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Warning Sign: Homework Hassles

For a child with Skill Gaps—a weakness in foundation skills—homework is a headache. Homework requires practicing what you've learned. But if you didn't learn it, how can you practice it? Sylvan Online takes the hassle out of homework by building strong skills.

Your child hates homework; you dread it too—the nagging, the nightly fights. You try to help, but that only seems to make it worse. "Why doesn't he get it?" "How come I can't help him?" You hire a "referee"—a tutor to help with homework. The homework gets done, but that defeats the purpose: homework is an opportunity to teach your child to work independently and practice the skills he learned in class. Take away the tutor and he's lost.

The concept of homework assumes your child "got it" in class and is prepared to practice and apply it independently. But when a child has Skill Gaps, homework can be a painful exercise. If she hasn't mastered the underlying skills, how can she practice them?

If your child has Skill Gaps, no matter how hard he tries, he won't succeed. While hard work plays a part in every child's academic success, hard work alone doesn't produce good grades for the struggling child. In fact, struggling students often work for hours trying to read a short chapter for a test, only to perform poorly on the test the next day. For your child, that's pretty discouraging. As a parent, it's enough to break your heart.

Sylvan Online Takes The Hassle Out Of Homework
A child with Skill Gaps often needs to invest more than time to get results. To be an effective student, you need to discover and fix the Skill Gaps. Find out how Sylvan Online builds strong skills to make school work a breeze and homework "no sweat."

Ready to find out how Sylvan Online can help your child? Call 1-800-379-5826 today!