This book is for any parent who has ever experienced stress, self-doubt, and anxiety over their child's homework. In Homework Made Simple - Tips, Tools, and Solutions for Stress-Free Homework, Dolin, an educator with over 20 years teaching and tutoring experience, reveals the core problems that commonly lead to homework stress. She identifies six key student profiles: Disorganization, Rushing, Procrastination, Avoidance, Inattention, and Frustration and provides tips and strategies to deal with the each type. The reader will find over 100 proven solutions to tackle difficult situations and the challenging homework problems that accompany them.
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There is no doubt that we live in stressful times and that our new age of technology and information access often contributes to that stress. A corollary to this is Homework Made Simple: Tips, Tools, and Solutions for Stress-Free Homework by Ann Dolin, M.Ed.($14.95, Advantage Books, softcover). Kids are coming home with more and more homework these days and this poses a problem for them and their parents. The author, a former public school teacher with more than 20 years experience, offers lots of good advice for parents of children from age six to 18 and identifies six types of children who struggle with school and homework. She spells out six study skills that need to be developed and the organization of time that helps students master content and builds self-confidence. In a very real way, this is homework for adults and well worth reading. -- Bookviews.com, September, 2010
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Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. is a former Fairfax County, VA public school teacher with a Master's Degree in Special Education. She has over 20 years of teaching and tutoring experience. After a successful teaching career, Ann founded Educational Connections Inc. with the goal of providing individualized one-on-one instruction based on each student's learning style. Today, her company employs over 140 tutors, serves the metropolitan D.C. area, and has worked with over 4,000 students. Ann also provides presentations to parents, teachers, and students on homework and other educational topics. She currently resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children. Contact Ann at ann@ectutoring.com. Visit her website at www.anndolin.com or her company's website at www.ectutoring.com.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an ADHD Coach, I talk with parents all the time who are fighting the homework wars and not succeeding.
Homework Made Simple should be in every parent's library. Ms. Dolin offers solid tips and advice for all kinds of students, including procrastinators, avoiders, and inattentive ones.
Each chapter has goals, charts and tip sheets, real life examples, and lots of solutions.
The book is easy to read and understand and offers parents a step by step guide to making homework stress free.
Ms. Dolin knows a lot about her subject and she seems to share every bit of it. There is not a single wasted word in this entire book.
If you have a child in school, you need to buy this book!
Homework Made Simple should be in every parent's library. Ms. Dolin offers solid tips and advice for all kinds of students, including procrastinators, avoiders, and inattentive ones.
Each chapter has goals, charts and tip sheets, real life examples, and lots of solutions.
The book is easy to read and understand and offers parents a step by step guide to making homework stress free.
Ms. Dolin knows a lot about her subject and she seems to share every bit of it. There is not a single wasted word in this entire book.
If you have a child in school, you need to buy this book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Full of great homework tips, this book is a must have for any parent who has school age children who is looking for resources to aid them in being successful and limiting overall frustration. The author has laid out a book that typifies children into having different homework habits:
1. The Disorganized
2. The Rusher
3. The Procrastinator
4. The Avoider
5. The Inattentive
6. The Easily Frustrated
If you are not familiar at what type of challenges your child is facing with homework and what type of type your child is, the author also helps with this with some easy to use checklists that help you to identify this for yourself.
The author goes on to do a great job at troubleshooting with you the reader, providing helpful hints and tips that will seemingly help quite a bit.
Overall, I liked the flow of the book as well as how easy the tips are to implement. I would highly recommend this book to others!
1. The Disorganized
2. The Rusher
3. The Procrastinator
4. The Avoider
5. The Inattentive
6. The Easily Frustrated
If you are not familiar at what type of challenges your child is facing with homework and what type of type your child is, the author also helps with this with some easy to use checklists that help you to identify this for yourself.
The author goes on to do a great job at troubleshooting with you the reader, providing helpful hints and tips that will seemingly help quite a bit.
Overall, I liked the flow of the book as well as how easy the tips are to implement. I would highly recommend this book to others!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Lucien Von
Format:Paperback
This book was recommended to me by an educational expert. The chapters are very in-depth.
Dolin distinguishes between the different types of personalities and how to address their specific schooling problems. This is greatly helpful because, of course, not all kids are the same! A child that suffers from being inattentive is different from one who procrastinates, or rushes, for instance.
The book offers specific solutions depending on your particular situation. This was greatly appreciated compared to the many broader and more generic books on this topic. I would definitely recommend this book.
Dolin distinguishes between the different types of personalities and how to address their specific schooling problems. This is greatly helpful because, of course, not all kids are the same! A child that suffers from being inattentive is different from one who procrastinates, or rushes, for instance.
The book offers specific solutions depending on your particular situation. This was greatly appreciated compared to the many broader and more generic books on this topic. I would definitely recommend this book.
By A.B.P.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
We were having quite a bit of trouble with our 5th grade daughter during homework time. It had become a daily struggle that I dreaded every day. A friend of mine recommended this book as a good resource for me to read. We began to use some of the suggestions in the book and there were pretty much immediate results. The suggestions are simple to implement, very practical and applicable-no matter what grade your child is in. At the risk of sounding over-dramatic this book has changed our lives for the better. We still have a few issues to work on, but there has been a drastic improvement since we first started the year. If you struggle with homework issues in your home, I can't recommend this book enough.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is by far the best I have read on helping kids with homework!! Whether you have a child that has ADD/ADHD or just one that struggles with homework this book is for you! I took the author's advice and read the first few chapters first before reading the profiles of the various student types, disorganized, distracted, frustrated etc. Once I got to the profiles I found a little bit of my son in most of them!
The tips the author gives are simple and straight forward and easy to implement. My son has ADD and struggles with organizing and doing homework. This book offered some much needed help and assistance in getting us organized for this school year. We started with the binder she recommends for organizing assignments and notes. Now the first week of school has passed and I got all the notes, course outlines, and fee sheets for every subject brought home on time and not lost or ripped or stuffed in a binder!! For any Canadians reading this review, the brand of binder she recommends in the book I was not able to find, but Staples sells one by Five Star that is identical. We bought two, one for core subjects, one for options. So far so good. Next we implement the contract and organize the study area, fully stocked with supplies so there are no excuses and wasted time looking for pens, pencils etc.
Overall, this is the best book I have read for homework help for kids with ADD, it was recommended by the CHADD website and I can totally see why! The suggestions are helpful, clear, easy to implement and really work! And the book is an easy read, clear and concise and very well written!!Homework Made Simple: Tips, Tools, and Solutions to Stress-Free Homework
The tips the author gives are simple and straight forward and easy to implement. My son has ADD and struggles with organizing and doing homework. This book offered some much needed help and assistance in getting us organized for this school year. We started with the binder she recommends for organizing assignments and notes. Now the first week of school has passed and I got all the notes, course outlines, and fee sheets for every subject brought home on time and not lost or ripped or stuffed in a binder!! For any Canadians reading this review, the brand of binder she recommends in the book I was not able to find, but Staples sells one by Five Star that is identical. We bought two, one for core subjects, one for options. So far so good. Next we implement the contract and organize the study area, fully stocked with supplies so there are no excuses and wasted time looking for pens, pencils etc.
Overall, this is the best book I have read for homework help for kids with ADD, it was recommended by the CHADD website and I can totally see why! The suggestions are helpful, clear, easy to implement and really work! And the book is an easy read, clear and concise and very well written!!Homework Made Simple: Tips, Tools, and Solutions to Stress-Free Homework
By Gabrielle
Format:Paperback
I highly recommend Homework Made Simple for any parent with homework age kids. The book gives you strategies for different personalities. I have a "rusher" and a "procrastinator". Ms. Dolin pinpoints the challenges with each of these child types and provides easy to use strategies to get homework started and completed. By employing these strategies with my children, they now do their homework more accurately and effectively.
I also like Ms. Dolin's scenarios and her "try this, not that" or "Do's & Don'ts" tables. I used to fall into the "not that, Don't do" trap, but have used the easy examples in the book of how the same thing can be said in a positive tone to give encouragement based motivation versus fear based motivation. I have found this to be much more effective in guiding my children to complete and correct their homework with much less resistance.
I also like Ms. Dolin's scenarios and her "try this, not that" or "Do's & Don'ts" tables. I used to fall into the "not that, Don't do" trap, but have used the easy examples in the book of how the same thing can be said in a positive tone to give encouragement based motivation versus fear based motivation. I have found this to be much more effective in guiding my children to complete and correct their homework with much less resistance.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Homework Made Simple-- A Teacher's Perspective
Homework Made Simple is a practical and easy-to-read text that highlights a very relevant issue for families and educators: HOMEWORK. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Andrea G.
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Great, practical advise
As the father of 2 pre-teens, we are just getting into real homework. Not always easy, not always fun. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Eric C.
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Do your kids--or you--have problems with their homework?
Do your kids have problems with their homework? There seems to be great disagreement about the question of homework. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Wayne S. Walker
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Most helpful
Any parent who has several children, knows what works for one, doesn't work for all. This book is full of helpful advice that will work for all children of all ages. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mother of 3
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All your questions answered
Since reading this book and implementing its proposed strategies, I have seen a complete one-eighty in my daughter's motivation and academic performance. Read more
Published 19 months ago by JayRhody
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Pleasantly surprised!
This book was recommended to me by my neighbor/ good friend. I was pleasantly surprised by the very practical tips on helping kids with homework and strategies. Read more
Published 19 months ago by jds310
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Good information, easy to follow format
This book provides helpful tips and great ideas that are EASY to implement and really work. It discusses not only strategies, but encourages parents to learn more about their... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Stephanie
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A must read for ALL parents
I can't recommend this book enough! It is a very clearly written and organized book to help parents solve homework problems based on the type of student their child is. Read more
Published 22 months ago by mom of 3
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A must have for all Parents!
This book is a gem. Every parent of kids who have homework and,boy does that include a lot of us,should own this book. Read more
Published on January 7, 2011 by Barbara Greenberg PhD
