As a parent we want to
make sure our children are doing well in school. One way to make sure
is to help them with their homework. Now, you may be chuckling to
yourself remembering how long ago it was that you were in school.
Some of the learning styles have changed since then but the basics of
the materials remains the same. By helping your kids with their
homework you can improve your cognitive abilities.
At first you may feel
completely out of the loop.
For example your child may be taking an
algebra class.
There are many rules to follow for it and most of us
don’t remember them.
Take the time to follow the examples in the
book to see what you can figure out. A great way to help your child
to check their math homework is to do several of the problems on your
own sheet of paper. Have your child do the same thing and then
compare answers. If you find that some of them are different work
those problems together to find the right answer.
English is another course
where you can improve your cognitive abilities when helping your kids
with homework. Do you readily recall all of those rules relating to
the different parts of speech?
Don’t worry if you don’t off hand
because most adults will have to say that they don’t either. As you
relearn this material you will be able to help your child with his or
her homework.
You will also be able to enhance your own skills.
When your children
discover you have a vested interest in their school work they will be
more motivated to complete it.
They will feel confident coming to you
for help with it as well.
You can use that time together to bond in a
way that you haven’t been able to before. Many children are
intimidated to ask their teachers for help. Yet they don’t mind
asking their parents.
Too often though as
parents we don’t have the right information to help them learn it.
By keeping on top of what your children are learning you can help
them do their very best in school. At the same time you will be
exercising your own brain and improving your cognitive abilities. If
you have several children make sure you learn what they are doing at
the various levels.
If you aren’t able to
learn what you need to from your child’s school books, look around
online.
There are plenty of sites dedicated to helping parent’s
learn such information. You can also contact the school and ask the
teacher to help you if you are puzzled by certain formulas or
information that your child is being asked to use for their homework.
You will be surprised by
how much of the information you retain learning it this second time
around.
Then as your younger children move up to more advanced work
you will already have the skills you need to complete it.
Another
benefit of all of this is that it gives you a new way to look at
things. Instead of just telling your children to go do their homework
you have a first hand understanding of what they need to accomplish
as well as the time it takes to do it.
Jose
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