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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 217198" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Our correspondence system has also meant that we have no homework battles - it all gets done during school hours. Or another way to look at it - it's ALL homework. Also, it won't go away if he ignores it, because it all has to be done. If he chooses to spend hours on it over the weekend, say, it will mean he's got free time during school hours during the week. It's putting the choice back onto him, to organise himself with his schoolwork in the manner that suits him best.</p><p></p><p>Homework - I increasingly believe it shouldn't be handed out as a routine thing. Schoolwork should be better at reflecting what happens in life - we take work home from the office when we have a backlog, or we need some chance to work on stuff undisturbed by work colleagues. It shouldn't be a regular thing, it should be OUR choice and it should be something relevant, something necessary. Free time is vital for our health both physically and mentally.</p><p></p><p>Working at home during the day, we have so much more freedom for difficult child 3 to work in his own way. He prefers to keep working on one subject, for example, and not keep changing. He works better when he's left to keep going, so often I will feed him at his desk, so he can keep reading his notes while he is eating. He finishes his meal and gets right back to writing, often he's had his "lunch break" without a break, eating in about twenty minutes (a hot, home-cooked meal). If I'm baking, I can drop a few biscuits beside him with a cup of coffee and he is happy to keep working. Once school hours are finished, he is ready to go play with friends who by this time are just themselves getting home from school. </p><p></p><p>We'll know in the next couple of weeks how he is going on this new program - once he finishes his current Maths pages, we will begin the 2009 work immediately. Once the backlog of advanced maths arrives in the mail, we'll add that to the list. He will have a lot to do over the break!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 217198, member: 1991"] Our correspondence system has also meant that we have no homework battles - it all gets done during school hours. Or another way to look at it - it's ALL homework. Also, it won't go away if he ignores it, because it all has to be done. If he chooses to spend hours on it over the weekend, say, it will mean he's got free time during school hours during the week. It's putting the choice back onto him, to organise himself with his schoolwork in the manner that suits him best. Homework - I increasingly believe it shouldn't be handed out as a routine thing. Schoolwork should be better at reflecting what happens in life - we take work home from the office when we have a backlog, or we need some chance to work on stuff undisturbed by work colleagues. It shouldn't be a regular thing, it should be OUR choice and it should be something relevant, something necessary. Free time is vital for our health both physically and mentally. Working at home during the day, we have so much more freedom for difficult child 3 to work in his own way. He prefers to keep working on one subject, for example, and not keep changing. He works better when he's left to keep going, so often I will feed him at his desk, so he can keep reading his notes while he is eating. He finishes his meal and gets right back to writing, often he's had his "lunch break" without a break, eating in about twenty minutes (a hot, home-cooked meal). If I'm baking, I can drop a few biscuits beside him with a cup of coffee and he is happy to keep working. Once school hours are finished, he is ready to go play with friends who by this time are just themselves getting home from school. We'll know in the next couple of weeks how he is going on this new program - once he finishes his current Maths pages, we will begin the 2009 work immediately. Once the backlog of advanced maths arrives in the mail, we'll add that to the list. He will have a lot to do over the break! Marg [/QUOTE]
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