Homework belongs to the child who is learning by completing it. Our job is to empower them for that task, not enable them by doing it for them.
A 7-lesson video class that provides practical support for helping young people complete homework assignments and learn in the process.
Before You Begin
Step 1 — Read the Homework eBook: Open the eBook.
Step 2 — Download the Homework Implementation Playbook: Open the Playbook.
Step 3 — Download the Homework Checklist: Open the Checklist.
Core Beliefs
Seven Principles of Homework Support
How to Use This Course
Watch the videos in order. Use the Playbook to reflect after each video. Take your time with each principle — depth matters more than speed.
The shift that changes everything: you support homework completion — you don’t guarantee it, and you never do it for a child. This lesson catches the well-meaning mistake (walk over, read the directions, explain) and flips it: hand the thinking back, one question at a time. The child owns the homework; your job is independence, not dependence.
Youth approach homework in three ways — independent, instructional, and frustration — and your job is to tell them apart without hovering. This lesson runs the first stretch as ‘Ten Minutes to Success’: every kid starts on their own while you circulate, running continual visual and auditory scans to see who’s truly on task and who needs you.
Successful homework begins before a single assignment opens — the environment does half the work. This lesson sets up the room for success: routines, clear expectations, a help signal that isn’t a raised hand, and supplies ready (sharpened pencils — frustrated kids break them!). Basics before the assignment keep the whole time calm.
When a child says ‘just tell me the answer,’ the whole module comes to a point. This lesson keeps ownership where it belongs by asking instead of telling — climbing the question ladder (‘what do the directions tell you?’) and ending with the last-ditch question (‘what would happen if…?’), then waiting. You give a nudge, not an answer.
‘Done’ shouldn’t mean ‘wait around.’ This lesson is about what happens when a child finishes early — meaningful next activities that extend the learning past today’s worksheet, so finishing becomes ‘what’s next’ instead of idle time. Keep the fast finishers growing.
Practice doesn’t have to feel like a worksheet. This lesson shows how to turn homework skills — spelling words, math facts, vocabulary — into quick games kids actually want to play, so repetition becomes fun and the learning sticks even after the assignment is done.
Middle school homework is a different animal — more independent, more complex, higher stakes. This lesson shows how a few minutes of prep ready you to support older students well: knowing what’s assigned, having the right resources handy, and setting a tone that lets tweens take ownership of work that’s genuinely theirs.