Set up a designated study area in your home. You might want your child in sight, so the kitchen or dining room table is great. If you feel it’s okay, let your child complete homework in his room. Have your child help you decide what is best. However, once the place is established, don’t change it.
Show your child how you expect assignments to be written down in her homework assignment book and that you expect the appropriate books and workbooks to be brought home. Remember that routine brings continuity to your child.
Quiet down the house during study time. If you're making dinner, greeting other children and answering the phone, that’s way too much noise to concentrate. Other children should be kept busy with quiet activities. Coloring books are an ideal quiet time activity for younger siblings when older kids are doing homework.
Set up a system of how you want your child to work. The sheer amount of work assigned for homework simply overwhelms many kids. Break out an assignment book and make a plan with your child’s help. Often, after a long day at school, your child needs a mental break. Try the easy work first and move to the more complicated assignments next. Or better yet, ask for your child’s input on what he’d prefer to work on first.
Be available to assist, but don’t do the work. Your child is attending school, not you. You’re a resource, much like an encyclopedia.