Home work
By jchampany
@jchampany (1130)
United States
March 14, 2007 12:26pm CST
My son is in a thing called the homework club. They meet after school and spend about an hour in a class and do their homework for the day. Then my son goes to the babysitters until I pick him and my daughter up. My question is, I check his homework and make sure it got done, would you make your child do more work at home even if his homeowork is done? Do you think this is a good thing for kids to go too?
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@fyrechsr (293)
• United States
13 Apr 07
1 of my sons is also in a homework club...his reason for joning was becasue for some reason somewhere betweenschool and home his homework dissappeared...i know magic eh? lol Anywy he goes tuesdays & thursdays for an hour after school. I think it has helped alot considering his grades went rom D's and F's to B's and C's...I still havent figured out where the monday, wednesday, and friday homework is lol. I also have the kids read daily if they dont have to for school. But my kids love to read so thats not a problem for them.
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@jchampany (1130)
• United States
13 Apr 07
lol. I haven't run into the disapearing homework yet. That's pretty funny. Good that it helped him get his grades up though. That's what it is all about.
@mummymo (23706)
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14 Mar 07
You don't say what age your son is - when kids go to high school in the uk (11-12) it is advised that they do at least an hour a day - I usually try to ensure that my 13 year old also revises work he has been doing in school and that he understands everything! My son is going to be 14 in the summer and will be doing at least 2 hours of homework/study a day cos these are crucial years! It has to be balanced along with quality family and friend time! I do not make him study at weekends cos they are still kid and do need to relax!
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@jchampany (1130)
• United States
14 Mar 07
He is 8 - second grade. I don't make him do much on the weekends but I have discussed his problems with his dad and so when he goes there on the weekends his dad makes him read. Reading seems to be his biggest problem, but he has improved so much this year.
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@simplysue (631)
• United States
14 Mar 07
He goes to school, then to homework club and all his work is done? No I wouldn't make him do extra homework at home if all his school work is complete. Children need time to run and play and just be kids too. If you would like to increase his learning more, play a fun game with him like Where in the World is Camen Sandiego, Yahtzee, Boggle, Scrabble........bake or cook with him (science and math)Learning is about a lot more than homework and can be a lot of fun. It doesn't have to be all work and no play. Best wishes :)
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@Joslyn77 (374)
• United States
14 Mar 07
My son also goes to a homework club a coulple days a week. No if my child gets his homework done there I don't make him do more. He needs a break and he does get good grades. I do make him read for thirty minutes before going to bed and he likes that because he gets to stay up a little later.
@crazylady (470)
• United States
14 Mar 07
My first question is...is this a mandatory club because he wasn't doing his homework, or is this something to help working parents to be sure it gets done?
Either way, I would say, if he is doing his homework completely, I would not make him do more unless he is struggling in a subject (like study spelling words with him) because I wouldn't want to discourage him from getting his homework done in the club knowing you are going to make him work more when you get home. If a typical day for you is rushing home, trying to cram dinner, baths and family time in before bed- I say enjoy the time- don't add more stress.
@jchampany (1130)
• United States
14 Mar 07
Yeah, this is a great program. No it is not mandatory. It is something the teachers told me about. He does struggle because he has ADHD and this just adds to the help he is getting from his teachers. I love it. It really is a big help for us.
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@joeeffect (11)
• India
14 Mar 07
That's great!!!Something like this should be started in all schools.This would reduce the extra burden of doing the homework at home. Instead they get more time to play, to pursue their interests' and so on which is very much required for all the overall development of the student.
@crazylady (470)
• United States
14 Mar 07
I totally agree. I remember when my one daughter was in 1st grade- she got sent home with sooo much- I may as well have homeschooled her. In school she would do these worksheets, and then I had to do this other stuff with her. I wondered how single parents who had to work managed.
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
13 Apr 07
Are they doing their own homework-- Or do they have some pretty smart kids in the club that do it and the others copy? If this is the case- then he is not learning- You should be able to tell this on tests- How are his grades? I think its a great idea for kids to meet after school and do homework- with all the extracurilcular activities and such-- It would save time running around and hurrying to get the homework done. My daughter does her homework in her free period (only 1 bus run in her school) so they have 45 minutes at the end of the day- every other day she goes to band practice- and the others is spent on homework. I still check it when she brings it home- I would not make her do extra work at work if it is already done... Kids get toooo much homework now as it is. She is in 5th grade- 10 years old and has about 2 hours a night- including reading and spelling words. Plus an extra 15 minutes of flute practice-- and then softball- down time, dinner, etc. Makes for busy weeks!
@jchampany (1130)
• United States
13 Apr 07
It's not a bunch of kids that get together, I mean they didn't start the club. My son goes to a classroom and there is a teacher present to assist them with their homework if they need it. So yes, he is doing his own. It's great. Now if he was just getting together with some kids I would question it like you.
@cjthedog64 (1552)
• United States
13 Apr 07
As long as he's getting his work done and is doing ok in school, I wouldn't make him do more. I'd go over it with him so you know what he's doing, but that's about it. I like the idea of the homework club. I think it's easier to do things like that if everyone is doing it. There's no temptation to put it off. And he knows that he'll have playtime when he gets home. Easier on him, easier on you. Hope it develops into a long term habit for him. :)
@jchampany (1130)
• United States
14 Mar 07
I do that too. Generally on weekends I give him a break though. He hates reading but we are working on it. I love the homework club. By the time we get home and have dinner and baths and all that we don't have alot of time. If there is some sort of special project or he is struggling with something in particular then we work on it but generally he gets it all done at homework club.
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