{"id":54103,"date":"2016-08-07T02:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=54103"},"modified":"2016-08-07T02:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T07:42:23","slug":"helping-kids-summer-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/parenting\/helping-kids-summer-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Kids With Summer Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q: How do you schedule and follow through having the kids do school summer homework packet?<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0Hi, thanks for reaching out. You asked about how to get your kids to do their homework packets or workbooks. I think it depends on the age of your kids and the type of students that they are. For my older kids, I work hard to make sure their homework packets are done at the start of the summer. They can appreciate the logic (even if they don&#8217;t love it) of getting it out of the way so that it doesn&#8217;t sit over them the entire summer.<\/p>\n<p>For my younger kids, I look closely at the work they have from school and my own summer goals for them. I make sure that some learning happens each day &#8212; even if it something as simple as reading to them\/with them while sitting in the backyard. For work that is complicated or long term, I set milestones that we try to reach together. If we finish reading a book, we can head out to special ice cream time together. For more intense learning, I make sure that the room is quiet and that my child has my full attention (something that isn&#8217;t guaranteed in a house with five kids). I also don&#8217;t work for longer than 10-15 minutes. I want them to continue to enjoy the time and not resent it.<\/p>\n<p>Even with all of that said, no one knows your kids better than you do. Remember that it&#8217;s summer and that even learning should have a bit of a vacation &#8220;flavor&#8221; to it. Find what they love and help incorporate it into your learning plan.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck,<\/p>\n<p>Devorah Katz of <a href=\"http:\/\/challahcrumbs.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/ChallahCrumbs.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1470641965204000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFZk6ozp7c1ViEQclKldZWGyMs3A\">ChallahCrumbs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the full parenting\u00a0webinar<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/lunchbreak-webcast\/\"> here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: How do you schedule and follow through having the kids do school summer homework packet? A:\u00a0Hi, thanks for reaching out. You asked about how to get your kids to do their homework packets or workbooks. I think it depends on the age of your kids and the type of students that they are. 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