As an itinerant therapist, I work in homes and often arrive after school so I see what comes home in the backpack. I’m amazed at the amount of homework young kids are expected to do–math, writing, reading, whew! That’s why I was excited to hear about this “assignment” for a first grader.
Kids were asked to “disguise a turkey.” My little friend and her dad discussed what she wanted to do and went off to Michaels to get some foam board in three colors. He stepped back (as parents should do) and she went to work at her art table. She was having so much fun covering up her turkey with a fox’s coat, pointy ears and a speech bubble that when her brother said, “Sister is doing her homework” she replied, “No, this is fun.” Her teacher got it right.
