Quick writing tips for every age
Turn your child into an unstoppable scribe with this grade-by-grade advice.
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Helping Your Child with Learning Difficulties Deal With Homework
How much help with homework should parents of kids with learning disabilities provide? Dr. Betty Osman offers sound advice.
How to Help Your Child With LD Manage Homework
Work with the teacher to determine how much and what kind of homework works best for your child.
Tips for helping your elementary school child with math homework
Exploring math in everyday life is one way to make numbers less intimidating.
Homework Helper
Help your child take control of his homework load.
My Daughter Is Too Tired To Do Homework
I have a 6-year-old daughter who is in first grade. Her babysitter picks her up from school at 2 p.m., and I pick her up from the babysitter around 6 p.m. When we get home we have dinner first. By the time we do...
My Son Doesn't Write Down His Homework Assignments
My son is in fifth grade, and he takes a long time to write down and copy assignments. Most of the time he doesn't get all of his assignments written down and I have to get it from the teachers. When I spoke with his...
Resources to help gifted students
Check out these useful links to learn about appropriate curriculum for gifted students and how to support your gifted child.
Help! My Child Hates Reading
My son seems to be having difficulty with the transition from phonics (knowing the sounds that letters make) to actually sounding out words. It just has not "clicked yet," and his reading homework easily frustrates him. Homework sessions quickly degenerate into him crying...
My Child Needs Help With Writing
My daughter has a hard time getting her ideas down on paper. She can tell me the story, but what ends up on paper is missing a lot of information. When I have her read it back and ask about the details she says "...
