Homework Help For Parents
August 12, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Book Review, Educational Stuff
It’s back to school time, which also means it’s back to daily homework. With the homework come the questions about grammar, math, and spelling. I know I look at my son’s homework sometimes and think, “I used to know that.” It’s somewhere back in my brain but I just can’t seem to pull it out.
Now there’s a set of homework help books from Reader’s Digest just for parents. There are 3 different books available to give parents a little memory nudge when they’re trying to help their children with homework.
The three books help you cover the bases. The titles include: I Used To Know That, Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart, My Grammar and I … Or should That Be Me? How to Speak, by Caroline Taggart and J. A. Wines, and Write It Right, and i Before e Except After c Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson.
I had the chance to check out these three school refreshers over the last few days, and it’s brought back tons of memories, and aha moments. If you struggle with grammar, or just can’t remember some of the formulas from Algebra class these books are a great refresher.
Do you remember these?
In Einstein’s Theories of Relativity, E = MC2 what does C stand for again?
C is the velocity of lightWhat are the seven wonders of the world?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Lighthouse of Alexandria, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Status of Zeus at Olympia, The Great Pyramid of Giza (of the seven, only the Great Pyramid is still in existence)What is onomatopoeia?
A word or phrase that sounds (a bit) like the sounds it is meant to convey: buzz, purr, or Tennyson’s the murmuring of innumerable bees.
My favorite book of the set is i before e (except after c), Old School Ways to Remember Stuff. I love coming up with ways to remember and learn things, little sayings or jingles. I’ve been trying to teach my son this method of learning, but he’s skeptical. Maybe this will help.
Check out these handy little reference guides for yourself. You can find all three titles at the Reader’s Digest bookstore.
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Timely article, and what great resources! I usually remember the grammar rules – lol – but would love to read the others. Thank you!
These kind of books are actually good. There are times that we parents cannot answer’s our kids assignment. So we might as well review once in a while while our kids are also studying. Thus, we must not forget that kids are kids. They need to play. So we parents must set aside a time to play with our kids.