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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think I would ever choose a preschool that assigned homework.  It would show that they really don't understand child development at all.[/quote]

Then you had better not bother with preschool, since most around here assign homework. And I see no issues with it. In DD's pre-K class, the kids have a letter of the week, so one night need to look for three photos that start with that letter. They paste them in a notebook and label them. Parents read a book on another night and the kids have to draw a scene in their notebook from the story. And they have a box of sight words that they practice over the weekends. None of this is time-consuming and DD loves the learning process so always looks forward to homework. The school also allows kids to check out books they can read to their parents, then the parents initial that the child has read the book to them. The words in the books are simple and there are only about 5 pages of really short sentences. All of this just serves to get the kids excited about learning. DD is so excited to read her books to us; the enthusiasm is contagious! It's not about grades or being competitive, at least not at this age, but rather learning for the sake of learning. I wish this was the case once this kids got older, as maybe then they would continue to love the educational process rather than loathe it.[/quote]

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