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• opheliainwaders member

  November 2014

  Honestly, the more I read about public education standards lately, the more inclined I am to find alternate options.

  

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• opheliainwaders member

  November 2014

  If someone sent my kindergartener home with homework, I think I'd be writing a nice little note about the playtime I encouraged while throwing the assignment away. (Not to criticize you, Mer, it just makes me so mad!)

  

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014

  This stuff makes me really sad. In an ideal world, I would look into Montessori schools. But they are sooooo expensive and would be nearly an hour away, one direction.
  
  Why have standards changed so much?
  
  Its crap.

  
  

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  iandloveandyou1 said:

  If the majority agrees that this isn't the best way to teach our little ones, then why do we do it this way? What can we do to change it?

  EXACTLY.
  
  Where did this come from?
  

  
  

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• stephyfaith member

  November 2014

  I don't even want to think about putting my child in school yet but honestly public school is looking pretty bad at this point. I don't know if private school will be an option for us, but I'm thinking I may have to do the homeschool thing unless something else presents itself.

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• [Deleted User] member

  November 2014

  I'm just now starting to think about preschool.

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014

  Commune?

  
  

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014

  Going to bed. Working this weekend so probably won't be super active for a few days...

  
  

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  November 2014

  KateJuly2013 said:

  Going to bed. Working this weekend so probably won't be super active for a few days...

  \:D/

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• [Deleted User] member

  November 2014

  Just joshin' ya @KateJuly2013‌. Have a good weekend (as good as you can have, that is).

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• rondosa member

  November 2014

  I would really love to home school, however I'm the primary income earner so unless we radically change our living situation, I can't do that. Makes me sad actually.

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• blairwitch member

  November 2014

  Nikita very rarely had homework in kindergarten. She has it now in 1st grade 4 out of 5 days. It consists of a small reading assignment. Takes maybe 5min max. She does have spelling words each week as well.

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• opheliainwaders member

  November 2014

  I guess my issue isn't entirely with having new learning standards - it's with the volume of testing, an overall perception of shrinking time for free play, and teachers who have not been given the time/resources to understand how to apply standards in an appropriate way. It sounds like some teachers are doing a great job, while others are simply adding more "busywork" to homework in hope of repetition making concepts stick.
  
  That said, I really believe that unless a homework assignment for K is to go outside and (for example) find three different kinds of trees, figure out how many times they can run down the block in 5 minutes, or read a bedtime story with parent/caregiver, it's not necessary. And even then, I'd rather turn a 5-year-old loose on the playground and talk to her about later what she was imagining than any of those three.

  

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014

  Thanks for the great discussion ladies. Lots of information given. You bishes are the best
  
  Except @haddocky‌ . She's a poo poo pants.

  
  

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• queenbone member

  November 2014

  I don't know, it seems a little bit like fear mongering to me. DS1's pre school was all about play. His full day Pre-K, at a parochial school, did not have homework. There was lots of exploration, hands on crafts, and they were working on writing their first names and some words. In kindergarten there officially wasn't homework, but there was a recommendation to be reading every night and going to the library weekly. He learned to read in kindergarten. In 1st the homework is to read 20 min every night, a 2 sided sheet of math every night, and a 1 sided sheet of spelling nightly with a weekly spelling test. First grade is when they drop from 3 recesses to 2 per day.

  
  

  I don't have a problem with any of this. They are little sponges at this point and want to learn things. My sons ask questions all the time. Many children are ready, so why not teach to them? I feel like my child's school doesn't have an unnecessary amount of pressure on everyone being at the same level yet. 

  
  

  I think that if parents are concerned with the lack of play time at school they can temper that with limiting organized activities after school. They can get so burnt out during the day, so I don't have my son in many activities. Most of the school year he just has one day a week with an activity, in the spring he has 2. The rest of the time I just let the boys do imaginative play up in their rooms after school and a little tv time. But at the same time, when summer rolls around, I just can't keep him entertained enough, so I think he is getting the right amount of learning and play time at school.

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• theuntaggablek member

  November 2014

  I wrote a longer response but am going to leave it at this:
  
  I wish that the common response among involved, smart, caring parents wasn't --I am now considering privates but rather --how can we change this so test-heavy curricula aren't the guiding logic for this generation?
  
  #hopelessidealist

  
  

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• theuntaggablek member

  November 2014

  lizabethann06 said:

  theuntaggablek said:

  -how can we change this so test-heavy curricula aren't the guiding logic for this generation?
  
  #hopelessidealist

  Figure out how to get people who have actual experience in the field of education to make decisions regarding what goes on in schools instead of the people who currently are making the decisions that have little to no actual field experience?
  
  That is the dream. [-O<
  
  

  Oh yea. Totally. This daughter of public school teacher knows it's a pipe dream, but also thinks parents pressuring the politicians to listen to the teachers rather than just sending kids elsewhere would do some good.

  
  

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• KateJuly2013 member

  November 2014

  lizabethann06 said:

  theuntaggablek said:

  -how can we change this so test-heavy curricula aren't the guiding logic for this generation?
  
  #hopelessidealist

  Figure out how to get people who have actual experience in the field of education to make decisions regarding what goes on in schools instead of the people who currently are making the decisions that have little to no actual field experience?
  
  That is the dream. [-O<
  
  

  I feel the same about healthcare
  
  

  
  

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