Homework Checklist
for Parents

Homework time should be observed each day whether there is written homework due or not.  A
routine of sitting down and studying must be established.

Be there to remind, support, encourage, and congratulate your child.

Allow natural consequences to occur due to your child’s failure to complete homework during “homework time” ( ex., having to do homework during “TV time”, having to get up early to do homework…) but NOT take a failing grade.

If you feel that your child is being assigned too much homework, talk with the teacher bout your concerns.  Modifications may need to be made.

Arrange to pick up your child’s homework each day if he / she has difficulty “remembering” to bring it home.  Reward when it does come home.  Consider borrowing or purchasing school books.

Homework should be a form of “practice” for what your child has already been taught in school.  You should not have to teach your child how to work each problem or activity.  Talk with your child’s teacher if this is a problem.

If your child cannot be successful completing homework at home, speak to the teachers about providing time at school for homework completion.