We listened to the lecture and transcribed an excerpt, in which Maryana shares tips to help students do their homework with pleasure and without help from adults.
Keep a positive attitude
It is not uncommon for a child to procrastinate doing homework. And parents, instead of understanding the reason for such behaviour, start to ask him questions: "Are you sitting down?", "How long can you procrastinate?", "When will you start?".
If the child doesn't want to do the task, it means that there are some difficulties. The parent needs to find out what these are.
Often a pupil simply doesn't understand the reason for his or her failures, and the task of the adult (ideally the teacher) is to understand where the child has difficulties, what he or she needs prompting and how to do it.
To create a positive attitude in a child means to let him or her know: "You can always ask for help" and to be ready to really help.
To help doesn't mean to do your homework for your child, but to help him or her understand the problem as many times as necessary. You don't have to sit behind the child and monitor their every move of the hand. You can also turn to proven online education platforms, such as Studybay.
It is important to say to the pupil: "I am here. I am ready to explain." And he/she will call you many times, and this should not be annoying, and it will go on for a while until the child gets used to doing the task on his/her own.
Alternate work and rest Don't insist that your child does his homework in one sitting.
Optimal and rational time that children can continuously prepare homework is 20-30 minutes (some even less - 10 minutes).
After that, there should be a short pause, during which the child has time to relax. You can offer him or her to do a couple of physical exercises, eat a quarter of an apple, drink half a glass of juice.