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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that a reading log and a math work sheet every night is that big of a deal.  Kids learn through practice.

The homework, including reading, for a kindergartner shouldn't last longer than 30 minutes a night.  [/quote]

And, for the record, I'm a SAHM.[/quote]

What if you weren't?[/quote]

This would still be my approach.  Kids do better when they practice at home.  That was true for me when I was a kid and it's been true for my own children.

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No doubt.  But we are only talking about kindergarten homework here.  You had homework in kindergarten?  You support homework in kindergarten?[/quote]

Yes, I actually had to cram the summer before K because I didn't know all of my upper/lower case letters.  Once K started I began to learn sounds which took some practice at home.

I didn't have assigned reading but my parents read to me every night because that's what they did.  Once I had my letters and sounds down I picked up reading easily.

My own kids went into K knowing their letters/sounds and they brought home some simple homework during K plus some beginner reader books.  We set aside a small amount of time each evening to do their homework.  Within a few weeks they were reading.  If we hadn't done any of the homework, they still would have learned how to read and do simple arithmetic that year, it just would have been a slower process for them.

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