Homework in Kindergarten?
On Miss Bindergarten's blog, there is an article about homework in Kindergarten. A teacher is asking for advice on assigning hw for her kindergarteners because she had a complaint that they were given "way too much." It was interesting reading the comments from others and most are VERY against homework for kindergarteners.
At our school, all grades are given homework Monday-Thursday, no homework is given on Fridays. My students are encouraged to read each night and on Mondays I send home their reading packet that correlates to our book for the week. Some students turn it in Tuesdays and others turn it in Fridays. This year I have a student that is quite advanced and so she also has a spelling list for the week and takes home a Simple Solutions book each night to complete one page front and back.
I strongly stand by the fact that kids learn best through play but I also feel kindergarten is so much more than it used to be, everything is shifting grades. The skills they used to learn in kindergarten, they are now learning in pre-school. Part of my responsibility as their kindergarten teacher is to prepare them for first grade; not just skills but also the responsibility of having homework.
Those of you that have/had a kindergartner, what are your thoughts on this topic and did your child's school assign homework?
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