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how do i force my 6yr old to do her homework?

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kelli22 · 31/08/2005 15:51

im really lost, my dd hates practising her words, sometimes she will do it but at other times she wont, im trying to get her to learn her words (have been trying on n off all holiday but she's not interested) so ive been doing other things with her instead ie reading, numbers, spellings etc but she has 3 pages of words to learn by monday (when she goes back to school) im currently 37wks pregnant, very tired with cronic heartburn n lets just say my patience is rapidly decreasing.

Anyway all day i've been trying to get her to do them, i've tried all the "lets do this to show daddy when he gets home" to "do you want me to be the only one in the class that doesnt know them because you won't try" eventually i smacked her and sent her to her room for disobeying me (ok i know not a good thing to do)

ive told her to stay in her room until she can come and try to do them (i know she can do most of them as shes done them before)

what can i do now?

thanks

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Vaunda · 31/08/2005 21:15

KiwiBelle, you been peeking in my dining room? cos ours is just the same puzzle on the table and nowhere to eat except a tray on our lap hee hee

kelli22 · 06/09/2005 13:38

hi everyone,
just a quick update, my dd went back to school yesterday and no she still doesnt know all her words (a fair few but not all) there are 96 by the way anyway i will persevere until she does know them we have now cut them up into individual words as she was memorising the layout of them rather than actually reading the words. at least now shes back at school i can have some rest as baby is due in just over 2 wks! (so excited but obv worried about how i will cope)

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Kidstrack2 · 06/09/2005 13:57

Thats great kelli22, once shes back in the school classroom the words will all come flooding back now that she will be using her brain again lol. I had same with my ds but now that he's back at school he's taking it all back in!

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