A good homework moment...notice Mom is not helping. I especially like the hat.
My daughter is only in second grade yet the homework battles are beginning, I ask if she has any she says no but when I check there it is or as she is doing it she gets really frustrated when she doesn't get something right away, I try to help but she gets more angry and the tears start. Then there is the fact that the methods and abulary of teaching math has changed and most of the time I have no idea what she is doing, or if I do it is not the same method. I have talked to the teacher and I know that I am not alone in my homework struggles yet I can't stop all my old school angst wash over me, I wasn't the best student and to this day i have no idea how I managed to graduate. Actually I do, I read alot, showed up and didn't cause problems plus I hung out with the smart kids. I am trying not to dread the next 10 years of school and to not let my homework phobias influence my daughter. I spent years hiding the fact that I never understood what was going on so part of me thinks I may be overreacting now.
One thing that's helped us is to have the kids teach us. The methods are completely different and I don't even know why a teacher would do it that way, but then as the kids explain how it works... it clicks. In addition, I make them complete their homework on the heels of dinner. That way, they are at the kitchen table after having eaten. So, they are fed... and able to think.
ZI think I'll have more problems with Bella than Cecelia in terms of homework as Cecelia is very self driven and LOVES math. I don't even know where this love came from, but it is nice.
Also, if you know the curriculum that they are using, you can purchase the teachers workbook if you need to understand the guidelines.
Good luck :)
I have to admit, she looks darling.
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