maybe hard for them at first to understand. Be patient.

Don't do homework for them. They won't learn that way.

I have my daughter do her homework the way she thinks is the right way. If it's wrong, I'll tell her it's wrong and give her hints and pointers of how to do it right. I keep encouraging her until she figures it out for herself. She feels very accomplished and remembers how to do it more easily.

Answer 4

Try reminding yourself that you didn't know everything when you were 6 either. Also remember that she is very new at learning in this way because you have obviously never tried to teach her anything before otherwise you would have learnt it takes patience by the time she was 2!!

Answer 5

Well when I tryed to help my friends little brother who is young It was a pain in the you know what but they have to learn. What I would do is just explain what they have to do and if they get stuck just give them clues and if they still dont get it almost do it with her. Its not a bad thing, maybe a teacher could help her st school at recess or such if shes having difulculty. I hope I helped.

Answer 6

she's 6 yrs old!! she doesn't understand things the way older people do yet!
i'd say stop trying to help her, cuz your only making it worse

Answer 7

Ask your childs' teacher for a referral to a tutor to help with the assignments.