Questions tagged [homework]
Additional assignments from school that are expected to be completed at home. See also: [school].
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How to make 11 years old kid do homework
I have an 11 years old daughter who goes to a fairly "laid back" school - in particular they didn't use to have homework regularly. Occasionally she brought back some exercises that she did ...
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15-year old taking too long with homework
We have a 15-year old, standard-issue geeky honors student. Good all-around. We have a problem with his homework. I think it's a problem with attention management.
Here's the deal - sophomore year, ...
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My daughter doesn't want to do as instructed
Among other problems, my daughter doesn't want to write as instructed.
For example, I help her with some homework, like "My measures" where we need to write how tall she is, her arm, etc.
We ...
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How to stop my 6 year-old son from running away and crying when faced with a homework challenge?
My son runs away and hides crying when he has trouble completing an assignment.
I'm maybe a little harsh on the kid telling him to just suck it up and keep going, but this doesn't seem to work; he ...
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How to make 5 year kid to sit and write
I have a 5 year old kid, he is pre-schooler. I am not able to make him sit and write his home work. He is very good in oral, but why he is not willing to write I don't know. How to make him write? He ...
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Why does my 10-year-old daughter not complete her homework?
My 10-year-old girl is a class four pupil. As a parent and teachers we have realised that she does not always complete her work. She doesn't want to think, so she will even cut the questions and write ...
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Completing the homework - how much is this in parents' responsibility and up to which age?
We have a 10-year-old child who is generally not interested in doing homework. He prefers to play games and watch TV. He's bored by homework which requires some patience and concentration, like ...
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What to do about a 12-year-old boy who is shy outside but misbehaves at home?
I am mother of a 12-year-old boy. Compared with other children, his behavior is totally different.
Behavior at home
I think he behaves childishly. He talks loudly, screams and argues. He doesn't ...
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How to find out why my 11-year-old's memory is poor with regard to homework?
I've started to help my 11-year-old step son with his homework and in doing so, I've noticed that his memory is very poor.
We walked through a multi-step process for adding three fractions, and after ...
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How to gamify learning?
My 11-year-old son is in his second year of secondary school and motivating him to learn is becoming increasingly difficult.
In primary school, the subject material was presented by his teachers in ...
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How to encourage 5 year old to read?
We are based in UK, my son has 5 and he went to school. Every day he needs to practice reading. When he was in reception year, he was able to read 2 books in one evening. Sometimes he was reading on ...
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My 13-year-old son has a hard time doing his math homework. How can I help him?
My 13-year-old son has just entered 8th grade (standard 8th grade curriculum). In most classes he exceeds, but in his math class he struggling extremely hard with the homework.
He takes an ...
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My 11-year-old hates writing as do I. How to provide help to him writing a school essay without forcing him to do what he doesn't want to?
I raise my 11-year-old son by myself. He needs to write a small essay about his first day at school and I don't even know how to help him. He hates writing and is in love with math, so do I. I don't ...
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First time kindergartner having trouble with focus
I have a 5-year-old who's in kindergarten for the first time this year. He is a smart person, but in class he's not staying focused. He gets sidetracked easily but he can comprehend and get the ...
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14 year old not turning in homework?
I have a 14 year old. Shes a great kid, never gets in "real" trouble, Loves all her classes and teachers. However...
She has 5 classes in high school, 4 out of 5 classes she does great in. She has ...
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