| 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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