How to Help Homeschool Students Stay on Task

Many of us parents who homeschool our childrenalso love feeling a sense of accomplishment when
have struggled with getting our kids to stay onthey finish each assignment and get to check it
task when doing their school work. In the homeoff themselves on the whiteboard when
setting it is very easy for them to get distractedcompleted.
by all the activities around them like when littleSecondly, find a quite place for your kids to do
brother clamors for moms attention, the phonetheir work for that day. Our oldest girl has a real
rings and mom gets pulled into a conversation, ordifficult time staying focused on her work when
baby sister is watching television in the next roomother things are going on around her. However
while the older kids try to review their spellingwhen my wife notices this she helps her find a
words. The following are some suggestions onplace in the house where she be alone to
how to help your child stay on task, minimize theircomplete her assignments.
distractions and help keep them focusedFinally, understand how your child is wired and
throughout the day in the midst of a busyhow each child is different in their attention span
household.and learning styles. For example, get to know
First, write out what work your children arehow much hands on attention is needed for each
expected to complete for that day. Last year myof your kids. Also find out how long your children
wife started writing down their assignments forare able to work productively and how often
that day on a white board so they could keepthey need a break from their work. Long term,
track themselves and know exactly what wasfind out what their learning style is to help you
expected from them for that day. This reallymake any adjustments needed and choose the
helped our girls stay on task and helped them getnext years curriculum that best fits their individual
their work done in a more timely manner. Theylearning style.