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Any tips with homework time (ASD Kindergatener)

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Hi Moms,

my son got his first packet of homework which is letter tracing, identifying letters, numbers, colors, etc. its about 10 pages and we have from Monday-Monday to turn it in. we started yesterday and it was a nightmare. he refuses to hold the pencil. he is working with an OT on that, but I really just want to make it not so miserable for him. any tips?

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Re: Any tips with homework time (ASD Kindergatener)

  • reynoldsx4reynoldsx4
    Does he have to use a pencil? I would talk to the teacher to see if he could use colored chalk, crayons, markers, anything that would make it fun for him and not so much a chore!!!
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  • ridesbuttonsridesbuttons member

    I'm just going to say that 10 pages of HOMEWORK for a KINDERGARTENER is OUTRAGEOUS.

    And that's all I'm going to say about that.

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  • JustinloveJustinlove member
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    I'm just going to say that 10 pages of HOMEWORK for a KINDERGARTENER is OUTRAGEOUS.

    And that's all I'm going to say about that.

    I'll disagree.  The ten pages is to be done over the course of 7 days.  The teacher is not expecting all ten pages to be done in one night. 

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  • hopankahopanka member
    I agree with buttons. That's a ridiculous amount of homework for the first week, especially. Our school had a time policy on hw. In kindie, 10 min at most and no hw over the weekend. So, one week's worth was at most 5 pages.
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  • SueBearSueBear member

    DS is in OT for writing.  When he was in kindergarten, he had a special pencil (Tricondaroga - they are fat and shaped like a triangle instead of round).  The ones he had were black.  They were helpful (the only problem is they don't fit in a regular sharpener - you have to sharpen them manually).

    Ditto with crayons - get the fat kind.

    It IS a struggle.  In addition to OT, see if he can get special ed / basic skills / resources for handwriting. 

    Also, if it is taking too much time (ie: something that a regular 5 year old could cut in 5 minutes takes your son 15) - I don't see anything wrong with allowing your DS to do some, then doing some on your own and having him do the pasting.  Especially the things that require fine motor skills.  I don't believe in "Doing my child's homework" - but the purpose of homework is practice, and you want the hw experience to be positive.

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