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How to help with maths homework without doing it for them
Three questions to ask instead of giving the answer, and what to do when everyone is tired.
It is tempting to just show them how. Here is what our tutors do instead, and it works at the kitchen table too.
Ask what they already know
“What does the question want?” is a better start than any explanation. Most children know more than they think.
Draw it
A number line, a quick sketch, ten dots in a row. Pictures turn a stuck child into a thinking one.
Stop before it turns into a fight
Ten good minutes beats forty tearful ones. Write a note for the teacher and try again tomorrow.
