Showing posts with label homework. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homework. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Big Experiment
Today we are embarking on a new experiment, at least for our family. I read in the paper that it is proven that children who do not play computer or video games get better grades in school. So for the next month my son will not have access to any computer or video games and I will see how he does in school. Because almost every day he comes home from school saying that he has no homework.
He states that he won’t last a week without computer or video games. I beg to differ; I think that after a week he will have found something else to do. Something like read or study, or he will talk non-stop to us. Oh, never mind that one, he already talks non-stop to us, doesn’t matter what the subject, he just keeps talking.
So, I will let you know how this turns out, it should be interesting.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Homework
Homework is the hardest thing for my daughter to do. Even studying for a test, she will say, "I know Mom, I know." This past week she has been doing homework until almost 8 p.m. I am there for the most part, but at the same time I am busy making dinner, so it can even be daunting for me to help. She is in the 4th grade and yes she has a focus problem, yes it doesn't always sink in, and yes she gets frustrated. But not as much as when she was younger.
When she was younger she was in a private school and they didn't quite have the teaching ability that I wish they had. So I had to pull her out and put her into a public school. She is now getting the help she needs, but it is still hard for her. My daughter has ADHD and at school she is in a 504 program - I believe that is what they call it. She gets pulled out of her regular class to go to the learning specialist twice a day for 30 minutes each time. We are lucky in that she is one-on-one with the teacher for one 30 minute session and the second one she only has one other child with her.
She has come a long way, but she still has a long way to go. I worry about the junior high school years, what will happen there. There is so much more reading and writing for her to do, will she be able to handle it? Those are tough years even for a child who doesn't have ADHD. I look at my son, who is in junior high, and worry about him too.
When she was younger she was in a private school and they didn't quite have the teaching ability that I wish they had. So I had to pull her out and put her into a public school. She is now getting the help she needs, but it is still hard for her. My daughter has ADHD and at school she is in a 504 program - I believe that is what they call it. She gets pulled out of her regular class to go to the learning specialist twice a day for 30 minutes each time. We are lucky in that she is one-on-one with the teacher for one 30 minute session and the second one she only has one other child with her.
She has come a long way, but she still has a long way to go. I worry about the junior high school years, what will happen there. There is so much more reading and writing for her to do, will she be able to handle it? Those are tough years even for a child who doesn't have ADHD. I look at my son, who is in junior high, and worry about him too.
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