Tips to Get My 9Yo to Slow down and Do His Work Correctly.

Hi Mama!!!
What we do is have our 'big kids' do their homework right off the bus.
We check book bags, get homework done, check & fix mistakes. Put all school stuff back in the bag. Then we change out of uniforms, have a snack, watch a lil tv, then read or go to the park, and usually go pick up Daddy from work. 
When I was young I hated homework, so I would pull out all the stops to get out of it. My grades always reflected my effort. And also the fact that I had very busy parents. I want my kids to make a good effort with their work, so I dont let them play or have snacks until the homework is taken care of. the most important thing is an education.Maybe it would help with your son. Instead of let him play, have him sit and get the homework done. Tell him he cant do anything else until its done, and done correctly. My kids learned its better to focus and get the work done right the 1st time rather than do a halfway job over & over. And I had 3 all-year honor students last year, our oldest daughter, 9, read nearly 40 books between july 1 and now, so I must be doing something right!!!!!

the only way to teach him this skill is to be vigilant & use a reward/punishment method. It's up to you to find a method that works for your son......& then be consistent with your end of it. Takes a lot of time, can be really frustrating. I wish you Peace....& it's hard to come by: my son is 15 & we still work at this!

Just keep doing what you are doing. He is a boy. All my boys did that. I just kept reminding them to slow down and told them if they didn't do it right they would not get any time with their favorite things. So yes I spend a lot of time after school going through the homework. I only have 1 boy left at home. My other two are adults now and did the same thing and have turned out okay.

We have the same problem with my 11-year-old, was hoping for some good advice too. He gets home about the same time but has to pull out all his homework to make sure it's all there (he must rush around at school because he forgets homework there a lot!) and put things away (long sleeve shirts, snack containers, etc). Once he's sure he has everything he needs, he can snack and relax until 3:30, at which point he has to start his homework. No tv during this time, he can only watch tv when homework is done. I hoped this would encourage him to actually start his homework earlier but he has an alarm on his wristwatch and starts right at 3:30 (or later) every single day.
When he was younger we actually set aside a certain amount of time and he had to sit for that long working on his homework, even if he finished early. He had nothing to do but sit there and stare at his homework, so it encouraged him to check back over it. He seems to do better now, but there are times I can tell he didn't read the directions or specific questions properly (I've always told him to read the directions first thing - then read them again!).
Good luck! Parenting boys sure takes a lot of patience!!!