"School isn't something that you do every day...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Your 6 year old has homework in MCPS? Where do you go to school? Homework is prohibited except for 5th graders.

DP but I have a 2nd grader. HW is to read for 20 mins a night and complete the Eureka HW problem set.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were at dinner with friends who have kids at DCPS, and when we got the school cancelled notification, the DCPS kid said “the difference between an MCPS kid and a DCPS kid is that for the DCPS kid, a few snowflakes isn’t enough to make us stay home.”

And then she said her perception of school closures:
If McPS is closed->. DCPS will have a 2 hour delay.
If MCPS has a 2 hour delay-> DCPS is fully open

That is consistent with my scale, which is that I should take what I think it reasonable, go one step further, and that is what MCPS will do.

[Anonymous]

The timing of winter break followed by major ice storm followed by multiple holidays and professional days was a doozy this year. Bonus points if you were out with flu!

The good news with little kids is they learn from everything. I have done a little extra reading with mine and also just tried to add some new challenges for them here and there. Eg for my 7 year old I had her look through a baking recipe book, find what she wanted to make, make the shopping list herself (handwriting practice), and read/do all the recipe steps herself (reading/math),

Have also heavily used aftercare + traded play dates to give and get breaks.

It’s been a lot though - work is busy and it is a constant juggle.

It is what it is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were at dinner with friends who have kids at DCPS, and when we got the school cancelled notification, the DCPS kid said “the difference between an MCPS kid and a DCPS kid is that for the DCPS kid, a few snowflakes isn’t enough to make us stay home.”

And then she said her perception of school closures:
If McPS is closed->. DCPS will have a 2 hour delay.
If MCPS has a 2 hour delay-> DCPS is fully open

Well that makes sense, of course, since our county is bigger and more geographically varied than the district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Your 6 year old has homework in MCPS? Where do you go to school? Homework is prohibited except for 5th graders.

Homework GRADING is prohibited perhaps. My elem kids have daily math homework and occasional spelling review.

+1. My elem kids have had homework every year, which nearly always includes daily reading but occasionally math practice too.

[Anonymous]

i’ll take things your kid never said for 100 please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i’ll take things your kid never said for 100 please.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Your 6 year old has homework in MCPS? Where do you go to school? Homework is prohibited except for 5th graders.

Homework GRADING is prohibited perhaps. My elem kids have daily math homework and occasional spelling review.

+1. My elem kids have had homework every year, which nearly always includes daily reading but occasionally math practice too.

Reading is something you should be doing with elementary school age kids every day regardless or not if it is assigned from school. 10 min of math practice is not a bad idea either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Your 6 year old has homework in MCPS? Where do you go to school? Homework is prohibited except for 5th graders.

Homework GRADING is prohibited perhaps. My elem kids have daily math homework and occasional spelling review.

+1. My elem kids have had homework every year, which nearly always includes daily reading but occasionally math practice too.

Reading is something you should be doing with elementary school age kids every day regardless or not if it is assigned from school. 10 min of math practice is not a bad idea either

Thanks for sharing that opinion. Yes, some parents will (or will not) read with their kids each day, irrespective of what is assigned as HW. But the person who is shocked that a 6 yo has HW and think it's prohibited in ES doesn't know what they're talking about. My kids have had HW in ES in every grade (including K).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were at dinner with friends who have kids at DCPS, and when we got the school cancelled notification, the DCPS kid said “the difference between an MCPS kid and a DCPS kid is that for the DCPS kid, a few snowflakes isn’t enough to make us stay home.”

And then she said her perception of school closures:
If McPS is closed->. DCPS will have a 2 hour delay.
If MCPS has a 2 hour delay-> DCPS is fully open

That is consistent with my scale, which is that I should take what I think it reasonable, go one step further, and that is what MCPS will do.

It certainly held today. DCPS is open today with a 2 hour closure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Parenting failure. It's never been easier to find free homework for your kids. AI can generate an infinite customized supply.

Yeah why do we need school anyway amirite s/

Because too many parents are incompetent so we need a public welfare offering to prevent their offspring from going feral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Parenting failure. It's never been easier to find free homework for your kids. AI can generate an infinite customized supply.

Yeah why do we need school anyway amirite s/

Because too many parents are incompetent so we need a public welfare offering to prevent their offspring from going feral.

I love how folks are like "respect educators as professionals" and "don't tell us how to do our job" and also "you need to do our job for us, why didn't you know that"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Oh dear lord. If your routine is this fragile. You can just print out some worksheets from the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Parenting failure. It's never been easier to find free homework for your kids. AI can generate an infinite customized supply.

Yeah why do we need school anyway amirite s/

Because too many parents are incompetent so we need a public welfare offering to prevent their offspring from going feral.

I love how folks are like "respect educators as professionals" and "don't tell us how to do our job" and also "you need to do our job for us, why didn't you know that"

Creating a routine for HW is 100% the parent’s job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I agree with you

Before the 6 day closure we had gotten into a good homework routine with our 6yo. Then when school was out, no homework was sent and we got out of our routine. Obviously this is hardly the end of the world but it does have a real impact on kids.

Parenting failure. It's never been easier to find free homework for your kids. AI can generate an infinite customized supply.

Yeah why do we need school anyway amirite s/

Because too many parents are incompetent so we need a public welfare offering to prevent their offspring from going feral.

I love how folks are like "respect educators as professionals" and "don't tell us how to do our job" and also "you need to do our job for us, why didn't you know that"

Creating a routine for HW is 100% the parent’s job.

And assigning the homework is the teacher's job. I don't know if you have met any 6 year olds but they can tell when the "assignment" is coming from the parent.