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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I really don't understand homework for Kindergarteners besides having mom and dad read to them (or the kids read themselves if they can).

Schools get them essentially from 8am to 4pm (or later).  Parents only have them for 2 to 3 hours before bedtime, when we want them to tell us stories about school and decompress and play and eat dinner, and then in the morning to eat and dress and get ready for school the next day.

It's a little crazy that you feel entitled to take our ever diminishing time from our kids when all educational studies show absolutely NO BENEFIT in giving homework to elementary age children under third grade besides being read to by parents.  In fact in many cases homework was found to HARM young children because it negatively influenced their attitudes toward school.

So homework to a kindergartener of practicing writing and identifying letters?  This is what school is for.  Our kids already do this in class.  Stop taking away our kids' time to be kids![/quote]

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