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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Being a parent takes lots of extra effort. If you are not willing to put in the effort, why have kids? The things that you do while the kids are young, set the example they will live by. Learning should be both at home and at schools.

This is true, but what does this have to do with homework??

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Schools cannot provide everything.

I don't see anyone saying they should! Please explain this remark -- what made you write it? Did you think someone wants school to 'provide everything'?

Helping your kids with homework is part of parenting. Most parents who complain about it do not want to sit down and help their kids. They'd prefer homework when the kids are older so they do not have to deal with it. That is lazy parenting.

Yes, lots of people expect the schools to provide everything.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree. Homework has some value, one of which is preparing the expectation to do homework. Also, especially in math it does help reinforce the concepts taught in class.

Homework is not "wrecking" schools -- such nonsense and hyperbole. I swear parents today want to coddle kids with their demands for four/five recess and less pressure. Good Lord, expect more from your children. They are capable and want to learn.

+1,000 kids don't learn anything from extra time for play or movement, Good Lord people!

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Anonymous wrote:This is not a new idea. Research has been out there for many years decrying the value of homework at the elementary level.

As a former elementary teacher, I would agree.

It has always amazed me that parents think it is ok - actually beneficial - for teachers to mandate carrying over school time into the time of families.
Teachers are dictating how families spend their time.

At our school, it seems to be the parents who dislike the homework -- it is the teachers who are assigning the homework. The parents have to deal with it. I don't know any parents in lower elementary (PreK - 2nd/ 3rd) who like it...precisely b/c they don't want teachers dictating what they do with precious family time.

It shocks me that this former teacher says parents wanted homework.

So teachers, please stop assigning it. It will benefit everyone!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Being a parent takes lots of extra effort. If you are not willing to put in the effort, why have kids? The things that you do while the kids are young, set the example they will live by. Learning should be both at home and at schools.

This is true, but what does this have to do with homework??

Anonymous wrote:
Schools cannot provide everything.

I don't see anyone saying they should! Please explain this remark -- what made you write it? Did you think someone wants school to 'provide everything'?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a new idea. Research has been out there for many years decrying the value of homework at the elementary level.

As a former elementary teacher, I would agree.

It has always amazed me that parents think it is ok - actually beneficial - for teachers to mandate carrying over school time into the time of families.
Teachers are dictating how families spend their time.

This is such a weird thing to say. If you never assign homework that requires parental assistance, I don't see it as you are dictating family time. Teachers have always controlled a portion of a the students' time outside classroom, home work, paper/project, studying for tests. This is true for all levels. And the kids better get used to the idea. But these assignment for parents are relatively new. They are typically time consuming with very little payoff. So please don't dictate my spending time on those projects.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a new idea. Research has been out there for many years decrying the value of homework at the elementary level.

As a former elementary teacher, I would agree.

It has always amazed me that parents think it is ok - actually beneficial - for teachers to mandate carrying over school time into the time of families.
Teachers are dictating how families spend their time.

This is such a weird thing to say. If you never assign homework that requires parental assistance, I don't see it as you are dictating family time.

Anonymous wrote:This is not a new idea. Research has been out there for many years decrying the value of homework at the elementary level.

As a former elementary teacher, I would agree.

It has always amazed me that parents think it is ok - actually beneficial - for teachers to mandate carrying over school time into the time of families.
Teachers are dictating how families spend their time.

Anonymous wrote:This is not a new idea. Research has been out there for many years decrying the value of homework at the elementary level.

As a former elementary teacher, I would agree.

It has always amazed me that parents think it is ok - actually beneficial - for teachers to mandate carrying over school time into the time of families.
Teachers are dictating how families spend their time.

Anonymous wrote:

Being a parent takes lots of extra effort. If you are not willing to put in the effort, why have kids? The things that you do while the kids are young, set the example they will live by. Learning should be both at home and at schools.

Anonymous wrote:
Schools cannot provide everything.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PreK and kindergarten homework should be limited to things like:

Go outside and count how many bees and butterflies you see. Draw a picture of them pollinating a flower.

Count the numbers of windows and doors in your house. Which number is greater?

Have a grown up help you cook a recipe. How many fractions did you use when cooking? What other types of numbers did you need to know to make your recipe?

Read for 20 minutes and draw a picture about your favorite part of the story. Explain why you liked it, either by writing it and reading what you wrote to a grown up or telling them why you liked the story.
Etc.

Drill and kill worksheets should not be part of homework at that age.

I don't think worksheets have a place in PreK at all, and ideally not in K bit the kinds of assients you propose that not only take time but require parents to take kids to specific locations are absolutely unacceptable.

You don't have an outside? Windows? Doors? You don't cook dinner?

All of these ideas are perfect "homework" for early childhood education and take no extra effort or resources from parents (assuming you cook dinner in your home at least occasionally).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PreK and kindergarten homework should be limited to things like:

Go outside and count how many bees and butterflies you see. Draw a picture of them pollinating a flower.

Count the numbers of windows and doors in your house. Which number is greater?

Have a grown up help you cook a recipe. How many fractions did you use when cooking? What other types of numbers did you need to know to make your recipe?

Read for 20 minutes and draw a picture about your favorite part of the story. Explain why you liked it, either by writing it and reading what you wrote to a grown up or telling them why you liked the story.
Etc.

Drill and kill worksheets should not be part of homework at that age.

I don't think worksheets have a place in PreK at all, and ideally not in K bit the kinds of assients you propose that not only take time but require parents to take kids to specific locations are absolutely unacceptable.

You don't have an outside? Windows? Doors? You don't cook dinner?

All of these ideas are perfect "homework" for early childhood education and take no extra effort or resources from parents (assuming you cook dinner in your home at least occasionally).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PreK and kindergarten homework should be limited to things like:

Go outside and count how many bees and butterflies you see. Draw a picture of them pollinating a flower.

Count the numbers of windows and doors in your house. Which number is greater?

Have a grown up help you cook a recipe. How many fractions did you use when cooking? What other types of numbers did you need to know to make your recipe?

Read for 20 minutes and draw a picture about your favorite part of the story. Explain why you liked it, either by writing it and reading what you wrote to a grown up or telling them why you liked the story.
Etc.

Drill and kill worksheets should not be part of homework at that age.

I don't think worksheets have a place in PreK at all, and ideally not in K bit the kinds of assients you propose that not only take time but require parents to take kids to specific locations are absolutely unacceptable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PreK and kindergarten homework should be limited to things like:

Go outside and count how many bees and butterflies you see. Draw a picture of them pollinating a flower.

Count the numbers of windows and doors in your house. Which number is greater?

Have a grown up help you cook a recipe. How many fractions did you use when cooking? What other types of numbers did you need to know to make your recipe?

Read for 20 minutes and draw a picture about your favorite part of the story. Explain why you liked it, either by writing it and reading what you wrote to a grown up or telling them why you liked the story.
Etc.

Drill and kill worksheets should not be part of homework at that age.

I don't think worksheets have a place in PreK at all, and ideally not in K bit the kinds of assients you propose that not only take time but require parents to take kids to specific locations are absolutely unacceptable.

Anonymous wrote:There's a difference between studying and busywork. Most of what kids are assigned for homework is busywork. When kids get to college and they are expected to study with nobody collecting assignments, they often struggle. Elementary homework should be read for minimum of 30 minutes, ideally an hour in upper elementary and probably done math fact practice (but not necessarily by worksheet). Spelling words can be practice by going over them with a parent, no need to do a word search or crossword puzzle. And don't even get me started on teachers who assign students to write every word in a sentence without stipulating quality and approx. length of sentences. I've seen students write the sentence "I am hopeless" as their sentence and they weren't being sarcastic.