School has started and I have a first grader! He seems to be loving it, but I'm having a hard time with him being gone so long. I miss him! Kindergarten was just right for me, why can't they stay in kindergarten forever? As I quietly mourn the loss of my baby, I am also bracing myself for what can sometimes be a four-letter word in my house: homework.
I have tried all I can think of to make homework enjoyable, or at least bearable. We have a cool tool box with colorful supplies, screen time rewards for getting the homework done, and a large dose of positivity and optimism. But he still drags his feet, whines, even cries when I pull out the homework. So I'm sending it out to my friends: have you figured out how to make homework fun, or at least not panic-inducing? HELP!
Laura can be found blogging because it's more fun than dishes at mommymenagerie!
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Okay, so this will not really be all that helpful, but we never got past homework being painful and boring. This was one of the reasons on our list for homeschooling. Because of that (and many, many other reasons), we started homeschooling this year. It definitely has been nice not to have to mess with homework!