Homework Independence is Important for Your Middle School Child
ByHomework independence simply means your child actually gets the assignments written down correctly, brings home from school the books and materials needed to complete the work, and completes the work on his own. That means they are not depending on prodding from you to get the work done. What a concept! Yes, it can actually be done, and perhaps more easily than you think.
If the student thinks about doing homework and can see a MENTAL PICTURE of where all the necessary items are he is far more likely to be willing to start the work than if he is facing a frustrating and sometimes fruitless task of having to round up all the books and materials he needs to get started.
Consider this. You need to prepare a dinner for the family. What would be your level of enthusiam for getting started if you could picture in your miind exactly where every item you need is placed? Also everything you need is already in your kitchen just waiting to be pulled out and prepared for the dinner. All your dishes and utensils are clean and ready to use.
Contrast that with your willingness to start to prepare the same meal but you are missing one critical item and have to go to the store for that. Some of your dishes and utensils are not clean and your key chopping tool you need is GONE! You look everywhere but it is nowhere to be found. You search for 20 minutes and finally give up and leave out your favorite ingredient. Now it won’t taste as good as usual.
If your middle school student can work with a system for making sure she always has all the proper materials at hand to start the homework, there will be a lot less resistance to getting started. A truly exceptional tool for this purpose is the Pace-It Homework Instant Organizer System. Once students get the system and learn how to use it they can be organized and confident the very next day!
