2007-10-04 08:00:56 · 12 answers · asked by Jaime P 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
my son has a sticker chart. When he does his homework he gets a sticker, and when the chart is full he gets a prize, like a day at chuck e cheese or mini golf. Yeah, its bribery, but it works!!! Homework is much easier now.
2007-10-04 08:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen, please listen. Read your question over again. Perhaps the reason he hates homeWORK is because he is a CHILD and he should be PLAYING. I am so sick of how the world is forcing children to grow up faster and faster. When I was in kindergarten I played with toys, watched cartoons, and learned to share! I didnt do any homework until grade 6 and I am now in university studying engineering. Honestly, let him be a kid. If he's in grade 7 or 8 then he should start working. You don't have a problem yet! Teach him, educate him, make learning fun. Do not make it a chore at this age or he will NEVER change. Let him be a kid. At that age you learn more from experiencing friendship, nature, and the world than you ever do from sitting down and doing homework. I can't stress this enough.
Good luck.
2007-10-05 00:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is in Kindergarten as well, but has had homework since pre-school. I have the same problem with her.
Usually the teacher gives a "homework packet" with a week's worth of homework. I have her do 1 page per night and she can pick which page she wants to do. If she gives me a fight over that, then she can't do anything until her homework is done. No TV, no barbies, NOTHING! If it gets to be bedtime and she hasn't done her homework, I wake her up an hour early in the morning and offer her the homework again. If she refuses, she doesn't get to watch TV or play before school. This continues until she caves. And she usually always does!
2007-10-04 16:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by They Call Me Mustard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to make a game out of it, when my daughter was in kindergarden she was 4, she is now 6 and in the 2nd grade, so it is especially important for me to keep her motivated. These are some of the tricks I used:
1. Use things like M&M's when doing math
2. Don't always do home work at home, go to the park and sit a picnic table
3. You do a silly dance when they get a right answer
4. Do not make them do home work as soon as they walk in the door, let them take about 30 min to unwind, remember they have been in school all day. Making them do home work right away is the equivalent of you getting home from work and having to do more work.
5. Praise! Praise! Praise! Constantly tell them how great they are doing.
6. Use reverse psychology (my daughter loves this one) when there is a problem or something I will tell her "OOOH that looks too hard there is no way you can do it" she will get a smile on her face and say "Oh yea? I bet I can do it in 5 seconds" and I will say "Prove it" then I will count down from 5 and she is normally done by 3!
2007-10-04 15:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At that age they often still have a short attention span OR it might seem over whelming to him.
Try having him work on homework in 15 minute intervals. Then give him a short break or even a snack. Then back at the homework.
If he knows he will get a break it will give him something to look forward to and not seem so overwhelming and big all at once. You might find your better able to hold his attentiont hat long too, and get better focus on the homework if the time span is shorter periods. Also limit any distraction in the room, like radios, tv, other children, outside noise. That will also help if he isn't continously distracted to what he might be missing sitting there doing homework.
Also you at this age can purchase some fairly cheap treats at a dollar store to reward him at the end of the day or even week if he accomplishes all his homework without argument.
Allow him to go to a special box to pick a treat from several as a reward. Many times a struggle is easier to get through when we can physically see the reward at the end............
2007-10-04 15:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by savahna5 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For adding and subtracting use candy or something. Skittles, M&Ms, gumballs, or anything. If he does all his homework for a week reward him! Or else if you don't think a kid should be rewarded for doing homework , punish him lol. He'll soon get the picture he has to do it. Help him out a bit though.
2007-10-04 15:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try to make it fun for him. Set up an area that he can work at. Have all of the supplies he will need, paper, pencils,crayons, scissors, glue, sharpener etc. Help him through it, he might not like it because he feels he is not good at it. Encourage him to have fun and keep practicing. Tell him it will get easier the more he works at it. I wish you both the best of luck.
2007-10-04 15:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it fun maybe with a reward maybe 5 min. more a night to play with toys, video games.
2007-10-04 15:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Amiyah Mom born 7/12/09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when he comes in the door ask how his day was. give him a snack, then sit with him to do homework. make this his and your routine. always snack then homework before anything else. he will get used to it. goodluck.
2007-10-04 15:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by deedee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to be creative. Like in math use M&M's or sometime of candy so it can be exciting. If you show him that he can do it and praise him for his work, he would enjoy it more
2007-10-04 15:07:44 · answer #10 · answered by Rhe B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋