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[quote=Anonymous]We are strict on getting homework done to learn to stay focus and to start and finish up a task but we never spend 2 hrs on it! No way. As parents, we have trouble focusing on things for 2 hours. The most is 1 hr but that's usually cause the child has focusing problems that the teacher pointed out. He can be distracted by just about anything you might not think anyone would be distracted by. Then again, that's a lot of 1st grader's problems. Our 1 hr usually involves a snack at the same time and explaining words, its meaning, usage, if he doesn't understand it.

Don't make your child suffer 2 hours, it's too much even for strict parenting like myself.  Finish up a word or two.  My child started 1st grade with really bad handwriting and suddenly it's all legible. Handwriting isn't everything. A child can have problems forming sentences, putting all those words together to form sentences and processing these words, sentences into meanings. 
For practices, we start our child off with a simple piece of paper or notebook and we say, write a word, any word you know or any word you think it's a real word. If you want to, just do a 15 minute exercise on words. Give each other some words to spell. This usually ends up to be about 3 words. Keep it short, fun and silly. Don't go beyond 15 minute when you see resistance. you can even start out with the word 'silly'. We do this in long car rides, especially when we're tired of long sentences and dialogue.

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