How to Have Fun Doing Homework

A great way to get your child to do homework is to make it fun. Turn work into something that your child wants to do instead of something your child hates and you dread.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Buy special school supplies that you only use for doing your homework. Get markers, pencil crayons and colored highlighters. Use special paper in fancy colors.

2. Do your homework with a friend on a regular night. Create a study group if you like more people around, but make sure you really work. Quiz each other after you work for awhile.

3. Reward yourself for each section of homework that you complete. Stop for a snack or take a walk around the block to stretch your legs.

4. Listen to music or watch television. Not everyone can do this, but some people need background noise to work. Just make sure you don't get so involved with the entertainment that your forget to do your homework.

5. Get comfortable but stay awake. Give yourself plenty of time and plenty of space to work. You want to feel relaxed and productive, not burnt out and stressed.

6. Take breaks. You don't have to do your homework all at once. Do a bit of each subject so you don't become bored with one. Split up large projects so you can do a bit at a time. Research one day, outline another day and write the third day.

7. Buy hands-on school supplies like math cubes, word tiles and flash cards if you are a kinaesthetic learner. Hands-on learners become bored quickly if they try do their homework only by reading.

8. Make games for lessons you need to learn. Or play games like Scrabble and Word Bingo to develop your reading skills. Use mnemonic devices to learn lists and flash cards to learn math.

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