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home school work to do at home where ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚĞƌ ŵĂLJ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚƌLJ-
her mother explains and reviews the les- ŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŝŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ͕
sons. “My mother knows how to explain it while the teacher has gone on to a second
slowly so that I understand,” she says. or third idea which they have missed or
ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽŶůLJ ƉĂƌƟĂůůLJ͘
Although children experience failure in any
one of the broad array of subjects, a most With a fragmented understanding of the
ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚͶŝĨ ŽŌĞŶ ƵŶĚŝĂŐŶŽƐĞĚͶƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐ-
ƚƌŽƵďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂīĞĐƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ůLJ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ Ăƚ Ă ĚŝƐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ͘ Ɛ
every single academic area is the one Basya they struggle to keep up, them may expe-
manifests: slow data-processing. ƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ŵĞŶƚĂů ĨĂƟŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů-
ings of being overwhelmed. Apathy and
Achievement in school depends greatly ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĨŽůůŽǁ͘
upon being able to keep pace with the rap-
ŝĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ĞůĞ- sĞƌLJ ŽŌĞŶ͕ ƐůŽǁͲƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ďĞ-
mentary grades, new facts and procedures come discouraged and anxious in school,
are usually presented slowly and with lots ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐͶ
ŽĨ ƌĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ďĞůŽǁͶǁŚĞŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŚŝů-
dren at home and in school.
Gradually, the pace accelerates. The quick
ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĞŶƟƌĞůLJ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝƐ ĚĞ-
manded with greater frequency during a At Home:
child’s school years than during the career
years of an adult! ůůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƵƐƵĂů ĨŽƌ
homework, but stagger the material, giving
^ƉĞĞĚ ŝƐ ǀŝƚĂů ĨŽƌ ƐĐŚŽůĂƐƟĐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ ^ƚƵ- frequent breaks.
ĚĞŶƚƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƐǁŝŌůLJ ƚŽ
ƌĂƉŝĚͲĮƌĞ ƋƵŝnj ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ŵƵƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ
quickly on their feet during class discus- Place strong emphasis on review
sions. They are pressured to grasp num- ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ůŽĐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ
bers, charts, pictures and other forms of comprehension was derailed, and repair-
nonverbal material with speed, as well. ing the “holes” in knowledge and under-
standing.
There are many children who, like Basya,
ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĨĂƐƚ
enough while they listen, read, or observe. Parents should work on giving the

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