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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your school assign homework in kindergarten? Mine does, and the reasoning is:

1)"To prepare them for first grade"

2)"To show you what we're learning in school and to reinforce it."

This is nuts, right? Anyone had success at pushing back at this insanity? Not to be super Finnish about this, but I don't think the kids should have homework in first grade, either.[/quote]

Mine all had either daily homework or a weekly homework packet in K and 1st, including the child we had to homeschool for a year. The homework is easy and it's a great way to get kids acclimated to study habits they will need throughout their education. What is so onerous about tracing a few letters, reading a 4-sentence easy reader book, and a couple of bonehead simple addition problems?

You don't strictly *have to* do any of it, but you look like an uncooperative a-hole if you start emailing the teacher a wall of text about what you think is "developmentally appropriate" for all the children in the class, as if you know what is best for other people's children. You can just be a silent refuser or turn in the amount you think is best. No need to be a showboat about it.[/quote]

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