Kids grow up so fast, sometimes their earlier years seem simpler the older they get. The tantrums grow longer and louder, through all this getting them to do chores or homework can seem like a bigger mission.
The main thing to remember is that staying calm is key. If you need to blow off steam try to do it away from them. Two reasons for this, one they pick up on your sense and get worse and secondly when they get upset they think this is the way to behave and respond, and they wont be afraid to say this is what you do or did (awkward). Sometimes we have no choice and we let out the irritation, you cant always have full control when the day has been one of those rollercoaster days when everything is just an excuse to throw a tantrum. Your at your end, the day is about to end and that tantrum comes again you take a deep breathe but you've had enough. It happens, it happens to the calmest of us. If their is a parent that says they have never had that feeling I don't think they would be 100% truthful.
So just be true to yourself allow yourself some time to recompose. Give them a break, a toy or tv whatever will keep them busy for a few minutes so you can collect yourself before that burst. Then come back and start again.
Now kids and homework, I remember when my eldest now 8, was in Reception his homework felt like it was for me to do. There was a lot more of making/building things then anything else. But I would try and let him do as much of it as he could and then putting it all together was left for me and the clear up ofcourse. The main thing at this stage is to let them understand that it is their homework and your around to help. You need the basic stationary at hand so pens, pencils, colouring pens and pencils, crayons, rubber, ruler and sharpener. But also make sure you have things like coloured papers, collect cardboards from things like cereal boxes and drinks, straws and other bits and bobs for them to use to build things.
The other part to their homework will be Phonics and Reading. Instead of learning the alphabet like we did in the 90's they now learn them using sounds. Make yourself familiar with these sounds, then as you talk about things you can ask for things that start with the same sound so A would b ah so you could put fruit on the table and say which one do you think starts with ah?? and so on. I also had a chart on the wall with the alphabet as they learn them in school with the same graphics. So A with and Apple, B with a Boot, C with a Caterpillar etc.
Basic numbers are taught counting up to 20, counting in 10's. The other thing they get taught is Adding on one, so one more then 2 is?.. one more then 4 is?.. etc.
There are other subjects that are taught as the festivals of different cultures come around the kids learn about them and may do some homework around these festivities. But this will mostly be creative homework.
That's it home topics covered.
Now lets get them to do it.
The main thing here is routine and continuity. Set a time that suits you, maybe just after dinner or just before. Sometimes you need to play around with it a little bit to find one you can stick to, especially if you have two or more kids. You would also need to decide whether you want to do homework altogether or separately. Sometimes one child needs more help then the other which is ok to then sit them together and deal with, but if they both need help you may need to manage it separately.
Once you've established a time that suits you all, just try to make sure you stick to it. In the beginning it may be difficult but eventually they get used to it. You could use sticker charts or other incentives to get them motivated. You'd be amazed at how much a child can do for a sticker (lolzz).
Good Luck!
Leave me a comment below to tell me how you get on. What things do you use for study time?
Basic numbers are taught counting up to 20, counting in 10's. The other thing they get taught is Adding on one, so one more then 2 is?.. one more then 4 is?.. etc.
There are other subjects that are taught as the festivals of different cultures come around the kids learn about them and may do some homework around these festivities. But this will mostly be creative homework.
That's it home topics covered.
Now lets get them to do it.
The main thing here is routine and continuity. Set a time that suits you, maybe just after dinner or just before. Sometimes you need to play around with it a little bit to find one you can stick to, especially if you have two or more kids. You would also need to decide whether you want to do homework altogether or separately. Sometimes one child needs more help then the other which is ok to then sit them together and deal with, but if they both need help you may need to manage it separately.
Once you've established a time that suits you all, just try to make sure you stick to it. In the beginning it may be difficult but eventually they get used to it. You could use sticker charts or other incentives to get them motivated. You'd be amazed at how much a child can do for a sticker (lolzz).
Good Luck!
Leave me a comment below to tell me how you get on. What things do you use for study time?
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