i help my little sibs with their homwork alot, but sometimes i wonder if i'm doing to much. and i think zack is using me becuase for his math, he keeps askng me to show him how to do it again, and before you know it, i've explaianed it 20 times, and he only had to do 5 problems. how do i know if i'm helping or their cheating?
2007-03-22 02:47:13 · 14 answers · asked by I'm 17 and ME!!!!!! 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
I think helping is great, never can be too much IF: the child can do it on his own. Meaning, if you are helping, it's your job to make sure the child knows HOW to do the work, really comprehends the way to the answer.
Like if he comes home with a dozen problems, and he understands HOW to do them, really does have it down, and you help him get through the paper quicker, that is fine. Many teachers send homework home in hopes of the parent doing the teaching.
Just be sure you are not taking over, doing something he can't grasp fully.
2007-03-22 02:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by WriterMom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When teaching you should never give them the answer. Ask them questions as to how to get the answer on their own. If it is Math than find a similar problem and teach them with that example, (possibly coming up with the answer) but not doing the actual homework for them. If you've explained something 20 times step back and think of how your explaining it, because you may not be explaining it in a way they understand. So adjust your approach and try again, if they continue to struggle guide them back to their teacher and let them work on it. By possibly tutoring or after school help.This shows your invested in helping him but your not going to carry him through it, he needs to find confidence in doing it on his own - even if he gets some wrong.
2007-03-22 03:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing for you to do is make sure he understands what you are explaining to him. Teach him how to do it instead of doing it for him. Don't use his math problems, make up your own to show him and then have him do the one on his paper and just keep doing that. Let him know that you are not going to do it for him, that he has to learn how to do it. If you are doing it for him, that means that he is not learning it and that will be very hard for him when he goes to the next grade and the next grade and then finally when he is out of school he wont know what he needs to know to be a grown up. His life will be hard.
2007-03-22 05:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's simple really, if you are giving him all the answers you are cheating. If he is coming to the conclusions with your help you are helping him. Don't keep explaining it to him, explain it once or twice and be done with it. He's trying to get you to do it and it's his job not yours. Tell him you will tell him once or twice but will not provide an answer he must do that on his own.
By the way you sound like a great sister!!!
2007-03-22 10:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by musicpanther67 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you've an iPad or anything like that, there are a few fine apps to get that support with math. Khan Academy is loose for definite, and really useful. It indicates the paintings he does whilst he's speaking you via it.
2016-09-05 11:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go through this same thing with my two kids. My 9 yr old helps my 6 yr old. It winds up that my 6 yr old has gotten her sister to do all her work.
They are sneaky this way. I have told my 9 yr old to help her read the instruction make sure she understand the instruction and then give her sample problems to show her how, not her actual assignment. This way she can see it a million times but her homework won't get done until she does it herself.
2007-03-22 02:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by 2shay 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, when you explain use your own examples and ask them to apply what you've just taught them to do their homework. If they can complete the homework, you've done a good job, if they are still having problems, you will need to repeat yourself, but NEVER give them the answers to their homework, let them work it out for themselves.
I think you're great to be helping out your sibs
2007-03-22 02:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are pretty much doing it for them, that's helping too much. Do one problem with him, explain how to do it, and then watch him try to do the next problem. If he gets stumped, inch him along and say something like, "Ok, when you get to this point, do you remember what to do next?" Teaching is getting them to not only understand how to do it, but to get his mind thinking about it and solving it on his own.
2007-03-22 03:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by amyvnsn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When helping people with homework problems on Yahoo Answers, I will never tell someone an answer but I will tell them where to look for an answer.
2007-03-22 02:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by surffsav 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can always explain the concept without doing the exercises. Also, come up with your own examples as opposed to doing the homework exercises for him.
2007-03-22 02:55:30 · answer #10 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋