During this online learning era, I find that homework sessions with my 7 and 5 year old kids fail if I do the following:

• Look up homework as they are by me waiting to start because I already called them
• Have high expectations
• Dive directly into homework without checking the concept s well understood
• Feel Sleepy or hungry, any of us.

The success of homework sessions depends on me being very well-prepared beforehand, teaching/reviewing concepts, then going through homework. Many concepts are not captured well enough via screens. That cost me the first semester. This time I know better