On Enigma's thread RE study guide struggles, and working through a really challenging homeschool time, Jude mentioned that she gives the children a start time AND an end time as a way to encourage thorough work & studying: they don't just get to finish their assignments and then go play. (At least, that's how I read it -- Jude, I hope you'll correct me if I got it wrong)
I was wondering what other strategies y'all use to encourage your children to work both well and promptly. And, Jude, what you have them do when their scheduled work is complete?
I think my older child benefits so much from breaks after each subject that I would hesitate to do the work-till-end-of-morning/afternoon with him, though the younger could do well with a strategy like that one. Possibly it would work for the older, too, but he is an outlier -- DH calls him "multiple-sigma" b/c he's several standard deviations from the mean in so many ways.
ETA: it occurs to me that my older one might do well if he could earn a 15"-early quit time with excellent work done & studying completed. That might align his motivations well.
I was wondering what other strategies y'all use to encourage your children to work both well and promptly. And, Jude, what you have them do when their scheduled work is complete?
I think my older child benefits so much from breaks after each subject that I would hesitate to do the work-till-end-of-morning/afternoon with him, though the younger could do well with a strategy like that one. Possibly it would work for the older, too, but he is an outlier -- DH calls him "multiple-sigma" b/c he's several standard deviations from the mean in so many ways.
ETA: it occurs to me that my older one might do well if he could earn a 15"-early quit time with excellent work done & studying completed. That might align his motivations well.
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