Homework

Some years Mikey had homework and other years he did not. It depended on his Special Ed teacher and whether homework really fit with his IEP goals for the year. That said, every night, regardless of what else might have been assigned, Mikey always did some reading and he wrote in his journal. 

Will would often do Mikey’s reading with him. He liked helping his little brother. For his part, Mikey was always (and is always) thrilled to have the attention of his big brother. I’m sure Will also didn’t mind taking a break from his own homework…can you blame him? 

Before the teen years set in, Will and Mikey would plop down at the kitchen table and do their homework together.  In later years, Michael’s vocalizations were distracting for Will and so he’d usually do his homework up in his room. Again, can’t blame him one bit!

I need to say: if you have the option to give your typical kid a quiet place to work on homework, you are giving them a huge advantage! Will almost always had to deal with some kind of chaos going on at home – Mikey is always noisy (happy or upset) and our dogs bark at everything in the woods (real or imagined). It’s a true miracle that he ever got any homework done.  

For Mikey, the routine of homework lasted a good long while. It was a positive for him and I’d probably keep the routine the same if I had it to do over again.