What is the purpose of kindergarten in the Urban setting ? Recently I shared with a friend about the 26 pages of home work that my grandson brings home each Friday .She responded " well these inner city kids need that because they are not getting it at home". If many of them got to school behind it is obvious that they have not gotten any help " I said . The conversation ended .
I decided to ask the teacher why all this home work she explained that "kindergarten is the new first grade the district wants them to know all these things although half of the children are not able to identify all the alphabets ".
This is not practical because the children who are behind will be frustrated since they do not have the basics and now they are expected to do all this home work .It is obvious that they will not be getting the support at home since they came into kindergarten behind . 26 pages of homework is not the answer. Research clearly shows that homework in these early years is not beneficial:
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/05/homework_is_wrecking_our_kids_the_research_is_clear_lets_ban_elementary_homework/
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Sharing information and advice on the most critical time... The first 2000 Days. What are some things you can look out for and some activities you can do with infants/toddlers to get them through the various developmental milestones before they get to school. Also I will share information for the caregivers from age appropriate books to setting up classrooms.
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