she's very active otherwise nd completes the work faster if she wants to but, rarely wants it :))
2007-11-01 05:25:20 · 13 answers · asked by mom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Homework is hard to get used to for such a young child. I would do it in bits and pieces instead of all at once. That way she's not overwhelmed.
Try to make it more of a game instead of work...and also see if a certain time of day (like right when she gets home from school) works better than another. It could be that by the time YOU'RE ready to do homework...she's already playing something more facinating.
And don't worry...homework at this stage is really more to give you an idea of what the school is working on...and to get you more involved in their learning. As she gets older...she'll manage to at least accomplish her work whether she actually likes it or not.
Good luck...
2007-11-01 05:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Sunshine 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have a 4 year old. She has been in pre-school since she was 2, and is now in VPK. She doesn't have homework, nor would I expect her to. That surprises me that her school is forcing that on her already.
In any case, it needs to be a consistent practice. Give her some down time when she first arrives home. Let her play for awhile. Then, I would suggest letting her sit at the table before dinner and let her do her homework. But, don't make it a battle, or she will just not want to do it. If she doesn't, and she fights about it, then just let her know that she won't be allowed to play with her "fill in the blank" until her homework is done.
Just remember, she's 4. Let her be 4.
2007-11-02 14:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by sarlha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-23 05:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's preschool started giving out homework and I just don't believe in it. I spoke to the teacher and basically said I would allow my child to do the 'homework' when she feels like it. All the research says that homework in early elementary school is of questionable use. I just don't believe in getting her to hate it so early. I just told her it was pretend homework and she only had to do it if she wanted to. Her teachers accepted that.
Now she is in kindergarten and she has a very little bit of homework and I am willing to enforce it.
I am a HS teacher and I understand the importance of doing homework eventually. I just think this push to give it earlier and earlier is misguided. For a 4 yo anything beyond 'talk to your parents about what you learned about Columbus' is just not reasonable IMHO.
2007-11-01 07:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your 4 year old has homework? Well then, time to establish homework rules in your house! Homework is completed directly after reaching home after school. Before snack, before play, before tv, etc. Only exception is bathroom breaks. She'll figure out quickly that this is how it is and she'll breeze thru it to do whatever she wants to do. Further more, she's four... sit down with her and do it with her. She can't tell you she won't... she's four. Remind her that it has to be done before anything else. If she wants to go play/snack whatever... she'll do it. Best of luck to you!
2007-11-01 05:30:54 · answer #5 · answered by Amy G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your daughter is 4 and have homework. Wow. That is pressure. This is the time for her to have fun learning not pressured to do homework. Time ahve changed. If she has homework then I can suggest is to make it fun for her to do, she is only four and you will have to make it interesting for her. Reward and give out incentives so she can complete her task.
2007-11-01 05:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by Teah 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
homework at 4! What kind of school do you have her in! At this point you need to reconsider what is so important that she has homework! It should not be anymore then coloring, so I suggest you sit down a color with her if it is so important she does it!
2007-11-01 05:34:55 · answer #7 · answered by Emily E 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
4 years old is the perfect age to start obsessing over grades. If you work hard at it, by the time she's twelve she should be heavily sedated and bulimic, as well.
2007-11-01 05:33:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jonny B 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean homework from school or housework, like chores? I was all set to rant about four year olds having school work, like the other answer-ers here, but maybe (?) you meant chores?
EDIT: Thumbs down? What did I say???
2007-11-01 05:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by fawnberrie 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Why the flipping hell does a freaking 4 year old have home work?
WTF?
Like lifes not hard enough from adulthood to death, we have to stress them out as toddlers?
2007-11-01 05:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋