• Take an active interest in your children's schooling. Ask them specific questions about what happened at school and how they feel.
•  Let them know how much you care about education by continuing your own learning both informally and formally, to impress its importance upon them.
• If possible, set up a quiet, comfortable study area with good lighting. This can be almost any place in your home; you don't need a special room.
• Set a family "quiet time" where you and your children can work together on homework, reading, letter writing, and playing games.
• Help, guide, and correct their assignments, but never do the homework for them.
• Make homework a daily activity and help your children develop good homework habits.