Home Work Time

I wanted to encourage my other mothers to make time for homework. After nine hours on the job; Staring at the monitor, writing up motorcycles, fielding all types of calls, football training, stretching, warming up and cooling down, then the treacherous evening commute, the last thing Gariece and I want to do is look into Shylah's book.

After her very first year at basic school I realised that the teachers will not all be the same. They will not all have the passion most of my teachers had, while I was growing up. I realised that the onus then resigned with me to get my child where I wanted her to go. Being that was the top, I had to make time to review and practice items from her syllabus.

Shylah is a naturally bright child, so my work wasn't as cut out as I had originally feared. I really was scared that she was slow, even dunce. She just wasn't producing as I expected her to by the time she got to class two. So I just assumed, because she was slow, the teachers couldn't be bothered to spend that extra time with her. First we started out by just helping her with the homework. I went on Ladybird's website and did my own research from there. I printed key words for us to practice. Bought the reading books for her and in a matter of weeks Shylah was reading at a grade 1 level. (She gets that from her mama!)

Next step we challenged her with a little advanced stuff, not too much to overwhelm her nor make her bored when that text was actually being taught in class. I learnt this tip from my very good friend, Michelle Silvera, who is a teacher by trade and personality. She pointed out that if she's reading the text at home, when she gets to class, having done it already, would be bored and then distracted. Great Tip! I can testify, Gariece and I've seen loads of improvement since taking this stand.


 Here are my suggestions: Start with just homework. Time yourself to say 10 minutes each evening. Fight the fatigue and tiredness; I promise as soon as you start it'll wear off anyways. As you become more used to the idea, go a little bit longer, say 20 minutes. Incorporate new words and spelling. There are tons of practice sheets for counting, additions etc. on the web. Free and printable. What more could you ask for?
A good rep with your child's teacher is also paramount. She can guide your evening sessions to best improve your child's outlook at school work and their ability to accomplish. Now that I know the requirements for Shylah to become her graduating class' "Girl of the year" the homework sessions 'tun up.' All the best, hope this helps.