Acknowledgments and Dedication | p. ix |
A Note | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
This Book | p. xvii |
| p. 1 |
Homework: Reframing an Old Subject | p. 3 |
Your Part | p. 5 |
Your Child's Part | p. 8 |
The Homework Brain | p. 11 |
The Three-Part Brain | p. 12 |
The Doing Brain | |
The Feeling Brain | |
The Thinking Brain | |
Left and Right Brain | |
Whole-Brain Homework | |
| p. 25 |
The Six-Week Plan | p. 27 |
Getting Started | p. 28 |
Computer Helper | p. 29 |
The Parent-Child-Teacher Team | p. 29 |
Self-Assigned Homework | p. 30 |
The Learning Atmosphere | p. 31 |
Homework Journal | p. 31 |
An Overview of the Plan | p. 32 |
A Gentle Introduction to Time and Space | p. 35 |
Organizing Space | p. 37 |
A Place for Everything | |
The Perfect Notebook | |
Home Supplies | |
Ritual | p. 40 |
Homework Every Day | |
Same Time | |
Same Place | |
Homework: It's About Time | p. 43 |
The Homework Day | p. 44 |
Preview the Day | |
Preview Homework | |
The Learning Log | |
Break It Up | |
Review | |
Spaced Review | |
The Silent Partner: How Much Help Is Helpful? | p. 49 |
Planning a Project | p. 50 |
Developing Intelligently | p. 55 |
The Developmental Stages | p. 57 |
Sensory-Motor | |
Magical Child | |
Concrete Logical | |
Formal Logical | |
Homework and Development | p. 63 |
The Search for Multiple Intelligences | p. 66 |
The Teachable Moment | p. 69 |
Learning with Style | p. 71 |
Types of Learners | p. 73 |
Eye Movements | p. 77 |
Word Clues | p. 79 |
Family Learning Styles | p. 81 |
Applying Learning Style to Homework | p. 83 |
The Visual Learner | |
The Auditory Learner | |
The Kinesthetic Learner | |
Off and Running: Discovering the Motivated Child | p. 92 |
Motivation Strategy | p. 94 |
What Doesn't Work | p. 95 |
Know Yourself | p. 97 |
Remember Your Own Scraped Knees | |
Examine Your Beliefs About Work | |
Make a Portrait in Your Head | |
Acknowledgment | p. 100 |
Motivation Techniques | p. 101 |
Make a Choice | |
Examine the Stop Signs | |
Find the Center of Learning Excitement | |
Be a Model | |
Make a Game | |
Make Sense | |
The Learning Comfort Zone | |
Tell a Story | |
Melt Excuses | |
How to Talk to Your Child | |
Plan for the Plateaus | |
Keeping the Eye on the Ball--Concentration | p. 113 |
The Brains to Concentrate | p. 114 |
Obstacles to Concentration | p. 115 |
The War Between the Brains | |
Overstimulation by Today's World | |
Television: The Number One Distraction | |
Concentration: Definition Please | p. 118 |
Development and Concentration | |
Learning Style and Concentration | |
Help Your Child Concentrate | p. 122 |
Prepare to Concentrate | |
Set a Goal | |
Give Me a Break | |
Plan Your Exit | |
Upgrading Your Child's Memory | p. 127 |
How Memory Works | p. 129 |
The Memory Filing System | |
Chunking | |
Developmental Memory | |
Emotions and Memory | |
Memory by Learning Style | |
Memory Helpers | p. 137 |
Method of Loci | |
Elaborate and Exaggerate | |
How Not to Forget | |
For Those Who Don't See Pictures | |
| p. 145 |
Grades and Testing | p. 147 |
Questions Parents Ask | p. 147 |
Questions Children Ask | p. 152 |
The Parent/Teacher Connection | p. 156 |
Check the Teacher Pictures | p. 158 |
Know the Teacher | p. 158 |
Let the Teacher Know You | p. 159 |
The Good | |
The Not-So-Good | |
Speak No Evil | p. 160 |
How Your Child Sees the Teacher | p. 160 |
Write a Consumer Report | p. 161 |
Four-Star Homework Assignments | p. 164 |
| p. 169 |
Homework Hotspots and Homework Helpers | p. 171 |
Avoid Homework Band-Aids | p. 172 |
Subjects Have Learning Styles | p. 172 |
Skills: Conceptual or Neuromuscular | p. 173 |
Change the Beliefs | p. 174 |
Homework Helpers to the Rescue | p. 174 |
Homework Hotspots | p. 176 |
Writing | p. 176 |
Reading | p. 177 |
Spelling | p. 181 |
Vocabulary | p. 184 |
Foreign Languages | p. 186 |
Handwriting | p. 187 |
Math | p. 190 |
Science | p. 192 |
History and Social Studies | p. 193 |
Grammar | p. 196 |
Homework Helpers | p. 199 |
Music | p. 199 |
Visual Arts | p. 201 |
Movement | p. 203 |
Computers | p. 209 |
| p. 213 |
Recommended Materials | p. 215 |
Computer Programs | p. 215 |
Other Recommended Materials | p. 231 |
Books and Skill Builders | |
Videotapes | |
Audio Tapes | |
Organizations and Training | |
Recommended Reading | p. 241 |
Notes | p. 247 |
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