Helping Your Child Learn
Math
"The first teachers are the
parents, both by example and
conversation"
Lamar Alxexander
Helping Your Child with
Homework
Getting Started
Ask
- What do you need to find
out?
- What do you need to
know?
- How can you get the
information?
- Where can you
begin?
- What terms do you
understand or not understand?
- Have you solved similar
problems that would help?
While Working
Ask
- How can you organize the
information?
- Can you make a drawing
(model) to explain your thinking?
- Are there other
possibilities?
- What would happen
if...?
- Can you describe an
approach (strategy) you can use to solve this?
- What do you need to do
next?
- Do you see any patterns or
relationships that will help solve this?
- How does this relate
to...?
- Can you make a
prediction?
- What did
you...?
- What assumptions are you
making?
Reflecting About the
Solution
Ask
- How do you know your
solution (conclusion) is reasonable?
- How did you arrive at your
answer?
- How can you convince me
your answer makes sense?
- What did you try that did
not work?
- Has the question been
answered?
- Can the explanation be made
clearer?
Responding
(helping your child clarify and
extend their thinking)
- Tell me
more.
- Can you explain it in a
different way?
- Is there another
possibility or strategy that would work?
- Help me understand this
part...