I know my students would be surprised to hear it, but I am a big "no homework" guy. I guess I should say that I think homework is good when you are in college and you are only in class for 15 or so hours per week, but for K-12 when kids are already at school for 7 hours a day, I think they need to come home and do other things. This year Julia is in second grade and she gets a 15-30 minute assignment each day Monday through Thursday. Ethan, who is in first grade, just gets one big (45-60 minute) assignment on Monday and he has to turn it in by Friday. So after school on Monday we all sit around our dinning room table to work. I try to catch up on projects that I am working on, Julia and Ethan have their homework, and Christian and Elliott like to get out coloring books and crayons so they can be part of the gang.
Today as we were all working, Christian dropped his crayons on the floor. It was one of those times where I saw it coming, but my hand just wouldn't move fast enough to catch it. After they dropped, I asked Christian to pick them up quickly before Agnes got to them (she is not crawling yet, but somehow she still manages to get things - she must have some kind of magnet in her hands that attracts all of those things babies are not supposed to have). He was busy with his coloring so at first he hesitated. When I asked a second time, Julia (7) jumped over and said "come on Christian, I'll help you."
Today, Julia is my superhero for not only helping, but for also encouraging Christian to do the right thing.
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