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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, no, no, no, and no.  My kids tracked reading minutes when they were in ES.  Which was never a problem because they are great readers.  They had math packets assigned in MS and a school One Book.  Now, both are at TJ and up to this point have had summer school AND a huge soul sucking, time sucking amount of summer homework. New school policy—. NO HOMEWORK THIS SUMMER!!!!  Can you tell how happy I am?

Thank goodness.  They work hard enough during the school year. Plus, one has a semester of summer history and one has a school years worth of CS at the school.  And summer history kid also has marching band start August 1 and college applications to start. Before you know it, this will be your kids summer. Enjoy the downtime while you have it.

Research has shown little to no benefit of summer homework for UMC kids.  And UMC kid don’t experience much, if any, summer brain drain.  Basically, if you are the kind of parent who asks if your kid should do dummer homework, your kid doesn’t need it.

Limit screen time.  Take your kids to the library regularly.  Limit screen time. Did I mention limit screentime?  Otherwise turn them loose or send them to a camp in an area they find interesting. They will start formal summer homework and summer classes and summer jobs and college applications and internships and...  soon enough— most middle and high schools have some summer homework. [/quote]

Wow.  You think “UMC” kids are exempt from summer brain drain? 
Sounds like you have older kids & built-up frustrations. Sorry to hear that. 
But when you have little ones who need extra practice with math or reading, it’s super important to do it over the summer. If you don’t, they really suffer when school starts again. It’s hard to keep up when you can’t remember math facts or your reading is slow.
Good luck to you![/quote]

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