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Weekend Homework -- Is It Ruining Family Time?
September 14, 2009 at 7:28 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (5)
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Do you consider homework family time?
A lot of moms do, which is one of the reasons some don't object to their kids having to do homework on the weekends. This is another one of those straight down the middle arguments where half agree with it, and half don't.
Which one of these two sides do you fall on?
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"I'm fine with homework on the weekends," Mergath says. "It helps a child retain information, and it also sends the message that you can learn anytime, not just when you're in school. I can't believe we've gotten so lazy that we don't want our kids to have to do anything on the weekends. No wonder our children are so far behind other countries."
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FILED UNDER: friends, grades, homework, independence
Summer Homework: Does It Stress You Out?
August 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM by Cafe Kim - Comments (4)
In these last few days before school starts, are your kids scrambling to finish their summer homework assignments?
Many schools assign reading lists, book reports, and other supplemental homework over summer break. If your kids have left it to the very last minute (I am the queen of procrastination, so I know how tempting this can be), back to school can be a stressful time for kids and parents alike.
Do your kids get summer homework? Do you think these assignments are benefical to your kids? Or do you think they get enough homework during the school year and they should get a break?
FILED UNDER: back to school, homework, summer break
12th Grade: What to Expect
August 18, 2009 at 11:15 AM by Cafe Kim - Comments (0)
As we count down the days to back to school, the Daily Buzz talks with moms and public school teachers about what you and your child can expect in the coming year.
FILED UNDER: back to school, college, education, friends, grades, high school, homework, independence, teens
11th Grade: What to Expect
August 12, 2009 at 3:34 PM by Cafe Kim - Comments (1)
As we count down the days to back to school, the Daily Buzz talks with moms and public school teachers about what you and your child can expect in the coming year.
FILED UNDER: back to school, college, education, friends, grades, high school, homework
6th Grade: What to Expect
August 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM by Cafe Kim - Comments (1)
As we count down the days to back to school, the Daily Buzz talks with moms and public school teachers about what you and your child can expect in the coming year.
Today middle school teacher MOMof2ALteacher and post-6th grade mom Piscean give us the inside scoop about what to expect in 6th grade.
FILED UNDER: back to school, education, friends, grades, homework, middle school, tweens
3rd Grade: What to Expect
July 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM by Cafe Kim - Comments (1)
As we count down the days to back to school, the Daily Buzz talks with moms and public school teachers about what you and your child can expect in the coming year.
Today 3rd grade teacher KairisMama and post-3rd grade moms Jewjewbee and Larisa72 answer common questions about...
FILED UNDER: back to school, education, elementary school, friends, grades, homework, volunteering
1st Grade: What to Expect
July 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM by Cafe Sheri - Comments (4)
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Today 1st grade teachers Simonsmama and Sillieguze and post-1st grade moms Christina04 and my3girlshat answer common questions about ...
FILED UNDER: back to school, education, elementary school, friends, grades, homework, volunteering
Sixth-Grader's Milk Project Blocked
May 27, 2009 at 11:33 AM by Cafe Kim - Comments (26)
A sixth-grader in San Diego was prohibited from presenting her report on gay rights leader Harvey Milk until her classmates got their parents' permission to hear it. (Harvey Milk was one of the first gay men elected to political office in the United States in 1977 when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The Oscar-nominated movie Milk with Sean Penn chronicled his life.) According to the school district, parental permission was required because the topic dealt with "sex."
FILED UNDER: discipline, education, homework, middle school, sex & dating
Talking to Teachers: What Way Works Best?
April 7, 2009 at 5:17 PM by Cafe Kierna - Comments (12)
"Email is best with our schedule...There are certain times of the year we end up with a flurry of emails and that is when the quarter is going to end and I see missing assignments. This way [via email] things get fixed in a hurry, " says jns131.
FILED UNDER: elementary school, high school, homework, internet, middle school
Do You Hate Homework?
April 3, 2009 at 12:14 PM by Cafe Kierna - Comments (22)
Blogger mom Katie Allison Granju does. Quietly, I'd bet she has a whole lot of company from moms of big kids. Katie warns moms of younger children who don't understand where she's coming from that "homework will become an extra job for you."
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