Quiet Study Time for 1St Grader When There Are Younger Siblings at Home

After school is when I assume, you have him study?
That is what I do with my daughter.
I also have a son, her younger sibling.
They are 4 years apart and very close.

But, after-school, I always let my daughter unwind & deflate... have a snack and PLAY with her brother and he with her.
So they do get that time... together, after school and BEFORE she has to study.
At a certain time, on the clock, she knows it is homework/study time.
So... until then, as I said, I let her and her brother hangout/play and just have fun/relax.
And it works out.
Then when she is studying, my son KNOWS, he cannot make a lot of noise... but often, he is napping at that point.

So... I would, look at how you are sequencing the after-school routines....
For my daughter, homework is after-school, after deflate/relax/unwind time and with her brother. THEN... it is homework time. And homework time is always.... after-school, not after dinner. By then, it is too late, too rushed, she is too tired, and it is just not a good timing, for homework.
AND also though, you need to emphasize with the other kids, that it is 'quiet' time. So your son, can, study.

But you need to verbalize all of this to all your kids. The sequencing of things....
TELL your 1st grader... that he comes home, then can PLAY and deflate/have a snack after school. THEN at a certain time... it is homework time and with you. THEN his siblings have to go elsewhere and have 'quiet' time. And he has to study.

all the best,
Susan

When we were children, the whole family had "quiet time". Two of us were usually doing homework, one parent reading/puzzle/drawing with the baby and the other doing some reading of interest. It worked well and got the little one(s) in the habit of extended periods of quiet and focused activities!

Can you give the younger kids "homework"? Or just have them do puzzles or coloring so that it's "quiet time" for everybody?

My issue is my older kids are trying to do their homework and my almost 3 yr old wants to jump in and bug them, and she is one noisy child. So she gets homework also. She sits down with some pencils and paper and does her "homework". As she gets older, she will be writing her letters and numbers. A woman at church has all her kids sit down for homework time also. And having a little time to unwind and have a snack first does help a lot.

I have a 1st grader, and only 1 younger child (3.5) but I also give her "homework" to do. We do homework right after school, but we also have snack with homework. My son has a desk set near the table, and he can choose to sit at his desk, or at the table with dd. Our snacks are simple, gold fish, or yogurt, something easy, and he can get started while snacking. My daughter has to sit and do her "work" or she can go to her room and play, but she HAS to be quiet. No tv or radio or anything until my son is done. There are days she wants to distract him, but she gets a warning to leave brother alone, or she will have to sit until he is done. Good luck!