Homework during winter break?

[Anonymous]

No assigned homework for regular school. A short packet for language school. My son needs more practice on writing and fine motor skills (2nd grade), so I bought a really cool coloring/doodle book to help increase his endurance.

The only time I do extra homework/instruction is in the summer, and that's only if he's behind in something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We have some Minecraft catching up to do.
Also school math, and homework essays in our native language.
DH is doing home repairs, and took this opportunity to teach a few geometry facts to the kids. The cylindrical duct is going into the wall at an angle, so how do you calculate the shape of the elliptical hole in the wall?

seriously?

Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We have some Minecraft catching up to do.
Also school math, and homework essays in our native language.
DH is doing home repairs, and took this opportunity to teach a few geometry facts to the kids. The cylindrical duct is going into the wall at an angle, so how do you calculate the shape of the elliptical hole in the wall?

seriously?

Give me a break.

And what does that mean, PP? DH doesn't usually get a lot of time with the kids. If they can bond over calculating an ellipse to be cut into the wall, more power to them!

[Anonymous]

During winter break my kids have to read for 20 minutes before going to bed. In the morning, after breakfast, I give them an hour worth of work. It varies per day, but usually it is whatever they struggled with during the year. I sit with them and teach and help them. Once they finish their work, usually by 10am, they have earned an hour of electronics (their ipads or xbox or whatever) and are free to spend their time as they wish. During the summer break, they still have to read at night and they usually do about two hours of work in the mornings.

[Anonymous]

Workbooks, reading, journal writing. They're in camp about as long as school so it's not much different than usual.

[Anonymous]

Lots for my junior HS daughter...chemistry outlines and problem sets, history analyses and outlines, calculus problems, physics work, papers to write. It sucks.

It'll all be better mid-May after APs...we keep telling each other that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We have some Minecraft catching up to do.
Also school math, and homework essays in our native language.
DH is doing home repairs, and took this opportunity to teach a few geometry facts to the kids. The cylindrical duct is going into the wall at an angle, so how do you calculate the shape of the elliptical hole in the wall?

seriously?

Give me a break.

And what does that mean, PP? DH doesn't usually get a lot of time with the kids. If they can bond over calculating an ellipse to be cut into the wall, more power to them!

I think that sounds like fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We have some Minecraft catching up to do.
Also school math, and homework essays in our native language.
DH is doing home repairs, and took this opportunity to teach a few geometry facts to the kids. The cylindrical duct is going into the wall at an angle, so how do you calculate the shape of the elliptical hole in the wall?

seriously?

Give me a break.

And what does that mean, PP? DH doesn't usually get a lot of time with the kids. If they can bond over calculating an ellipse to be cut into the wall, more power to them!

We do this kind of stuff with the kids all of the time. If we are building something our son measures. If there is something that needs creative problem solving we have the kids try to figure it out. Right now we are playing Monopoly and working on counting and budgeting while having fun. Santa gave DS a science magic kit that we've been working on and explaining the science. We worked on writing by having him write to Santa and write thank yous to family. There is a math App that he has been playing on his ipad.

[Anonymous]

^^ what app?

[Anonymous]

My sons school assigned a whole book to read which is really annoying. He will read most and will will read some cliff notes.

[Anonymous]

Kids are 4 and 7. We read a ton to them and the 7 year old reads a ton to herself. No extra worksheets etc. A break is a break, their brains need it in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

The app is Barnyard math challenge I believe you pick your kids grade level. Amazing coin helps with counting and identifing currecy. Stack the states helps with US geography.

[Anonymous]

Middle school. No assigned homework. A couple of projects due the week of her return so doing some work on those, but no homework assigned by us. She reads daily because she enjoys it, but vacation is for vacation. PS, to the parent of the kindergartner, I would have thrown that big homework packet in the trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We have some Minecraft catching up to do.
Also school math, and homework essays in our native language.
DH is doing home repairs, and took this opportunity to teach a few geometry facts to the kids. The cylindrical duct is going into the wall at an angle, so how do you calculate the shape of the elliptical hole in the wall?

seriously?

Give me a break.

And what does that mean, PP? DH doesn't usually get a lot of time with the kids. If they can bond over calculating an ellipse to be cut into the wall, more power to them!

We do this kind of stuff with the kids all of the time. If we are building something our son measures. If there is something that needs creative problem solving we have the kids try to figure it out. Right now we are playing Monopoly and working on counting and budgeting while having fun. Santa gave DS a science magic kit that we've been working on and explaining the science. We worked on writing by having him write to Santa and write thank yous to family. There is a math App that he has been playing on his ipad.

Us too.... our kids love the practical applications for math. Tomorrow we're going to make half the cup cakes from the mix (what's half of 3/4 cup of water?)