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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Wasting time" by giving homework...load of crap.  I'm sure we could take a peek at your week and find a ton of things your kids do that waste time that are less constructive than homework.  [/quote]

Young kids don't do anything that "wastes" time.  They are little sponges who suck up informatiion and learn from everything they do. We play, run, or swim, and always read when I get home from work.  And we cook dinner together most nights. Cooking is a great way to teach math and science. And baseball starts soon. Young kids learn so much more through play than from worksheets.  Plus, they had plenty of time to learn in school. [/quote]

Sorry I totally disagree.  The parents who allow a lot of electronic time is allowing a child to waste time.  Any "learning" (puhlease - I hate when people talk about educational apps) is passive which is not a good way to learn/reinforce long term).  So yes, kids watching t.v., playing video games, etc. are wasting time.  Regardless, a few worksheets here and there are not going to kill them.  (They might as well learn young that when responsibility is doled out - homework - it has to be done.  I certainly hope you aren't teaching them that they will learn so much more with you doing fun things than stinky ole' worksheets.   :roll:[/quote]

That PP was talking about "my" kids and mine don't get screen time during the week. And yes they learn more by playing than doing worksheets.  But don't worry about my kids. They are in a school that doesn't assign homework until 3rd grade.  The school realizes there is very little, if any, data supporting a link between homework and achievement in the early grades.

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