School burnout is much more common then you think. Joan Almon, Executive director of the U.S. Alliance for Childhood, calls it, “the dirty little secret of education.” Most kids enter Kindergarten inherently curious and ready to learn, but by the time they hit 10, 11 or 12 years of age, they’ve lost their love […]
Trying to juggle homework help in a busy household?
The 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Sweeney*, held out the vocabulary assignment that Francie Baker’s mother had seen her daughter do two weeks before. “I found it blowing across the playground,” Mrs. Sweeney said. “Francie said it must have fallen out of her pocket when she was upside down on the jungle gym. It’s one more […]
Do your kids do their homework sprawled out on the bed? Or lying on the living room floor, with cartoons on the television? Parents, a new day has dawned! Kids are getting into good homework habits early, with spaces that showcase their interests. Homework spaces can be carved out of any location in the home—kids’ […]
How much homework is too much? What is a parent’s most appropriate role?
