About spending so much time doing homework, if she is 'getting it' with regards to math, but the time it takes to complete it is frustrating her, maybe she would benefit from LESS homework. Just a thought. I remember a thread on the board MONTHS ago about the amount of homework kids were coming home with and the question of whether or not it is actually helping kids learn or if it is just busy work given out by homework happy teachers. Some school districts will not allow more than 15 minutes of homework from any one class and I think that is GREAT. I happen to think that in math class, in particular, a lot of times it is just busy work. I remember being given 50-100 math problems to do at night. And now I wonder why? Either a child 'gets it' or they don't. If they do, then 100 problems is just busy work. If they don't, then doing 100 problems wrong isn't helping. KWIM? But is Phoebe is spending a lot of time on doing busy work and it is taking even longer because of her eyes, it could be frustrating her and dulling her love of learning. Spending hours and hours each night on homework will make a kid HATE school and learning.