Motivating Your Child To Do Their Homework
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Homework can feel like a chore to some kids, and they often don’t enjoy spending their free time doing extra work outside of school. But homework is rewarding and gives children extra credit in school, a new way to discuss tasks in school time and tests their skills at home.
Motivating your child is the first step, and this guide from this nursery in Hampshire will show you how to convince them it’s important.
The natural consequences
The first time, or first few times depending how long it will take them to realise, see how they react when they come home after not doing their homework. With a disappointed teacher and a number of their friends worried about the outcome they might be keen to do their homework the next time.
Your child will be quite young when they first start doing homework, so it’s not going to be detrimental to their academic success if you do this, but it can be a way of opening their eyes to the problem.
Do the homework with your child
Take them through the process with them and find what they enjoy and what they don’t enjoy about the homework. Do they actually struggle with the work they’re given? Or is it a case of genuine hate for doing it? Either way, your child will have to learn to be responsible in these situations and by helping them with it it may not seem so daunting after all.
Provide real rewards for completing their homework
When they’re younger, rewarding your child may be the best course of action. Gradually reward them for their efforts if they do finish their homework, such as a trip to their favourite shop or an hour of extra play time.
Over time these rewards can be reduced. Children need to learn the importance of doing homework comes with or without rewards, but you should aim to give children the autonomy of doing their homework. You’d be surprised to see what they pick up and how rewarding this exercise can be for them.
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