If you don’t have a study, put the line up in their bedroom so they don’t forget about it… Your kids can peg up this week’s homework sheet along with any resources they need to keep organised. Thumb tack a piece of string across the room and add some pegs to make a ‘homework line’. You can find out how to make this genius item on Becky’s blog. As well as helping the kids stay focused, the dividers also house pockets for things like pens and pencils and a calculator as well as pegs for clipping up the homework list. Becky at Organizing Made Fun solved this problem by making some desk dividers to separate her boys. If you’ve got more than one child doing homework simultaneously, where to put them can become a problem. An easy way to fix a poor pencil grip is to get your child to hold a tissue in their hand while they hold their pencil. It works like magic to bring all the fingers into the correct position. Sort out the pencil gripĬheck your child’s pencil grip as an incorrect grip can make handwriting tiring and sometimes even sore. If they are really resistant, try them out on a fitness ball at their desk and upgrade them to standing later.

The kitchen bench is probably the perfect height to set them up with their books and no chair. Standing is said to be better for core stability, weight control and energy levels and you can only assume the kids will benefit from standing to do their homework.

Office workers all over the nation are opting to stand at their desks all day.

Making homework