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i am getting anxious about handling homework next year for 1st grade if I am not around to supervise. I recently let nanny go & am looking for new job. From what I hear about the afterschool program we are planning on using for it may not be the best supervision. How do you guys stay on top of homework?
34 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]It's hard to have your dc do the homework alone if they aren't fluent readers and even then my dc doesn't always read and follow the directions. We tend to do the work as soon as we come home after afterschool, no tv, no snacks during and no distractions. It can take anywhere from 1-2 hours depending on the amount of work, content and dc's motivation that night. Doesn't allow a lot of time for playing or family time. It's a far cry from the 10 minutes recommended.
[ Reply | Options ]1-2 hours a night is far too much homework for a first grader. I simply would not tolerate the situation. I would talk to dc's teacher. Maybe dc is slower than others due to circumstances I'm not familiar with - the conference with the teacher should enlighten you - but the adults (mom and/or dad, teacher) should figure out a plan for dc that does not force dc to work 1-2 hours a night five nights a week. That is way off.
[ Reply | Options ]5 nights? This is on weekends too. We've talked to the teacher, school policy is about 40 minute for 1st grade (far too much IMO). My my dc stalls, avoids it, begs and pleads not to do it. I don't blame him. If it only took about 10 minutes than dc would do it to get it done, but 10 minutes only gets us through the 1st page.
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as a teacher and a mother. children tend not to do the homework on their own. after i pick my dd from after school. we eat dinner and then i sit down and do my paper work and she does her homework. i would recommend you save paying bills etc for that time so they see you on your homework too. my students are in the 4th grade and if a parent is not on top of them they won't do it either.
[ Reply | Options ]As a teacher, do you have any idea why teachers assign homework for k/1 students - knowing full well that they can't do it without the supervision/guidance/help of parents. As a parent I resent it. IF the child can't do it alone, it shouldn't be assigned.
[ Reply | Options ]As a parent, you're supposed to be involved in your child's education. Otherwise, you shouldn't have become a parent in the first place. Kids require just a bit more maintenance than pets, you know.
[ Reply | Options ]Oh please! It's up to the parents to decide how to spend family time together, not the teacher or the school. My dc learns more about counting money playing monopoly than doing endless math sheets. And, we read much more interesting stories together when we don't do the book and work sheet from school. Just because someone is against assignment parents and kids work to do, doesn't mean that she/he is an uninvolved parent.
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I'm actually around for my children, rather than passing them off to a nanny or a school employee. That's how I've been handling it.
[ Reply | Options ]That's great! And how are you going to pay the mortgage and/or tuition if your husband gets laid off in the current climate? You're totally fine with contributing nothing financial to the household, right?
[ Reply | Options ]Actually, I am. The problem with two-income families is that they get TOO dependent on BOTH incomes, so it's a crisis when one of the incomes is lost -- which means you're TWICE as likely to face such a crisis. Living at a more reasonable level means that if push comes to shove, and DH gets laid off, we're now BOTH available to replace his original income.
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if you have a problem with homework and reading logs please contact joel klein. he thinks this is what gets children to learn. along with testing, testing, testing (you get the point). all this does is get admin, teachers, children and parents crazy with no real results.
[ Reply | Options ]what parents really need to do is organize. It's just not enough to talk with one teacher or principal. This is a citywide problem. The question is how?
[ Reply | Options ]e-mail joel klein. if he get a lot of complaints then something might happen. then cc bloomberg and the teachers union (UFT).
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