When should I have dd do her homework?

**Dancing Lotus** · 08-28-2007, 04:09 PM

Im not sure if I think its best to do it a soon as we get home or after dinner.

I feel like she needs a break to just go and play but I hear so many people say that its best to do it right away. DD has very little in the way of homework as she is only in kindergarten but she has some and I want to set the rules down early so its never a question.

What are some of your thoughts?

**ScrapMama** · 08-28-2007, 04:13 PM

I usually have them do it right after dinner, but they don't get home until after 5 and dinner is usually around 5:30.

**Dancing Lotus** · 08-28-2007, 04:14 PM

She get home at about 4 and we eat at 6.

**Neeley** · 08-28-2007, 04:19 PM

I always let my kids decide when they wanted to do it. DD was the one who would come home and do it right away. DS needed down time before he did his. He wanted to relax, have a snack watch some tv - whatever and then he would do his later in the evening.

I know that if I were at work for 7 or 8 hours the last thing I would want to do is come right home from work and start doing more work. I would want some time to let my mind relax and that is why I never pushed for them to do homework right away.

**baxjul** · 08-28-2007, 04:30 PM

I have four kids come after school(daycare), plus my dd. I give them all a snack and drink. Then the ones with homework do theirs. That way it is all done for the parents to check it, and saves them some time at night.

**jamie79** · 08-28-2007, 04:35 PM

Mine always did theirs right when they got home as their brains were still in school mode. Also because of this we never had homework issues about doing it. If they wanted a snack they got one while doing their homework

**Darlene** · 08-28-2007, 04:41 PM

I let mine decide when they were old enough & showed they were ready to discipline themselves.
If they kept their grades up they could choose when, where & listen to their music while doing the work. Neither one of mine worked well in the quiet zone. They were happy & I was happy with their efforts. Win/win

At your daughters age I'd let her let off some steam first and see when she'd like to do it. All in all you know your dd and what would work best.

**pkellyc** · 08-28-2007, 07:03 PM

I have two dd's. One of them worked better right after school and the other worked better after dinner.
If she is all wired up after school like my daughter was she might work better after she runs off some of that extra energy.

**Edna_E** · 08-28-2007, 08:08 PM

I had my ds do his at the kitchen table while I was making dinner. It made it easy for him to ask me something if he needed to, and easy for me to go look at something if I needed to, and I think made him feel like it was "fun" because we talked a lot.

**Edna_E** · 08-28-2007, 08:09 PM

PS - I should admit to having raised the quintessential NERD! He's a wonderful young man, and quite a charmer, but his heart is very much caught up in intellectual activities.

**emily_hope** · 08-28-2007, 09:39 PM

I always let my DDs have a snack and a little break, then start homework.

**autumnlynn** · 08-28-2007, 09:44 PM

I let my kids have a snack and then I like to get homework out of the way.

**changed4life** · 08-28-2007, 09:53 PM

My high school daughter and elementary age son both take a half hour break for snack and relaxing from a long day at school. Then they get to homework.

The only exception is that I allow them about 1-2 days after school to have a friend over. On these days, they do their homework after dinner. If they want a friend, it's their responsibility to get it done and not whine about having to go right to bed afterward if there's no time for t.v.

**mom2matty** · 08-28-2007, 10:32 PM

Ds takes a 30 minute break and eats a snack and then starts his homework.

**Libby** · 08-29-2007, 01:17 AM

I remember when I used to baby sit/nanny after school....the little girl would come home, relax have a snack and a little bit of play time but had to do her homework while I was cooking dinner and have it completed before dinner was on the table waiting to be eaten. This worked well for the younger aged kids but as she got older she had reading to do as well as her exercises. Exercises after school and reading after dinner.

This way her parents can track her reading progression and verify her homework and go over it again with her if need be.

She got home at 3.30pm - 4pm and dinner was on the table at 6pm. Bath and bedtime was to start between 7.30pm - 8pm. Tight schedule but since she nothing other then that it worked wonders!