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oldest son is in Kindy, and only do reading every night-30 mins; practice his sight words and reading to me. Weekly, he gets a reading bag with 3 books that is due back in after 5 days; one book would be read to me type of book, 2nd book would be reading together out aloud, and 3rd book is being read to by mom or dad.
Age 5, kindergarten -
For written homework, I read the instructions most times and that's it which takes me a minute at most - then he does his HW in about 5-10 min. His teacher only gives written homework Mon-Thurs and doesnt place much importance on it which I agree with and appreciate at this young of an age
Aside from that I read to him every night for 15-30 minutes (but we've been doing this as part of bedtime even before he started school) and we go over any sight words we see or allow him to read words which I know he is capable of reading.
Last edited by joker1979; 01-05-2017 at 09:50 AM..
I guess it depends on what you call "helping". When the kids were younger, K-4th or so, I had a snack ready for them when they got home and had expectations that they did their homework right away. I was available to answer questions, read words for spelling tests, etc. but usually they didn't need help. I would say most days I spent less than 5 minutes helping, and that was mostly just checking to see that they finished. As they got older, I probably spent 5 minutes a week, maybe.
I think he just takes longer than the other kids because he has a learning disability.
If he has an IEP or 504, you should be able to get less homework written into it. Even if it isn't officially in his plan, many teachers are willing to say "work on it for 30 minutes then stop." They don't want to frustrate the kids to the point of hating school just to be able to say they did all their homework.
There are quite a few studies and articles lately that suggest that homework in elementary school is counterproductive. I agree.
Children need unstructured free play more than anything.
I don't know about that, lots of homework is counterproductive, but our kids got a page of homework each night in kindergarten, got them in the habit of "doing homework" at a young age and helped instill good study habits. It took maybe 5 minutes, it wasn't so much about the work itself, but the habits formed. After that, they had the rest of the afternoon/evening for "unstructured play"...not to mention the unstructured play during recess, the walk home from school, the walk to school, all weekend long.....
.........Children need unstructured free play more than anything.
If your child actually does unstructured free play. I suspect that most kids plop down in front of the TV or else play video games. I'm thinking those activities are not more valuable than instilling good study habits.
Veering slightly off topic, my child and I spent time with flash cards and he can do math, unlike many of the younger generation that can't do any math, but know how to run a calculator, and long as they don't make mistakes punching in the numbers because they don't recognize even an outrageous error.
If he has an IEP or 504, you should be able to get less homework written into it. Even if it isn't officially in his plan, many teachers are willing to say "work on it for 30 minutes then stop." They don't want to frustrate the kids to the point of hating school just to be able to say they did all their homework.
Unfortunately, the work for 30 minutes does not always work with autistic children who may think they have to finish no matter how long it takes. It would be better to simply reduce the amount so that the child can finish.
Unfortunately, the work for 30 minutes does not always work with autistic children who may think they have to finish no matter how long it takes. It would be better to simply reduce the amount so that the child can finish.
Details. My point is, the kid shouldn't be spending 90 minutes on homework. The other poster said "learning disability" not autism.
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