Do you have HW today?
Do your HW!
Have you completed your HW?
What is your HW?
You haven't started yet?
OMG it's midnight and you have not finished yet?
These above are common quotes I hear from different families cause nowadays many of my students have difficulties about completing their assignments at home. Parents share their experiences with me and the common complaint is; kids try to spend sometime around their desk, staring at the worksheet or book, playing with anything around them, not being able to focus on the work and not being able to learn from the homework.I guess they are all stressed out.
Of course there are some reasons for being stressed.
Beginning of the autumn term is a difficult period for students. They have just come back from the holiday. A couple of weeks ago they were swimming, playing at the beach, dancing and having fun until late night. Out of routine and discipline.
Now they have to obey the rules, organize themselves, keep their belongings together, finish their homework and go to bed early. Most of them attend courses at the weekends.
It is not fair to expect kids to get back their winter routines in a short period of time. Parents should guide their children through this rough journey.They should start applying the school routines before the schools start. They should be models for their children by getting ready for the new season coming, by taking some notes and making some schedule charts, by organizing their items for work, even by going to bed early and having healthy meals.
The climate is changing, parents should raise awareness on the effects of the season coming and healthy nutrition.
The grade is one level up so there occurs the challenges waiting for the kid. For instance, 1st-4th-6th grades are mostly a shock for children.Every subject deepens suddenly and expected to be analyzed in a wider range of techniques.Most of the subjects and instructors are new.
There might be a load of HW that no one can complete under some circumstances. Most teachers, unaware of each other's assignments, give pages of sheets to be completed in a short period of time. The disorganization of the system at school is not your child's fault.
A new school, therefore new friends and new teachers may enter the scene.Everybody needs sometime to socialize and observe each other and create a strategy to survive peacefully in a new environment.
Separation of the parents is an issue for the kids but mostly parents cannot notice that their negativity has a bad bad influence on the kid. As parents raise their voices in the living room, the kid blames him/herself in the bedroom for being the reason for the fight.But the reason of the child's being not able to concentrate is the parents arguing.It is the vicious circle that parents should see immediately.
Maybe your child has a lot to think nowadays.
Parents should create awareness on the objectives, the content and the time management of the assignment given.They should not check the HW and correct the mistakes at home.They should point at the sources that the child can refer to if he/she has any mistakes. Parents should know that the teacher must see the mistakes so that she/he can support your child.
As a result, parents should stop whining about their children and start applying methods to comprehend the issue that the child is struggling with.
Talk to your child,
see if he/she
is experiencing a bully
is able to follow the teacher
is able to organize him/herself
is making new friends
is able to feel peaceful in the class
is able to communicate with the teacher
is aware of time management
or not.
Remember, human beings stop learning and focusing when they are stressed out.
Give sometime to your children and support them throughout the school year, observing and communicating but not rushing them.
