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Hooray! School’s back in session. The leaves will turn from green to bright oranges and reds, pumpkins will be found on front porches and in our coffee, and many parents will be freaking out about how the !@#* to help their kids manage or even understand their homework. The expectations are much higher and the methods of teaching have changed so much since we were kids.  Here are some books in which I and other parents have found helpful approaches and tools for helping our kids with homework and learning.

This book has been such a great help for me and my husband with helping our kids establish good homework and studying rules and routines.  For example, we have a no-t.v. during the week rule.  We also have a set homework hour in which they are to be doing homework and then reading if they finish their homework before the hour is through. Both of these rules help my kids with focusing, concentrating, and not hurrying through their work to get back to Spongebob.

Homework without tears yt Canter and Hausner, PH.D

Homework Without Tears: a parent’s guide for motivating children to do homework and to succeed in school by Lee Canter and Lee Hausner, Ph.D

I know from talking with other parents, that I’m not alone in the maddening mystery that is the new method for teaching our kids math.  My already math-challenged brain can quickly become dizzy and panicked in response to, “Can you help me with my math homework?” from one of my elementary school aged kids.  With a focus on number lines and place value, number stories and number grids, counting in groups of 10 and mental math, many of us who were taught through memorizing math facts and adding and subtracting from right to left and carrying numbers, can be left feeling helpless to help our kids with their math homework.  First, I suggest setting up a meeting with your child’s teacher to show you how she or he is teaching math to your child.  You may even want to request a short, one night workshop that would be open to any other interested parents. Next, you may find this book by Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew to be not only helpful but a fun and interesting read.

Old Dogs New Math by Eastaway and Askew

Old Dogs, New Math: homework help for puzzled parents by Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew

I may be a book fiend, but my oldest son is not.  He’s talented with math and science, but reading comprehension has been a challenge. As difficult as it is to hold myself back from jamming the masses of incredible books out there down his throat, I resist and constantly remind myself that he is his own person and not a mini version of me or my husband. Our hope is that through growing up in a “reading house”, he will come to find the joy of reading in his own time.  In the meantime, these two books have been great resources for helping us to help our kids improve their reading comprehension, find their reading strengths, and build their reading confidence.

7 Keys to Comprehension by Zimmerman and Hutchins

7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! by Susan Zimmermann and Chryse Hutchins

THe Read Aloud Handbook by Trelease

The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

If you have any books, resources, or ideas you would like to share, please do so in the comments section below.  We parents need all the help we can get!



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