[blparent] Helping children with homework?

[Judy Jones]

My first thought, if the worksheets are for the eight-year-old, can the twelve-year-old help?  Also, I would try to come up with an alternative solution with the teacher, like you say, testing with real coins.  I don't remember that we had that same kind of dilemma, but what I do remember is that teachers were more than willing to go along with any alternative solution we as parents could come up with to help our children learn the same material.

Judy

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Hi,
I have been a stay-at-home mom raising my kids for the past 12 years. I have been helping my 12 year old and now 8 year old with homework everyday since they started school. I love it. I am legally blind and I have some residual vision.
My question is - My kids have come home with Money Math worksheets (identifying, counting coins, etc.) How do you help your child do these worksheets? The worksheets are so difficult to see in order to discriminate the differences in the coins. How do you help your child with these type of homework sheets? Is there an app? Should I tell the teacher? What have you done?

This hasn't helped with worksheets but has helped for real life scenarios.
 -  I've tried to make it a point to try and pay in cash and coins at the market to give my children the opportunity to pay by counting out the coins.
Thank you,
Mari Hunziker
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