I have 2 of each and I cannot say there is one gender that "likes" or is "better at" school. One of my girls gets mad when we are all done with her homework. The other girl hates to do homework but has realized we are not giving in, so she finally does it without complaint. One of my boys isn't really excited to do home work, but will do it without complaint. the only thing we really have a problem with is writing his spelling words. My other son HATES IT!!!!!! If it weren't for the social part of school I would have to sight to get him to go everyday.

Here are some thing we do for spelling...

Rainbow spelling seems to be a favorite in my house. Pick a number (I usually make them do 5 times) I write the word down, then they trace it 5 times each time with a different color. This does 2 things. It helps them remember the word, and they are tracing my handwriting which is very neat.

I make word search puzzles for them with www.spellingcity.com and they love that.

ABC Order is another thing they like to do, because it is actually very easy for my kids. They only have to worry about the first letter of the word...if there is more than one that starts with the same letter, they get to pick which one goes first.

Also, we quiz them every night and they only words they have to write is the ones they got wrong.

Also, I have used the teacher, with their permission, at times. There were about 5 days in a row that I had to fight with one of my girls about doing homework. Finally I got sick of it, told her to put her homework away and I wrote a note to the teacher explaining the situation and asking her to keep my daughter in from recess so she could complete her homework. I have not had a problem since then. They don't want to disappoint or upset the teachers.

Dawn

Mom to Samantha, Jeremy, Paige and Christian

Born 12/12/03 @ 31w 2d



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