Comments on: The Ups and Downs of Homework

By: the weirdgirl

the weirdgirl — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:06:40 +0000

We had homework from my son’s preschool! And there was more of it! Kindergarten homework has positively felt like a break.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:13:19 +0000

This is my child’s first year in kindergarten and boy I am drowning with homework. lol! I have been running around like crazy just to keep everything in order and I really don’t know how I’d cope for the next couple of years.

By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:39:24 +0000

I will go in another direction and point out, that it seemed like only yesterday I was writing a similar post… then I blinked and today I picked up my daughter from 5th grade! Some days, I am afraid to fall asleep, worried that when I awaken she will be out of college already. The time… it flies… it may not feel like it at certain moments, but you will look back at this one day and say… this was the “problems” I was having then?

By: drlori71

drlori71 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:54:50 +0000

Uh oh. You’re in trouble with Swee’Pea. I heard that when Paris Hilton was 5 years old, she failed to draw a picture of a banana. Now look at her – she can’t tell the difference between gum and cocaine! Please Swee’Pea, draw the banana!!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:59:32 +0000

Ane brought home packets from kindergarten last year. She was a bit of a procrastinator (and I suffered from either pregnancy-brain or I-have-a-newborn-I’m-sleep-deprived brain the whole school year), so we finally came up with doing 1 page a day until it was done. I dread what first-grade homework is going to look like in less than a week!

By: Grandmother

Grandmother — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:09:44 +0000

Neither you nor your brother had homework in Kindergarten. Well, there was the concern that he could not skip and we practiced skipping one afternoon.

This homework stuff was the main topic of my session with my therapist today. We agreed that it was WAY OVER the top.

As for Swee’Pea and homework, I found that the pink milk helped and having Grandmother and TheMonk brainstorm words that begin with the letters Q and V was very helpful. When she expressed concern that she couldn’t draw a volcano, TheMonk suggested she use a triangle shape for it. This seemed reasonable to her and she thanked him for his imput. I went to UCSC (Go, Slugs!) where collaboration and group projects were the norm.

For any parent who is worried about getting the kid to do their homework after grade 12, I say get a new hobby, the kid is on his/her own.

By: ~a

~a — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:20:46 +0000

K is just like Swee’Pea. When she’s ready the homework is done without argument. She likes having options and not having to do any particular page at that time when she has a packet.

By: Franny

Franny — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:44:21 +0000

16 or more!

But really, kudos for learning early what works for the kiddos.

My dad had the brilliant idea that me not wanting to do my homework meant that I needed more of it. So he made me do it twice. Thumbs down to that practice, unless its something that actually needs more practice.

By: Krys72599

Krys72599 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:41:58 +0000

Only 12? With any luck 16, sir, and a couple of college degrees!

By: Backpacking Dad

Backpacking Dad — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:47:16 +0000

The only homework allowed in this house is mine. The rest of them watch Sprout until bed time.