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School-Aged Children and Parenting                                                               Tips for Battling The Homework Wars 1) Help your child develop a work area. Children usually do better when they have a private study area away from interruption. Equip your child's study area with a good light, a clock, pencils, paper, and a wide variety of reference materials. 2) Agree on a regular time for studying. Schedule a set time each day for homework. Your child may find it beneficial to organize homework time into short work periods (perhaps 30 minutes) with time to play or exercise. The renewed energy can be helpful. Likewise, most children can use some physical activity right after school before sitting back down to homework. 3) Provide a quiet environment for study. You can show your child that you value homework and respect the need to complete it effectively by keeping the house quiet. For all children, a quiet home during homework time sends a very supportive message. You can even go one step further by making this a study time for the entire family. Parents might read a book or the newspaper while children complete their school assignments. The message that "we are a family of learners" will be received loud and clear. Parents, What Can We Do to Help Our Children Learn? Listen to them and pay attention to their problems. Read with them. Tell family stories. Limit their TV watching. Have books and other reading materials in the house. Look up words in the dictionary with them. Share favorite poems and songs with them. Take them to the library - get them their own library cards. Take them to museums and historical sites, when possible. Discuss the daily news with them. Go exploring with them and learn about plants, animals, and geography. Find a quiet place for them to study. Review their homework. Meet their teacher.

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