School projects at home

[robin4kids]

I used to like the idea of sending home projects for kids to do at home, until I became the parent. Now I hate projects! Why do teachers think us parents have time to walk our child through a project? I am sick and tired of these dumb projects. Our weekends are spent doing family activities.

This is the second time we have had this teacher and we have to do the same projects. My dd is only 8 y/o and is expected to do a 3 part project. She did the salt map entirely on her own. That was fine. I don't mind projects which the child can do on their own, but now she has to make a poster about her heritage. I know it sounds like fun, but we have a very boring heritage and this is the second time I have done this. If I were smart i would have the first one we made and just have her copy it, but it was lost in my ds bedroom. This project involves me doing all the work. My dd might do the pasting and writing, but I have to gather the information.

I can't wait for summer. Yes you heard me right. I like having my kids home and not having any school work to do.

[HollyBearsMom]

Can you just not do them? I have had success talking to the teacher and explaining that all projects needs to be able to be completed by my child on their own. If my child can't do it, it won't be done. :

That said I offer encouragement to my child, I make sure our craft closet has plenty of paper, glue, Popsicle sticks, etc but that is the extent. I don't understand the purpose of these week long projects that so obviously need adult intervention. What is the point???

But then again I don't believe in homework either. We only do homework my son is interested in and that compliments the learning’s in school. Homework should not replace classroom work.

[AngieB]

My ds just had to make a post of 1000 things. We just spent the last 3 weeks sticking little star stickers to a poster board. That was time well spent.

my sisters sdd just had to do a CA mission reports. She did all the work herself and it was a good 4th grade effort. The teacher sent it back because it wasn't good enough. You could tell that all the other project were done by the parents. One child's father was an engineer and he built a to scale model of the mission. My sis's dbf emailed the teacher and tolder her that now he knows that next time a project is sent home it's really ment as a parent only project.