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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of free resources out there.  Parents just have to know where to find them, and both the parents and [b]kids have to be motivated[/b] to use them.

Khan Academy is free and covers a lot of subjects.  AoPS has many free resources as well as a message board where kids can ask for help if they didn't understand something.  [/quote]
We know these free resources exist and tries using them, but child is not motivated.  How to get them motivated and interested in studies?[/quote]
Welcome to the world of parenting.[/quote]
Understand it's parenting and we are doing everything as parents, but cant get child interested in studies. Child says no homework. How are they learning with no homework?  We get library books but child doesnt touch them. Can we ask school for help to get child interested in studies?   [/quote]

DP and yes we took our kids to the library, they checked out books, and then when we brought them home, we actively read them with our child. We even read chapter books to them at night as they got older. We used more simple books and modeled the process of reading. We helped them pick out non fiction books in the library that they normally would not have looked for and when they brought those books home actively engaged with them on reading the books and finding extensions of that information in everyday life. We had them read newspaper articles and magazine articles as they got older and discussed those as well.

When there was homework, and they had trouble starting or focusing, we would sit next to them and do our own work to help keep them on task. We had lots of complaints doing review the week before a test starting a week before a test so we had to help them do it.

Basically the young kids who are self motivated and will organize themselves to do these things and stay focused and are on task are the exception and the rule is that parents have to help direct and focus kids when they are young gradually reducing support as the kids get older. [/quote]

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