Ideas for Kindergarten homework?

Question

I teach K and we have weekly homework. It has consisted of writing a story (drawing picture and labeling objects/people in it), reading a story with a family member and retelling what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the book, writing #s 1-10, writing ABCs and identifying letter sounds, sorting laundry, setting the table, etc. I need help with new/similar ideas!! PLEASE HELP!!

Answer 1

Pet rocks! everybody bring a rock to name and put them on a shelf or basket in your room. Counting objects around the house, practice writing there names. Poems for the months of the year and days of the week. Here are the poems for the months.
http://bur.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/pages/KindergartenWebpage/Homework/Homework_files/Chicken_Soup.pdf
Practice writing there addresses. Practice saying no to strangers, doing something nice for mom, dad or family everyday of the week. Practice tying shoe laces,
Homework Calenders:
http://teacherweb.com/TN/BarkersMillElementary/MrLyonsKindergartenClass/photo5.stm

Answer 2

When I was in Kindergarten, my teachers had me do similar things. here is some of what I remember doing:

1. what would you do if you were president?
2. draw all the shapes listed on a piece of paper in the form you use at home (ex: circle: toy ball)
3. smile at at least 5 people a day and tell what their reaction is(not family members or friends)
4. Help mom or dad make dinner and describe what you did.
5. write 5 letters each weekend, and draw a picture of something that starts with each letter.

i went to a private school though, so my assignments as a K student may be a bit harder than what they do nowadays.

Answer 3

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
Ideas for Kindergarten homework?
I teach K and we have weekly homework. It has consisted of writing a story (drawing picture and labeling objects/people in it), reading a story with a family member and retelling what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the book, writing #s 1-10, writing ABCs and identifying letter...

Answer 4

The purpose of homework in kindergarten can only be to bring family into the fold and encourage family involvement and interest in the education of young children. So the assignments should reflect this. Everything should have some component of family involvement and covering basic skills. This will encourage discussion about topics being covered in school.

An example involving shapes: Find 2 objects at home that are squares, 2 items that are circles, 2 items that are triangles, 2 items that are rectangles. Draw pictures and have parents write the names of the objects.

Answer 5

I am student teaching in a K class... It sure has changed since I was in K. The students are learning so much more.

Our class is big into learning site words right now. We take pictures broken up like a puzzle on a piece of paper. Inside each puzzle piece we write a site word that corresponds to a color. The students then us a word color key on the board. We use a laminated cutout of a color instead of writing the color. The students color the puzzle picture according to the color key.

We then have the students try to label the pictures by sounding out the words. It is crazy to see how well they spell words.....

Last, students can glue the paper onto cardstock (to give is some thickness). Then allow the students to cut out the puzzle pieces. Keep the pieces in a plastic bag so they don't get lost.

Good luck and have fun.

Answer 6

If you intend to learn to draw the right picture all you want is time and Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery guide from here https://tr.im/KIfVB to stay the right path.
The classes from Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery guide include 208 pages and a total of 605 illustrations.  The fundamental approach applied is that you start with a picture, draw a mild outline of the function, and then tone it in.
Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery is the perfect allied to make the great draw.

Answer 7

no support or ideas from me, i am sorry but i do not believe that kindergartner's, first and second grade should not get homework. i believe the teacher should do their job while kids are in class, and let the kids relax after school is over. when i was young we had no homework until the third grade and that was work that we did not finish or we had spelling, which we wrote the words down ten times and made a sentence for each word. the current school system is pushing these kids too fast and i do not like it. i am a retired school teacher, have many parents, friends that agree with me. when i was young my dad worked and mom was home. currently both parents are working and find it hard working all day and in the evening have to assist kids in homework. i know that this is not your fault but the system, so please do not think i am yelling at you, i am yelling at the system.

Answer 8

You can give the children a print out that has shapes on it(circle, square, rectangle, triangle, and maybe even cylinder)
Then you can have them go around in their home, and find objects that have the same shape as the printout does. Ask them(with parents help, of course) to write down what each item was and which shape it represents.... ex: Box of cereal= Rectangle, on so forth.........good luck

Answer 9

he just needs to do one word to describe a snowman on each line. Nothing fancy. I still think this is advanced for Kindergarten.

Answer 10

I think that is plenty of homework for a Kindergartner. In fact that sounds like too much.